Dance and Trees - April 29
Toe-tapping Learning in Trees
Friday, April 29, 2022
Today is Arbor Day, International Dance Day, Zipper Day, and National Shrimp Scampi Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Dance and Trees
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ON THIS DATE
- 1862 - New Orleans is captured by Union forces under David Farragut.
- 1945 - The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by U.S. troops.
- 1970 - U.S. and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia.
- 1992 - Rioting breaks out in Los Angeles following the acquittal of police officers charged with beating Rodney King.
- 2011 - Prince William and Catherine Middleton are married at Westminster Abbey.
- 1727 - French dancer Jean-Georges Noverre
- 1863 - Publisher William Randolph Hearst
- 1899 - Composer and bandleader Duke Ellington
- 1901 - Japanese emperor Hirohito
- 1933 - Poet and singer-songwriter Rod McKuen
- 1933 - Singer-songwriter Willie Nelson
- 1936 - Indian conductor Zubin Mehta
- 1951 - Race car driver Dale Earnhardt
- 1957 - British actor Daniel Day-Lewis
- 1970 - Actor Uma Thurman
- 1970 - Tennis player Andre Agassi
- Duke Ellington - Take the A Train - LISTEN
- Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind - LISTEN
- Ravi
Shankar: Sitar Concerto No. 2 Conducted by Zubin Mehta, Anoushka Shankar, sitar - LISTEN - Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing - LISTEN
- Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music - LISTEN
- The Andrews Sisters - Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - LISTEN
- Emily Dickinson - I Cannot Dance Upon My Toes
- Joyce Kilmer - Trees
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Dancing is Easy with Jason Derulo (2:33) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's Happy Dance Tutorial (2:24) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's Happy Dance with Celebs (2:03) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Paul Simon: Me and Julio Down by the School Yard (1:51) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - Freeze Dance (1:16) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-2 - Peg + Cat - Chicken Dance Game - DO
- Grades PreK-3 - Pinkalicious and Peteriffic - Kids Create Dances including the Celebrating Monkey (1:30) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-12 - PBS Learning Media - Dance Arts Toolkit Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades: 4-12 - NHPBS Video - If Cities Could Dance Series - VIEW
- Grades: 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Ragamala Dance Company Blends Generations and Cultures (6:55) - VIEW
- Grades: 4-12 - NHPBS Video - What's Good - Dance (4:24) - VIEW
- Grades: 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Designers of the Dance (58:46) - VIEW
THEME: Trees
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Tree Fashion Report with Ernie (2:43) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cameron Diaz Talks Trees with Grover (2:34) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Nature Cat - Let's Celebrate Trees (1:26) - VIEW
- Grades K-3 - Dinosaur Train - Planting Trees (1:31) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat - Hooray It's Arbor Day (12:05) - VIEW
- Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Tree Truths Media Gallery - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - Can Trees Really Fight Climate Change? (10:44) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - What Would Trees Look Like on Other Planets? (8:51) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - Do Trees Talk? (5:27) - VIEW
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