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Dear Kids, June is here, and many of you are getting out of school for summer vacation. What will you do this summer?

I like to be outside as much as possible in the summertime, but I make sure to be safe. In Come Out & Play this month, find some important tips to keep you safe in the sun and in the water!

Father’s Day is in June, and it’s a great time to let your dad know how much you enjoy spending time with him. Instead of an expensive present, how about just spending the day together doing something you both enjoy? Maybe it’s hiking, riding bikes or lying in the hammock reading together.

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I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag...

Did you know that Flag Day was actually the idea of a schoolteacher?

Actually, more than one teacher helped get this holiday off the ground.

It is believed that the idea of an annual day celebrating the flag originated in 1885 with B.J. Cigrand, a schoolteacher. He arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin, Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 as “Flag Birthday.” Why June 14? It was the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes. Cigrand was also one of the contributing editors of the Encyclopedia Americana. One of his items was “The Recognition and Meaning of Flag Day.” He wrote a pamphlet on “Laws and Customs Regulating the Use of the Flag of the United States.”

Another teacher, George Balch, who taught kindergarten in New York City, planned ceremonies for the children of his school on June 14, 1889. His idea of observing Flag Day was later adopted by the State Board of Education of New York.

The idea of celebrating the flag of the United States caught on. Over the years, many other organizations and school systems began celebrating Flag Day. On June 14, 1894, under the new American Flag Day Association, the first general public school children’s celebration of Flag Day was held. It took place in Chicago at Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln and Washington Parks, with more than 300,000 children participating!

Finally, after three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag Day — the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 — was officially established by the Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30, 1916. It was not until August 3, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14 of each year as National Flag Day. June 13-19 is National Flag Week by a Presidential Proclamation. The American people are encouraged to participate in ceremonies in which they recite the “Pledge of Allegiance.” Can you say the “Pledge of Allegiance” by heart?

The Pledge of Allegiance I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Sources: The National Flag Day Foundation, www.nationalflagday.com; usflag.org; wikipedia.org.

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Each June, families gather to celebrate fathers and the special men in their lives. How did this special day to honor Dad come about? In 1909, Sonora Smart Dodd was listening to a Mother’s Day sermon and thought that it would be appropriate to have a similar event to honor fathers. Having been raised primarily by her father, Dodd held a celebration in June (her dad’s birthday) in her hometown of Spokane, Washington, in 1910 to show her father how much she cared about him.

An official Father’s Day was still a long ways off. It wasn’t until 16 years later that a National Father’s Day committee was formed. In 1956, a joint resolution of Congress recognized Father’s Day. The holiday became a permanent national observance under President Richard Nixon in 1972 and is celebrated on the third Sunday in June. This year it is June 20.

Father’s Day is a time for sons and daughters to recognize the men in their lives. There is no doubt that fathers are special people. Whether they are running alongside your bike as you learn to ride, playing catch in the backyard or just sharing a laugh, they play an important part in your life.

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It’s time to get out your globe! You need to know about the imaginary lines on globes and maps. These lines are called lines of latitude and longitude, and they tell a pilot or ship’s captain exactly where in the world a certain place is located. Basically, latitude lines (also called parallels) are the horizontal lines on your map. Lines of longitude (also called meridians) are the vertical lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole. This mapping system is written in degrees and uses the symbol °. Get ready to travel the world!

Get out your globe, find longitude 8° W, latitude 39° 30' N, and you will find the country of Portugal in Southwestern Europe. Portugal borders the North Atlantic Ocean south and west of Spain. The country is located on the Iberian Peninsula. The Atlantic archipelagos (a chain of islands) of Azores and Madeira Islands are also part of Portugal.

Have you noticed that Portugal has the word port in it? That's a fitting name because bordering the ocean means the country has many ports. The name actually comes from Portus Cale (Latin for Port of Cale). That was the old name of an ancient town and port in current-day Portugal. It was located in the north of Portugal, in today's Grande Porto.

Portugal is split by the Tagus River. The north of Portugal is mountainous and cooler.

The south is warmer and drier and has rolling plains. Portugal is one of the warmest European countries. In fact, a record high of 122.9 °F (50.5 °C) was recorded in Riodades, São João da Pesqueira.

The national holiday in Portugal is Portugal Day (Dia de Portugal), and is on June 10. The day is also called Camoes Day, the day that national poet Luis de Camoes died in 1580. Portugal is also known for its success in early explorations of the world. Vasco de Gama was a famous Portugese explorer who found a direct route from Europe to India.

Photo (left): The narrow streets of Madiera, Portugal.

Sources: “Portugal,” The CIA World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/ the-world-factbook/geos/my.html; Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal.

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A Humble Tool Changes Everything

What Is A “Cool Kind Kid”?

Hi, boys and girls! My name is Barbara Gilmour, and this story is about being a “Cool Kind Kid.” Do you know what a “Cool Kind Kid” is? Would you like to find out?

The “Cool Kind Kid” story starts with my grandson, Tanner.

When Tanner was nine, he talked to me about some of the things he saw kids doing that weren’t very nice. He and his friends didn’t like seeing other kids being teased and picked on. They didn’t think that was right. But most of the kids at their school seemed to think hurting others’ feelings was okay — even “cool.”

Tanner asked me if it was possible to be cool and kind at the same time. I told him sure, and that it could be fun to learn how. I invited Tanner and some of his friends to my house after school so they could learn how to be “Cool Kind Kids.”

It was fun for me to meet his friends. Both boys and girls came.

They all had stories to tell about how they had been treated by other kids. Some were gossiped about on the Internet, some were made fun of and some were left out of games. Some were even bullied. They all wanted to find ways to stop some of the mean things kids were doing.

Tanner had told his friends that I was a children’s manners teacher, so I asked them what they thought manners were. One friend said, “How to eat without grossing others out!”

Another said, “Not sticking fries up your nose!”

Someone else yelled, “Not having spaghetti hanging from your chin.”

They all said, “Saying ‘please’ and ‘thank-you’ is good manners.”

I explained that manners are about more than just eating right.

Manners help us get along with one another. They show us how to be kind to people and treat everyone with the same respect. Manners help us be a good friend and teach us how to care about someone who is hurt or being bullied. They teach us how to be polite, kind and caring.

Did you ever hear of The Golden Rule? Many people think it is the basis for good manners. It says we should “treat others the way we want to be treated.” Tanner and his friends thought that was a “cool” rule. (We’ll talk more about that next time.)

Tanner invited a new friend to the group. His name is Truman, and he’s a dragon. He wants to learn how to be cool and kind, too.

Tanner and his friends have already learned to be accepting of everyone, even if he or she is not just like you. They are excited to have a dragon for a friend.

Please join us as Tanner, Truman and their friends find out how to be “Cool Kind Kids.” Each story will show ways to be “cool” and “kind.”

You can be a “Cool Kind Kid,” too!

Barbara Gilmour, Tanner’s grandmom, is the creator and developer of the Tanner’s Manners: Be a “Cool Kind Kid” Social Skills, Character Values, and Anti-Bullying Elementary School Curriculum, the “Cool Kind Kid” Camp Kits, and the award-winning “Cool Kind Kid” Audio CD. Along with co-authors Dr. Sydelle Mason and Dr. Wendy McDermott, the “Cool Kind Kid” team is committed to helping kids reject bullying and violence by offering them the social skills tools they need to redefine “cool.” © Cool Kind Kid 866-KID-KIND www.CoolKindKid.com

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It was just a wooden tube with brown leather wrapped around it. It had two small lenses, one on each end. It made everything look about eight times larger. This humble telescope had a big part in history 400 years ago. That is when Galileo Galilei used it to look at the night sky. He described what he saw. He told people what it meant. It meant that Earth was not the center of the universe, as most people had thought.

When Galileo looked through his telescope on that night in January 1610, he saw Jupiter. He also saw three little “stars” lined up in a straight line very close to Jupiter. The next night, the little “stars” had moved. And a couple of Galileo shows his telescope to the nights later, he senators in Venice, Italy, in this painting. saw four little “stars.” By observing carefully each night, he realized that these “stars” were really moons of Jupiter — now called Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. We now know there are over 60 moons orbiting Jupiter!

Earlier, Galileo had observed how Mercury and Venus moved across the sky. He had also noticed that Venus has phases, like our Moon. These facts made sense only if Mercury and Venus were orbiting the Sun, not orbiting the Earth. His new observations of the orbits of Jupiter’s moons fit with the idea that Jupiter, too, is orbiting the Sun, and not fit orbiting the Earth. Galileo then realized that Earth is also orbiting the Sun. That was the birth of modern astronomy. This new idea was unpopular. It meant Earth was not the center of the universe after all! So Galileo ended up in trouble.

Nonetheless, Galileo was right. The better our telescopes become, the more awesome the universe seems, even though Earth is not at its center. To see how far our “Supercool Space Tools” have come since Galileo, visit http://spaceplace.nasa. gov/en/kids/storybooks/#supercool.

This article was written by Diane K. Fisher and provided through the courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, through a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Red, White & True Mysteries Everyone Recognizes Mel’s Voice But Not His Name I always find it amusing when I hear that someone who achieved a lot of success in his life was once denigrated by a teacher, parent, boss, etc. Melvin Jerome Blank fits into this category because he had a high school teacher who told him that he would amount to nothing — that he would be like his last name, a blank.

So he changed his last name when he was 16.

He spent most of his adult life with animals: A duck, a rabbit, a cat, a rooster, a pig, a bird, a coyote and so on. You get the picture. But there was nothing wrong with him. In fact, the rabbit probably saved his life after he was in a near-fatal car accident.

Mel began his career as an actor on radio programs at a time before TV was common. One of his first roles was on Jack Benny’s radio program in the late 1930s.

It was Jack Benny who said that nobody else on his show could make him laugh the way Mel did, which is impressive considering that it can be pretty hard to make comedians laugh.

His success on Jack Benny’s radio show led to Mel getting his own show in 1946.

He also appeared on The Abbott and Costello Show on radio and received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

While you might not recognize his name, you’ve heard his voice. Or should we say “voices.” Mel was the voice of Barney Rubble of The Flintstones as well as Mr. Spacely of The Jetsons.

When Mel was involved in a near-fatal car accident in 1961, he spent two weeks in a coma. One of the doctors tried communicating with Mel by talking to him in the voice of cartoon character Bugs Bunny. Mel would eventually come out of the coma; it’s unknown what impact Bugs Bunny’s voice had.

Then, still in the hospital, Mel recorded some of The Flintstones

episodes from his hospital bed — in a full body cast.

While this might sound a bit odd at first, the doctor’s attempts to bring Mel out of a coma make perfect sense when you realize that Mel was a big fan of Bugs Bunny. In fact, he was a big fan of all the animals mentioned above: The duck was Daffy Duck, the cat was Sylvester, the pig was Porky Pig, etc.

Why was he such a big fan of the cartoons?

Because Melvin Blank, then known as Mel Blanc, was the one who supplied their voices!

You’ll see his name in the credits at the end of each cartoon.

Mel also provided the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Woody Woodpecker, as well as Foghorn Leghorn and Sylvester the Cat. That explains why some of the characters’ voices sound so similar. For example, Daffy Duck sounds the same as Sylvester the Cat without all the slobbering, and Porky Pig sounds like Bugs Bunny before his voice gets sped up.

Mel Blanc did them all, and when he passed away in 1989, his son took over for him.

Film critic Leonard Maltin said it best when he noticed that the mild-mannered Tweety Bird is voiced by the same man as the obnoxious Yosemite Sam. Mel Blanc was known as “the man of 1,000 voices” although, by his count, he did “only” 850 voices.

Is there more to this story?

No, because as Mel Blanc would say, “That’s all, folks!” © 2010 Paul Niemann. This story is part of the Red, White & True Mysteries series by author Paul Niemann. For more information, please visit www.InventionMysteries.com.

Activity Guide for Students for “Everyone Recognizes Mel’s Voice But Not His Name” List the Who, What, When, Where and Why of this story.

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Giraffe

In June of 1827, a special giraffe finished a long, incredible journey. Zarafe was a present to the King of France from the Viceroy of Egypt. She was the first giraffe ever in France, and it took a two-year and four-thousandmile trip to get there. She was captured by hunters in Sudan, then traveled on the Kingdom: Animalia back of a camel, by boat and in the cargo hold of a ship with her head peaking out of a hole cut through the deck.

Phylum: Chordata Finally she walked the remaining 550 miles to Paris. The Class: Mammalia people of France were delighted with this amazing animal, Order: Artiodactyla and over 100,000 people came to see her. Zarafe lived the rest of her life — 18 years — in France.

Family: Giraffidae The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world! And its height sure does come in handy. The giraffe is a plant eater and can reach way up high to feed on leaves from trees. The giraffe lives in Africa, and its coat has brown spots or patches on a light background. They’re all unique! No two giraffes have the same pattern of spots.

Male giraffes are usually between 16 to 18 feet tall, but can be up to 19 feet tall. And even though they look nice and slim, they carry some weight around on those thin legs! They can weigh 3,000 pounds or more. The giraffe’s legs can be 10 feet tall, and the front legs are longer than the back!

Giraffes have long necks and legs, but those aren’t the only things that are long! The giraffe’s tongue can be up 21 inches long. And it is prehensile, which means it can grab and hold on to things. Other neat facts about giraffes are: Their natural predators are lions, hyenas and wild dogs. Giraffes can go weeks without drinking water. They get most of their water from the plants they eat. When they do have the opportunity to drink water, they drink lots of it!

A newborn giraffe is about six feet tall and weighs 150 pounds when it is born. It will grow about four feet during the first year. The giraffe sleeps standing up! If it lies down, it would take too long to get back up if a predator came close.

Sources: Giraffe, Encyclopdia Britannica; Wikipedia; National Geographic; The Teacher’s Calendar, 2009-2010.

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A SECTION ESPECIALLY FOR PARENTS Dad, Jackie, and Me

My Daddy Likes to Say

Author: Myron Uhlberg, Colin Bootman (Illustrator) Publisher: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd. Age Range: 9 to 12

Author/Illustrator: Denise Brennan-Nelson, Jane Monroe Donovan (illustrator) Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Age Range: 4 to12 “Don’t bury your head in the sand,” my daddy likes to say. I’m not sure whan he means, but I like it anyway.

As a tribute to fathers everywhere, this month I read My Daddy Likes to Say. This enjoyable book — for people of all ages! — uses rhythmic rhyme and beautiful, colorful illustrations to explain common idioms that a dad says, as seen from a child’s perspective.

From “wipe that smile off your face” to “cool as a cucumber,” they’re all here. Excerpts on each double-page spread help define the illustrated idioms. And, to tie up the loose ends, there’s even a glossary in the back to help you get a handle on all those idioms. —JK

Flag Day Author: Robin Nelson Publisher: Lerner Classroom Age Range: 4 to 8 From the Publisher: A basic overview of Flag Day for emergent readers. Color photographs reflect the short, easy-to-understand sentences that improve vocabulary and comprehension. Robin Nelson is a former elementary teacher and the author of many children’s nonfiction books in the First Step Nonfiction, Pull Ahead, and Start to Finish series.

From the publisher: It is the summer of 1947, and a highly charged baseball season is underway in New York. Jackie Robinson is the new first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers — and the first black player in Major League Baseball.

A young boy shares the excitement of Robinson’s rookie season with his deaf father.

The Summer Camp Survival Guide: Cool Games, Camp Classics, and How to Capture the Flag Author: Chris Pallatto, Ron DeFazio, Ethan Long (Illustrator) Publisher: Sterling Publishing Age Range: 7 to 12

From the Publisher: Let the summertime adventure begin!

Whether they’re going to day camp, sleepaway camp, sports camp, dance camp or any other kind of camp, this is the ultimate guide for happy campers! It’s brimming with fun ideas to help children have the time of their lives, including icebreakers, games, crafts, campfire stories, sing-along songs and more.

There’s advice on using a compass, winning camp contests and keeping the homesick blues at bay. With charts, sidebars, tear-outs and postcards, plus time-tested information from two very expert authors, any kid carrying this book is sure to have an awesome summer.

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At the Movies Marmaduke (In Theaters: June 4) Owen Wilson is the canine voice of Marmaduke, a destruction-prone teenage Great Dane who moves to Orange County, California, with his human family of five, along with his feline sidekick Carlos (voiced by George Lopez). The live-action pet movie also features Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie as the voice of a sweet little collie who takes a romantic shine to Marmaduke, the “new dog in town.” If dogs could talk, dance and ride surf boards — hey wait a minute, they can — in this animal-friendly family comedy. William H. Macy, Lee Pace and Steve Coogan star. Rated PG for some rude humor and language.

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The Karate Kid (In Theaters: June 11) The popular 1984 Karate Kid movie gets updated with Jackie Chan playing a worldly Kung Fu master who tutors 12-year-old Dre Parker (played by Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith). A career move for his mother (Taraji P. Henson) takes Dre from Detroit to Bejing, China, where school bullies make his life painful until the school’s maintenance man, Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), teaches Dre “real kung fu.” Dre learns to mature and connect to the energy around him to defeat his fears and his enemies. Majestic locations like China’s Great Wall provide ancient settings where Dre is an outsider who must learn how to fit in. Rated PG for bullying, martial arts action, violence and some mild language.

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Toy Story 3 (In Theaters: June 18) It’s 10 years later now, and Andy is going off to college. The time has come for Andy to throw out his treasure chest of toys, but a mishap changes how the plastic characters will spend their future. Buzz (voiced

by Tim Allen), Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) and Mr. Potato Head (voiced by Don Rickles) go on a 3D adventure to escape the hands of little kids at the Sunnyside Day Care Center. It will take a heroic plan from Buzz Lightyear to free his toy buddies and track down Andy.

Things aren’t all bad at the day care center where Barbie meets Ken for the first time, and Mr. Potato Head is introduced to Mrs. Potato Head.

From Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl (Joan Cusack) to Rex the Green Dinosaur (Wallace Shawn), the whole gang is here for a super fun time.

Rated G. (Disney•Pixar)

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P ARENTOWN’S K ID S HAPE Turn the TV Off for Better Language Development Recent studies indicate that young children exposed to television average, each additional hour of television exposure was also associated viewing from infancy can experience a delay in speech and know fewer with a decrease of 770 words the child heard from an adult during the words than children who didn’t watch television. But up until very recently, recording session. From 500 to 1,000 fewer adult words were spoken per it really wasn’t understood why. Research points to fewer words being hour of audible television. Adults generally speak more than 900 words uttered around the house by caregivers in the per hour. However, that amount is nearly obliterated presence of audible television. Therefore, turning when the TV is on. off the TV can promote better language skills for According to recommendations by the American children and adults alike.

Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), children under the age A total of 329 children were observed in a of two should not watch television. Instead, spend home-based study led by researcher Dimitri A. time reading, talking and singing to your child to Christakis, MD, MPH, director of the Center promote brain and verbal development. for Child Health, Behavior and Development After age two is reached, children can watch at Seattle Children’s Research Institute and age-appropriate programming, but keep it to a professor of pediatrics at the University of minimum — no more than two hours per day. Here Washington School of Medicine. The children are other recommendations to follow. wore a small, business card-sized recorder on * During meal times, keep the TV turned off and random days monthly for up to two years. The engage in conversation.

Experts say that an audible television in recorder captured everything the child said and * Don’t leave the television on for background the household limits conversation and can also heard during continuous 12- to 16-hour thus restrict language and brain development noise. When it is not being watched, keep it off. periods. The recorders were removed only for in young children. * If you are watching television together, talk naps, baths, nighttime sleep and car rides. A about what you are watching. Make TV viewing a speech identification software program processed chance to talk and interact as well. the recorded files to analyze sounds children were exposed to in their * Don’t have a television in your child’s bedroom. Otherwise, you may environment, as well as the sounds and utterances they made. have diffi culty monitoring how much and what is being watched.

The results of the study, published in June 2009, were eye-opening.

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During each hour of audible television, significant reductions in child vocalizations, vocalization duration and conversational turns occurred. On

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June is National Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Month.

Celebrate by eating a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables all month long! Try these great recipes to enjoy more fruits and veggies this month and all year long. Remember to let a grown-up do the chopping!

AVOCADO AND FRUIT SALAD TOPPING WHAT YOU NEED:

• 2 red delicious apples, cut into 1/2-inch cubes • 1 tsp lemon juice • 2 avocados, cut into 1/2-inch cubes • 2 kiwi fruits, sliced • 1 banana sliced • 1 pint strawberries, sliced • 1 pint blueberries • 1 Tbsp honey • 1/4 tsp mace (East Indian spice similar to nutmeg) HOW TO MAKE IT: • Place apples in a bowl with lemon juice to keep from browning. Add all

other ingredients. Gently mix fruit salad topping. Serve on top of waffles, with or without liquid syrup.

SALSA FOR EVERYONE

WHAT YOU NEED: • 1 small red onion, coarsely chopped • 1 medium green bell pepper, coarsely chopped • 1 small bunch (8 to 10 sprigs) fresh parsley leaves • 2 large or extra-large fresh tomatoes, cored • 3 Tbsp red wine vinegar • 1 Tbsp lemon juice • 1 tsp ground cumin • Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste HOW TO MAKE IT: • With adult help: Combine the onion, green bell pepper and parsley in a food processor. Process for 10 seconds, scrape down the sides and process again until the mixture is finely chopped. Halve the tomatoes and squeeze out most of the juice and seeds. Chop the tomatoes coarsely and then add them to the processor. Pulse several times to make a textured sauce: little bits of onion and tomato should remain. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and stir in the vinegar and lemon juice. Put the cumin in a small saucepan and toast over low heat, stirring, for two to three minutes at most, just until the cumin starts to smoke. Stir it into the salsa along with the salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until serving time. The salsa will keep about one week in the refrigerator. For a hotter version, substitute one seeded fresh jalapeno pepper for the green bell pepper. You may also substitute toasted cumin seed for ground cumin. Serve with tortilla chips or as a topping on tacos. Enjoy!

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