Cooking, Julia Child, and Honey Bees - August 15

Saturday, August 15, 2026

Today is Chef's Appreciation Day, I Love Cowboys and Cowgirls Day, National Honey Bee Day, National Relaxation Day, Best Friends Day, and National Lemon Meringue Pie Day.

• Health and Wellness Resource of the Day: Mental Health in the Curriculum
• Sandwich of the Day:  Open-Faced Grilled Cheese with Apple and Bacon

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Art of the Day
Today's Theme: Cooking and Julia Child

AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1824 – Lafayette arrives in New York to begin a tour of 24 states, including NH.

ON THIS DATE

• 1914 - The Panama Canal opens to traffic.
• 1939 - The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.
• 1947 - India gains independence from British rule.
• 1969 - The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte 
• 1771 - Author Sir Walter Scott
• 1879 - Actor Ethel Barrymore
• 1885 - Author and playwright Edna Ferber
• 1912 - Chef and author Julia Child
• 1924 - Political activist Phyllis Schlafly
• 1938 - Politician Maxine Waters
• 1972 - Actor Ben Affleck

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Woodstock - LISTEN
• Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin' - LISTEN
• Beatles - Julia - LISTEN
• ABBA - Waterloo - LISTEN
• Mamma Mia - Waterloo - LISTEN
• Judy Garland - Somewhere Over the Rainbow - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 

• Sir Walter Scott - Lochinvar

ART OF THE DAY 

• Diego Velázquez - An Old Woman Cooking Eggs (1618)

THEME: COOKING

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - C is for Cooking with Anthony Mackie (2:12) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Making a Birthday Cake (5:17) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - F is for Food with Padma Lakshmi (2:47) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - Ready Jet Go! - Cooking School Game - DO
• Grades K-8  - NHPBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Cooking Cookies with Solar Power (3:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciGirls - Science Cooks (3:21) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Cooking Up Science with Miss America -The Science of Cooking and Baking (22:04) - VIEW

THEME: JULIA CHILD

• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -  The French Chef With Julia Child Series - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Cooking with Master Chefs Series - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Digital Studios - Julia Child Remixed: Keep On Cooking (3:56)  - VIEW

THEME:  HONEYBEES

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - B is for Bees (1:39) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's World - Bees (5:20) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Baby Bear and Bees (1:48) - VIEW
• PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Let's Learn - Bees and Pollination (11:52) - VIEW
• PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Let's Learn - The Thing About Bees (12:11) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Follow That Bee (2:48) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - What's the Buzz about Bees? (5:26) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Wild TV - Bees (5:08) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Things Explained - What's Happening to All the Bees? (4:18) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Did You Know That Honey is Really Bee Puke? (2:24) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Disappearance of the Bees - What's the Impact? (5:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Bounty of Bees (3:51) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Why Are the Bees Dying? (4:01) - VIEW

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