Birds in Art - April 8
Pretty as a Picture
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Today is Draw A Picture of a Bird Day, Buddha Day, Zoo Lovers Day, and National Empanada Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Birds in Art
ON THIS DATE
- 1513 - Juan Ponce de Leon claims Florida for Spain.
- 1820 - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
- 1913 - The 17th Amendment, requiring the direct election of Senators, becomes law.
- 1952 - In an attempt to stop a steel strike, President Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills.
- 1975 - Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.
- 1886 - Playwright and author Margaret Ayer Barnes
- 1892 - Actor and producer Mary Pickford
- 1912 - Figure skater Sonja Henie
- 1918 - First Lady Betty Ford
- 1940 - Basketball player John Havlicek
- 1941 - English fashion designer Vivienne Westwood
- 1943 - Choreographer Michael Bennett
POEM OF THE DAY
Emily Dickinson - A Bird Came Down the Walk
- Grades 2-12 - Museum of American Bird Art - VIEW and READ
- Grades 4-12 - Smithsonian American Art Museum - The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art - VIEW and READ
- Grades 5-12- Audubon - How to Draw a Bird - READ and DO
- Grades 5-12 - National Gallery of Art - John James Audubon - READ and VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Poetry in America - The Gray Heron (7:07) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Birding and the Photography of Elizabeth Boehm (27:07) - VIEW
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