Musical Instruments - July 31

Sounds of Learning

Sunday, July 31, 2022

Today is International Cotton Candy Day, National Avocado Day, National Mutt Day, and Uncommon Instruments Awareness Day.

July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.
National Natural Wonder of the Day: Great Smokey Mountains

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

ON THIS DATE

1777 - 19-year-old Frenchman Marquis de Lafayette, is made a major-general in the American Continental Army.
1790 - The first U.S. patent is issued to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
1970 - Yo, Ho, Ho, and No Bottle of Rum - The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the British Royal Navy.
1971 - Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
1991 - The U.S. and Soviet Union sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
2006 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
2012 - Swimmer Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.

BIRTHDAYS

1945 - 68th Massachusetts governor William Weld
1956 - 71st Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick
1965 - Author J. K. Rowling

SONG OF THE DAY

Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man - LISTEN
Joni Mitchell - For Free - LISTEN

THEME: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street- Instruments (5:21) - VIEW
Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Kids - Music Games - DO
Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Pinkalicious and Peterriffic - Hybrid Musical Instrument Artist (1:45) - VIEW
Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Music Art Toolkit - Introduction to Instruments of the World (19:14) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Music Art Toolkit - IImmigrant Instrument: The Mandolin (6:59)- VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Sound Field- It's Time to Rethink the Banjo (14:47) - VIEW, READ, DO

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