Bicycles and Eggs - June 3
Pedal Pushing Learning Over Easy
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Today is National Egg Day, World Bicycle Day, National Running Day, National Chocolate Macaroon Day, and Repeat Day, and Repeat Day.
June is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month; National Oceans Month; National Rivers Month; and National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Ocean/River Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Bicycles and Eggs
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1781 – Jack Jouett begins a midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and Virginia that the British are coming.
ON THIS DATE
- 1943 - In Los Angeles, white Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots.
- 1965 - Edward White becomes the first American to "walk" in space.
- 2009 - New Hampshire becomes the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage.
- 1897 - Singer-songwriter Memphis Minnie
- 1906 - Singer and dancer Josephine Baker
- 1926 - Beat poet Allen Ginsberg
- 1936 - Novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry
- 1950 - Screenwriter Melissa Mathison
- 1967 - Journalist Anderson Cooper
- Queen - Bicycle Race - LISTEN
- Josephine Baker - Bye Bye Blackbird - LISTEN
Memphis Minnie - When the Levee Breaks - LISTEN
- Nancy Willard - The Migration of Bicycles
- Allen Ginsberg- A Supermarket in California
OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Dragonfly TV - Rivers - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Murray Learns to Ride a Bike (4:13) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Learning to Ride a Bike (1:18) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Making Music with Bike Instruments (1:35) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie and Herry Share a Bike (1:24) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - Daniel's New Bike (3:53) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - Design Squad - How Do Bike Gears Work? (2:42) - VIEW
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Mountain Bikes (7:09) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Ice Bike - (7:56) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPB Video - SCIGirls - Pedal Power (28:25) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHBS Video - Winter Fat Tire Biking (9:10) - VIEW
THEME: Eggs
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Making Eggs Float (3:03) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Egg Rescue (3:37) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief (7:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How the Egg Came First (8:44) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart- Why Don't Birds Lay Square Eggs? (7:22) - VIEW
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