Good Manners, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, and Poetry - October 3

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Friday, October 3, 2025

Today is Butterfly and Hummingbird Day, Kids Music Day, Look At the Leaves Day, Smoothie Day, Techie Day, National Diversity Day,  and Family TV Show Day.

World Animal Month Animal Cam of the Day:  San Diego Zoo Burrowing Owl Cams
Dessert Month Dessert of the Day:  Maple Pumpkin Bread
LGBT History Month Resource of the Day: Uncovering and Incorporating LGBTQ+ History Webinar

  AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1789 – George Washington proclaims Thursday, November 26, 1789, a Day of Thanksgiving.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Good Manners, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, and Poetry

ON THIS DATE

• 1863 - President Lincoln establishes the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
• 1932 - Iraq gains independence from the UK.
• 1975 - The Cleveland Indians hire Frank Robinson as Major League Baseball's first black manager.
• 1990 - East Germany and West Germany reunite after 45 years of separation.
• 1995 - O. J. Simpson is declared not guilty in his murder case.
• 2008 - US House approves a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1873 - Etiquette expert Emily Post
• 1925 - Author Gore Vidal
• 1941 - Singer Chubby Checker
• 1949 - Musician Lindsey Buckingham
• 1951 - Musician Keb' Mo'
• 1951 - Astronaut and the first American woman to walk in space Kathryn D. Sullivan
• 1954 - Baseball player Dennis Eckersley
• 1954 - Activist and TV host Al Sharpton
• 1954 - Musician Stevie Ray Vaughan
• 1969 - Songer-songwriter Gwen Stefani
• 1975 - Singer-songwriter India Arie

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Chubby Checker - The Twist - LISTEN
• Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road - LISTEN
• Keb' Mo' - Better Man - LISTEN
• Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy - LISTEN
• Gwen Stefani - Cool - LISTEN
• India Arie - I Am Not My Hair - LISTEN
• Dolly Parton - Love Is Like a Butterfly - LISTEN
• Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - LISTEN
  
• Heart - Dog and Butterfly - LISTEN
• Leonard Cohen - Listen to the Hummingbird - LISTEN

THEME: Good Manners

• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Super Why! - Hansel and Gretel and Manners (25:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Cobie Smoulders: Courteous (1:53) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Young Explorers - Theater Etiquette (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Good Manners with Cookie Monster and Sam (1:42)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Courteous (Word on the Street Podcast) (5:48) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Two-Headed Monster Takes Turns - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Salsa - Manners  - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - PBS Parents - Table Manners For Kids - READ
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Artsville - Audience Etiquette - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Artsville - Etiqueta de la audiencia - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - Internet Archive - Coronet Films - 1959 Instructional Film - Lunchroom Manners - VIEW

THEME:  Butterflies

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Little Butterfly Friend Song (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - 11 Butterflies (1:18) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Learning Media - If I Was a Butterfly (5:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - A Day with a Butterfly Expert  (9:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Dinosaur Train - All About Butterflies  (1:39) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Butterfly Garden  (2:17) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids - Make a Butterfly Costume  (3:01) - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Butterflies: They Taste With Their Feet  (4:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 2-6- SciGirls - Butterfly Diaries (26:10) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Butterfly Wings  (7:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Moths and Butterflies -  READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Wildlife Journal Junior - Karner Blue Butterfly  (8:26) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Glasswing Butterflies Want To Make Something Perfectly Clear (5:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -  Quest - Fire and Butterflies  (5:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - The Mystery of the World's Greatest Butterfly Migration (9:12) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Using Gene Editing To Repaint Butterfly Wings  (11:13)  - VIEW

THEME: HUMMINGBIRDS

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS Kids - The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That  - What Do Hummingbirds Drink? (2:43) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Nuggets - Hummingbird Nest (1:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Wild Kratts - Hummingbird: Creature Power (3:09) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Hummingbirds (26:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures -You Gotta Love Hummingbirds (1:40) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Hummingbird: Survivor, Architect, and Builder (2:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Structure and Function: Hummingbird Tongue (5:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cuba's Wild Revolution: The World's Smallest Bird (4:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Extraordinary Birds: Little Brain, Big Journey (Available in Spanish) (2:41) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Inside Science - Why Hummingbirds Have a Sweet Tooth (2:09) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cellular Respiration in Scarce Oxygen: Hummingbird Adaptations at High Altitudes (6:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - A Variety of Hummingbirds (Available in Spanish) (2:50) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - California Academy of Sciences -  Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds Hover (6:41) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look -  What Happens When You Put a Hummingbird in a Wind Tunnel? (3:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Georgia outdoors - Hummingbird Heaven (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Hummingbird's Gift by Sy Montgomery (3:41) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Hummingbirds and Hawks: An Unlikely Pair (5:43) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Evolution - Hummingbird Species in the Transitional Zones (3:48) - VIEW, READ, DO

THEME: POETRY

• Grades: PreK-1 -NHPBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Sons of Poetry- VIEW and RHYME
  
• Grades: PreK-1 -  Sesame Street - Big Bird's Sun Poem - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Poetry Everywhere Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Poetry in America Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Elements of Poetry - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - Annenberg Learner - Voices and Visions (13 American Poets) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - Annenberg Learner - American Passages: A Literary Survey - VIEW
• Professional Development - Annenberg Learner - Write in the Middle: A Workshop for Middle School Teachers - Teaching Poetry (58:15) - VIEW, READ, DO

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