How to Write Thank-You Letters
Don’t forget to thank your family and friends for all the great gifts they gave you during the holidays! Learn how to write proper thank-you letters from this Jack and Jill article from 1941.
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Do the Robot: Competitions
Get the web-exclusive scoop on Daniela, Abraham, and Oliver, three kids who Blake interviewed in the January/February 2012 Jack and Jill, on RoboCupJunior competitions and some of the kids’ favorite robot designs.
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Save Pennies In Your Piggy Bank for the Holidays
You don’t need to have a piggy bank filled with money to give your loved ones amazing gifts this holiday season!
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Top Five New Years Resolutions
Here are Jack and Jill’s New Year’s resolutions! What are yours?
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Meet the Yule Lads
Most kids have heard of Santa Claus and know that he visits houses on Christmas. But what about the Yule Lads, 13 mischievous brothers who visit houses in Iceland around the holidays?
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An Elf Story: An Interview
Ricky interviewed Carol Aebersold, the woman who is helping to spread the word about the Elf on the Shelf, and the elves who come to the homes of families during the holiday season.
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U.S. Kids Reporters: My Trip to Ireland
Jack and Jill U.S. Kids Reporter reporter and reader Gabrielle reports on her trip to Ireland
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Airplane Words
Amaze your friends for Aviation History Month with these definitions from the April, 1942 issue of Jack and Jill! Aileron – small movable flap on the wing that helps to keep airplane balanced in the air. Bail out – to
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The Great Fall Salad
Jack, Jill, and their friends are in the kitchen with Chef Monique making a salad for the Fall Festival. But will they have enough time to finish it?
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Winter the Tailless Dolphin
Read the amazing true story of Winter, a dolphin who lost her tail, but has never given up.
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Watching the Night Sky
The Read these tips to make your Perseids meteor-shower viewing amazing this
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Humpty’s Book Club
Fairly Fairy Tales Solar panels for the Three Little Pigs? Spaghetti for Jack and the Giant? A disco ball for Cinderella? NOOOO! Well, maybe. New possibilities open up for your fairy-tale friends, and the funny pictures will keep you laughing
Activities
Holidays: June 12: Loving Day
Loving Day celebrates the Supreme Court Case Loving v. Virginia, in which the Court declared that it was OK for people of different races to marry each other, which was illegal in 16 states at the time. You can celebrate
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So You Wanna Get Dirty, Do Ya?
by Kaylah Heaton How do you spend your summer? Last year, I was given a wonderful learning experience: the opportunity to show swine! That’s a pig, if you didn’t know. You can’t show swine unless you work hard; I had
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These Kids Know Their Baboons
Travel to Africa with the Share-Sapolsky family and learn about baboons. An up-close look!
