Penguins, Trees, Astronomy, and Telephones - April 25
Waddle Into Learning
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Today is Astronomy Day, DNA Day, Eeyore's Birthday Day, Independent Bookstore Day, International Sculpture Day, National Crayola Day, National Day of Puppetry, National Go Birding Day, National Plumbers Day, Telephone Day, Zucchini Bread Day, Save the Frogs Day, and Penguin Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Penguins, Trees, Phones, and Astronomy
ON THIS DATE
- 1898 - The United States declares war on Spain.
- 1983 - Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
- 1599 - English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell
- 1874 - Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi
- 1908 - Journalist Edward R. Murrow
- 1917 - Singer Ella Fitzgerald
- 1921 - Dutch artist Karel Appel
- 1940 - Actor Al Pacino
- 1969 - Actor Renée Zellweger
- Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime - LISTEN
- Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line - LISTEN
- Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (Jenny) - LISTEN
- Adele - Hello - LISTEN
- Steely Dan - Rikki Don’t Lose That Number - LISTEN
- Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman - LISTEN
- Emily Dickinson - I'm Nobody! Who are You?
- Langston Hughes - Madame and the Phone Bill
- Robert Frost - The Telephone
- Florence Ripley Mastin - From the Telephone
THEME: Penguins
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Elmo's World - Penguins (17:16) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Penguins 1-20 (1:02) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Penguins at the Movies (1:14) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The Penguin Party (6:16) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning - Do the Penguin Shuffle (1:31) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Penguin Cam - VIEW
- Grades PreK-12 - Georgia Aquarium - African Penguin Cam - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Saving a Species - Penguins (23:45) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Sphenisciformes - Penguins - READ
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - African Penguins (7:47) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Spy Penguin (5:55) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific: Passionate - Yellow-Eyed Penguins (4:14) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - King Penguins Tiptoe Around Elephant Seals (3:21) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - What These Antarctic Penguins Tell Us About Climate Change (9:25) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Antarctica’s Penguins Taught Us Surprising Life Lessons (14:03) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Penguins Went From The Sky To The Sea (10:33) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Changing Seas - Peru’s Desert Penguins (26:42) - VIEW
THEME: Phones
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - The Martians Discover a Telephone (2:51) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Camp TV - Telephone Cups (0:52) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Alexander Graham Bell (2:13) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 2-5 - PBS Kids - Search It Up: Phone Fun (2:18) - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - NH Telephone Museum -EXPLORE
- Grades 3-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Icons - Alexander Graham Bell (3:51) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-6 - BBC BiteSize - Alexander Graham Bell - Read
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - How Does Your Phone Send Emojis? (6:03) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - Can You Call a Cell Phone in the Microwave? (7:05) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - American Experience - The Telephone - READ
- Grades K-4 - Ready Jet Go! - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Galileo: Discovering Jupiter's Moons (3:04) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Galileo: Sun-Centered System (5:08) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Quest - Amateur Astronomers (9:41) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Astronomy (17:01) - VIEW
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - The Hubble Space Telescope (3:09) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Stargazers Series - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Astronomy Series - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time Series - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Unladylike2020 - Williamina Fleming (9:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 8-10 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Astronomy's Biggest Stars (12:03) - VIEW
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