Farm Animals - April 10
Moo, Quack, Baa Learning
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Today is ASPCA Day, Encourage a Young Writer Day, Work From Home Day, Celebrate Teen Literature Day, Golfer's Day, Safety Pin Day, Farm Animals Day, Hug Your Dog Day, Sibling Day, and Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Farm Animals
ON THIS DATE
- 1866 -The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City.
- 1872 - The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
- 1912 - The RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England.
- 1916 - The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York City.
- 1925 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published.
- 1963 - One hundred twenty-nine sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks off the coast of Massachusetts after leaving the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, ME.
- 1970 - Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles.
- 1971 - In what is known as ping pong diplomacy, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
- 1998 - The Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement, is signed in Northern Ireland.
- 2019 - Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first-ever image of a black hole, in the center of the M87 galaxy.
- 1847 - Journalist and politician Joseph Pulitzer
- 1870 - Russian leader Vladimir Lenin
- 1880 - Sociologist and 4th U.S. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
- 1903 - Author and illustrator Clare Turlay Newberry
- 1984 - Singer and actress and Nashua, NH native Mandy Moore
- 1988 - Actor Haley Joel Osment
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - LISTEN
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden - LISTEN
Let It Be - The Beatles - LISTEN
POEM OF THE DAY
Donald Hall - Ox Cart Man
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Farm Animal Song (1:34) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Murray Had a Little Lamb (6:48) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Old Macdonald Had a Farm (1:33) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kermit News: Old Macdonald's Dog (4:13) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street: Big Bird Visits A Farm (3:48) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - On The Farm Games - DO
- Grades PreK-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Arthur - Tower of Cows Printable Game - DO
- Grades 1-7 - PBS LearningMedia - Cartoon Academy with Joe Wos - Down on the Farm: Cow (8:20) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Farm Animals (7:30) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Holy Cow: A Cow's Digestive System (1:34) - VIEW and DO
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