Giraffes, World Music, and the Summer Solstice - June 21
Tall and Tuneful Learning
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Today is the Summer Solstice, Peaches & Cream Day, International Day of Yoga, National Selfie Day, World Giraffe Day, World Music Day, Go Skateboarding Day, National Seashell Day, T-Shirt Day, and Baby Boomer Recognition Day
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Summer Solstice, Giraffes, and World Music
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1768 – James Otis Jr. offends the King in a speech.
1788 – NH is the 9th state to ratify the Constitution.
ON THIS DATE
- 1788 - New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution.
- 1964 - Civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
- 1977 - The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) makes its debut.
- 1905 - French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1944 - English singer-songwriter Ray Davies
- 1979 - Actor Chris Pratt
- 1982 - British Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice - LISTEN The Kinks - You Really Got Me - LISTENElla Fitzgerald - Summertime - LISTEN DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime - LISTEN
Stacie Cassarino - Summer Solstice
OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Science Trek - Oceans - VIEW
- Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Giraffe Cam - VIEW
- Grades PreK-K - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Giraffes Can't Dance (26:23) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Camp TV - Giraffes (3:54) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Taking a Break (1:02) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Young Explorers - Go Wild: Giraffes (3:57) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Go Wild: Giraffe and Rhinoceros (10:46) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Giraffidae - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Giraffes: Africa's Gentle Giants (0:35) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - How Drinking Giraffes Avoid a Head Rush (1:46) - VIEW
THEME: WORLD MUSIC
- Grades PreK-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit - Introduction to Instruments of the World (19:14) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ecuador and Bolivia: Music of the Andes (14:25) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Social Studies and World History through Music and Dance Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - China: Music of the Pipa (10:00) - VIEW and DO
THEME: SUMMER SOLSTICE
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Summer Anthem Song (2:53) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Lazy Summer Day (3:28) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Summer and Winter Solstice (1:24) - VIEW
- Grades 2-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Science of Summer Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
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