Rainbows and Maurice Sendak - June 10
Multicolored Learning on the Wild Side
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Today is National Iced Tea Day, Herbs and Spices Day, and Ball Point Pen Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Rainbows and Maurice Sendak
ON THIS DATE
- 1692 - Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft.
- 1801 - Tripoli declares war on the United States over a dispute over the safe passage of ships in the Mediterranean.
- 1898 - U.S. Marines invade Spanish-held Cuba in the Battle of Guantánamo Bay,
- 1940 - Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
- 1944 - 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major league game.
- 1964 - Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- 1967 - The Six-Day War ends when Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
- 1978 - Affirmed wins the Triple Crown.
- 2007 - The final episode of The Sopranos airs.
- 1895 - Actor Hattie McDaniel
- 1910 - Blues musician Howlin' Wolf
- 1915 - Novelist Saul Bellow
- 1922 - Actor and singer Judy Garland
- 1928 - Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak
- 1929 - Biologist E. O. Wilson
- 1973 - Baseball player Pokey Reese
- 1982 - Figure Skater Tara Lipinski
Reading Rainbow Remixed - LISTEN- Judy Garland - Somewhere Over the Rainbow - LISTEN
- Kermit the Frog - Rainbow Connection - LISTEN
- Willie Nelson - Rainbow Connection - LISTEN
- Judy Garland - Get Happy - LISTEN
- Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning - LISTEN
- Journey - Don't Stop Believin' - LISTEN
OCEAN/RIVER MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Science Trek - River Collection - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Making Rainbows Media Gallery (Available in Spanish) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat - Tally Ho! A Rainbow (12:05) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Rainbow Gel (1:05) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Best Music Lesson Ever: What Makes “Over the Rainbow” Work? (6:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12- NHPBS Learning Media - It's Okay to Be Smart - This Is Not a Rainbow (3:17) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12- NHPBS Learning Media - Physics Girl - How Rainbows Form (3:38) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12- NHPBS Learning Media - Physics Girl - How Rainbows with NO COLOR Are Possible (8:20) - VIEW
THEME: MAURICE SENDAK
- PreK-K - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Where the Wild Things Are (26:36) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Newsmakers - The Mind of Maurice Sendak (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Tonight - Wild Things of Author, Artist Maurice Sendak Unleashed (3:51) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Blank on Blank - Maurice Sendak on "Being A Kid" (5:02) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Remembering Maurice Sendak and His Inner Child (4:58) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - American Masters - About Maurice Sendak - READ
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