Apples and Johnny Appleseed and Koalas - September 26

Friday, September 26, 2025

Today is Johnny Appleseed Day, Dumpling Day, Be Brave Day, Key Lime Pie Day, Lumberjack Day, Doodle Day
Save the Koala Day, Record Store Day, and National Pancake Day.

• Hispanic/Latino Month Resource of the Day: Oh Noah
• Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.

1789 – George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson as the first United States Secretary of State.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Apples and Johnny Appleseed

ON THIS DATE

• 1905 - Albert Einstein introduces his special theory of relativity in the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers.
• 1960 - Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy meet in the first televised presidential debate.
• 1969- The Beatles' last album, Abbey Road, is released.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1774 - Gardener Johnny Appleseed
• 1849 - Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov
• 1888 - British poet T. S. Eliot
• 1898 - Composer George Gershwin
• 1948 - Singer Olivia Newton-John (Olivia Newton Reads All Tucked In on Sesame Street)

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Osmonds - One Bad Apple - LISTEN
• George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - LISTEN
• Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You - LISTEN

THEME:  APPLES AND JOHNNY APPLESEED

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - A is for Apple with Elmo (1:25) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Eating Apples (1:57) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Super Grover Saves Elmo's Apple (3:10) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The Case of Ernie's Apple (3:35) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - Making Apple Cider (1:54) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Snack Hacks - Apple Donuts (0:30) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Curious George - Apple Picking Game - DO
• PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Valley's Gold - Apples (2:24) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Nature Cat - Hooray for Apple Seeds (1:42) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Johnny Appleseed (2:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NPR - All Things Considered - Johnny Appleseed Planted Stories Of Myth, Adventure (8:48)  - LISTEN
• Grade 6-12 - US Apples - Apple Varieties - READ
• Grades 6-12 - Mental Floss - 9 Facts That Tell the True Story of Johnny Appleseed - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Botany of Desire - Sweetness - 4 videos (Available in Spanish) - VIEW and DO

THEME:  KOALAS

• Grades PreK-2 - The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That - Koala Pouches (1:04) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Koala Cam - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Koala Balloon (26:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Phascolarctidae - Koalas - READ
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Wild Suburban Koala (8:53) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - How to be an Alpha Male Koala (Available in Spanish)(6:05) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Koala Diet (Available in Spanish) (2:33) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Male Koalas Battle over a Female (2:53) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - 5 Gross Facts About Koalas (3:20) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Australia's Effort to Reverse Koala Extinction (11:07) - VIEW

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