Sparrows and Frogs and Spring! - March 20

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Today is the First Day of Spring, Bibliomania Day, Hufflepuff Pride Day, Astrology Day, Ravioli Day, Won't You Be My Neighbor Day, World Frog Day, and World Sparrow Day.

Woman's History Month Resource of the Day: PBS Books - Lois Lowry

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Sparrows and Frogs and Spring

ON THIS DATE

• 1760 - The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
• 1915 - Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

BIRTHDAYS

• 43 BC - Roman poet Ovid
• 1612 - Puritan poet Anne Bradstreet
• 1828 - Norwegian playwright  Henrik Ibsen
• 1888- Baseball player and umpire Amanda Clement
• 1904 - Psychologist B. F. Skinner
• 1915 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• 1922 - Writer, director, and producer Carl Reiner
• 1928 - TV producer and host Fred Rogers
• 1937 - Author Lois Lowry
• 1948 - Hockey player Bobby Orr
• 1957 - Director Spike Lee

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain? - LISTEN
Three Dog Night - Joy to the World - LISTEN
Kermit the Frog - It's Not Easy Being Green - LISTEN
Kermit the Frog - Caribbean Amphibian - LISTEN

THEME: Sparrows

• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Passeridae: Old World Sparrows - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Passerellidae: New World Sparrows - READ
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Squeezing the Marsh (salt marsh sparrow) (5:33) - VIEW
  
• Grades 5-12 -NHPBS Video - Nature - Saltmarsh Sparrow Chick Narrowly Escapes Death (4:52) - VIEW
  
• NH Sparrows
  American Tree Sparrow - Spizelloides arborea 
  Clay-colored Sparrow - Spizella pallida 
  Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina  
  Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis 
  Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 
  White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys 

THEME: Frogs 

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - This Frog (3:26) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kermit Sings Disco Frog (3:14) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Frogs of the Glen (2:30) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Caribbean Amphibian- (1:54) VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Curious George Ribbit Game - DO
• PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning - How a Frog Becomes a Frog (1:52) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS Video - Up Close & Natural - Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders (13:09) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Young Explorers - Go Beyond: Frogs and Toads (Amphibians) (2:13)- VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Malformed Frogs (4:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Frog Scientist (2:37)- VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife journal Junior - Anura - Frogs and Toads - READ
• Grades PreK-5 - NHPBS Video - Poison Dart Frogs at Little Rock Zoo (4:24) - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video - Origami Jumping Frog (5:50) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Northern Leopard Frogs Being Reintroduced Into The Wild (3:32) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - Why Does This Frog Have So Many Legs? (2:42) - VIEW 
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - Meet the Frog the Barfs Up its Babies (4:45) - VIEW 
• NH FROGS and TOADS
• American Toad - Anaxyrus americanus  
• Fowler's Toad - Anaxyrus fowleri
  
• Cope's Gray Treefrog - Hyla chrysoscelis 
  
• Gray Treefrog - Hyla versicolor 
  
• Spring Peeper - Pseudacris crucifer 
• Bullfrog - Lithobates catesbeianus 
• Mink Frog - Lithobates septentrionalis 
• Northern Leopard Frog - Lithobates pipiens 
• Pickerel Frog - Lithobates palustris 
• Wood Frog - Lithobates sylvatica 

THEME:  Spring

• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Changing Seasons Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - EverydayLearning - About the Seasons (Available in Spanish) (3:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Hero Elementary - Seasons Collection - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Baby Season (26:44) - VIEW, READ, DO

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