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ChillKids Family Educational Magazine Durham / Chapel Hill / Carrboro / Hillsborough / Orange County / NCTriangle K-5 School Classroom Distribution (also available at all of the libraries, Whole Foods, doctor/dentist offices and other locations where families gather)
ChillKids monthly educational family magazine (11.25 in. x 14.5 in.) is distributed FREE every month to K-5 children/families both online and via school classroom backpacks in the NC Triangle / Durham / Chapel Hill/ Carrboro/ Hillsborough/ Orange County.

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*→ Read the online edition* November 2019 Chill Kids Family Magazine What's it Like to be a Dancer in Triangle Youth Ballet's The Nutcracker? Welcome Avalon Tiger to the Animal Center at the Conservators Center in Mebane, NC! Make your Own 90-Second Newbery Film & Enter the Contest! NASA Celebrates the Past, Present & Future of Women's Amazing Accomplishments in Space -- North Carolina Native, Astronaut & Engineer Christina Kock Takes Another Walk in Space -- (Historic All-Women Spacewalk Took Place in October 2019) Thanksgiving Themed Puzzles & Games, Dot-to-Dots, Hidden Picture Puzzle Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle

*→ Read the online edition* October 2019 Chill Kids Family Magazine All About Aye-Ayes! Rare Baby Aye-Aye Born at the Duke Lemur Center: Welcome, Melisandre! Smokey Bear Live: October and November 2019 Events (Back Cover) Puzzles & Games, Dot-to-Dots, Hidden Picture Puzzle Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle (National & State Parks Theme)

*→ Read the online edition* September 2019 Chill Kids Family Magazine Happy Birthday, Smokey Bear! Celebrating 75 Years of Wildfire Prevention Education All about the Real Smokey Bear American Black Bears: Meet the Black Bears at the Museum of Life + Science in Durham, NC Mimi, Virginia, Gus, & Yona NASA Space Place Puzzles & Games, Dot-to-Dots, Hidden Picture Puzzle Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle (National & State Parks Theme)

*→ Read the online edition* August 2019 Chill Kids Family Magazine August 2019 Surf Competitions & Events in Wrightsville Beach, NC How to Grow a Watermelon Recipe: Cool off with Watermelon Berry Popsicles Perseid Meteor Showers & Moon Watching 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee: 8 Co-Champions
*→ Read the online edition* July 2019 Chill Kids Family Magazine Apollo 11 50th Anniversary! 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee: 8 Co-Champions NASA Space Place Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle Hidden Picture Puzzle, Challenging Dot-to-Dot, Word Finds, Math Puzzles and lots more!
*→ Read the online edition* June 2019 Chill Kids Family Magazine Six Red Wolf Pups Ready to Explore! (Endangered Species) Born at the Museum of Life and Science on Earth Day (April 22nd), Turning Six Weeks Old in June NASA Space Place Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle Hidden Picture Puzzle, Challenging Dot-to-Dot, Word Finds, Math Puzzles and lots more!
*→ Read the online edition* May 2019 Chill Kids Family Magazine Critter Crossing! Local Folk Artist Clyde Jones Brings Art to Life
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*→ Read the online edition* November 2018 Chill Kids Family Magazine Thanksgiving Family Fun in the NC Triangle Exploring Nature: Local Hiking Trails Diwali: India's Festival of Lights NASA Space Place Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle - Thanksgiving Theme Kids and Parents complete this puzzle together: Kids fill in the Across clues, Parents fill in the Down clues Hidden Picture Puzzle, Challenging Dot-to-Dot, Word Finds, Math Puzzles and lots more!
*→ Read the online edition* October 2018 Chill Kids Family Magazine Fall Family Fun in the NC Triangle: Cornfield Mazes, Pumpkins and Harvest Festivals! (Page 7) International Observe the Moon Night - October 20th (Celebrate Observe the Moon Night with Morehead Planetarium at Honesuckle Tea House!) (Details on pages 8-9) National Fire Prevention Week - Safety Tips and Sparky the Fire Dog's Games/Videos at Sparky.org (Pages 4 & 5) Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle - Halloween Theme Hidden Picture Puzzle, Challenging Dot-to-Dot, Word Finds, Math Puzzles and lots more!
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*→ Read the online edition* August 2018 Chill Kids Family Magazine Happy 1st Birthday to Baby Panda Yuan Meng (Beauval Zoo Park in France) Watch the 2018 August Perseid Meteor Shower All About Meteor Showers - NASA Space Place Young Dancers & the Benefits of Pre-School Ballet - New this year! Triangle Youth Ballet Pre-K Ballet NC811 - Call Before You Dig! August 11 is National 811 Day - (Learn all about it on p. 13, with fun interactive puzzles) August Calendar Exploring Nature Puzzles & Games Summer Reading: Atlas Adventure Book Selection

*→ Read the online edition* Summer 2018 Chill Kids Family Magazine 2018 Spelling Bee Winners Animals of the Eno River Puzzles & Games STEM Book Selections NASA Space Place & Lots more fun for the whole family!

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December 2017 → Read the online edition December 2018 Chill Kids Family Magazine • Exploring Nature: Winter Animal - Snowshoe Hare How to Recognize Animal Tracks • Winter Weather: Let it Snow! Book Nook: Snowflake Bentley & The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder • 2018 Doodle 4 Google • NASA Space Place: Robots in Space • Triangle Youth Ballet presents 23rd Annual The Nutcracker with Chapel Hill and Durham perforamces • Photos with Santa and Fun Family Events at Northgate Mall (see page 16) • Solstice Celebration Lantern Walk at the Riverwalk, Hillsborouh, NC December 21st • Recipe: No-Bake Thumbprint Cookies (100% Healthy & Delicious!) • Hidden Picture Puzzles (Holiday & Winter Theme) • Dot-to-Dots (Holiday & Winter Theme) • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • Mazes, Puzzles, Word Find, Double Word Puzzle, Math-A-Muse math puzzles and lots more! • Correction to the print magazine (December 2017 issue) Click link above for Kids Across Parents Down Crossword Puzzle answers (page 6 - corrected in online edition)
November 2017 *→ Read the online edition* November 2017 Chill Kids Family Magazine
October 2017 → Read the online edition October 2017 Chill Kids Family Magazine • NASA Space Place: Meteor Showers (aka "Shooting Stars") Star Gaze on the night of October 20th-21st to see the Orionid Meteor Showers • 2017 Autumn Farm Fun Guide! Pumpkin Patches, Cornfield Mazes, Fall Festivals • The North Carolina State Fair! October 12 - 22, 2017 • 4th Annual Halloween Spooktacular at Northgate October 22, 2017 ft. Paperhand Puppet Intervention's giant puppets Costume Contest, Food/Drink - Local Food Trucks, & a Concert by The Rusted Rail • Howl-a-Ween Tours at the Conservators Center in Burlington, NC Meet Lions, Tigers, & Binturongs, Wolves, Fennec Foxes & many more amazing animals • Halloween Safety Tips • Carolina Renaissance Festival Saturdays & Sundays, Sept. 30 - Nov. 19, 2017 • KidCycle Fall Consignment Sale at Northgate Mall in Durham October 6 - 8 (See website for details) • Hidden Picture Puzzles • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • Mazes, Puzzles, Word Find, Dot-to-Dot, Math-A-Muse math puzzles and lots more!
September 2017 → Read the online edition September 2017 Chill Kids Family Magazine • NASA Space Place: Robotic Explorer Spacecraft Cassini Grand Finale & All About Saturn • Learn About Weather Balloons with Owlie Skywarn (National Weather Service mascot) • Carolina Renaissance Festival begins weekend of September 30th Saturdays & Sundays, Sept. 30 - Nov. 19, 2017 • Tournament Jousting (Knights on Horseback) at the Carolina Renaissance Festival Did you know? Ring Jousting is the official state sport of Maryland • Free Homework Help Online & Educationanal Websites • Back to School Books: School-themed Books for all Ages • KidCycle Fall Consignment Sale at Northgate Mall in Durham October 6 - 8 (Sellers drop off in September, see website for details) • Hidden Picture Puzzle • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • Mazes, Puzzles, Word Find, Dot-to-Dot, Math-A-Muse math puzzles and lots more!
August 2017 → Read the online edition August 2017 Chill Kids Family Magazine • 2017 Solar Eclipse Learn all about the 2017 Solar Eclipse with NASA and NASA Space Place • Watermelon Day at the Museum of Life and Science Visit and watch the bears, lemurs, and farm animals at the Museum of Life and Science enjoy Watermelon treats • Cool off with Watermelong Sorbet (Recipe) • August 11 is National 811 Day: Call Before You Dig • Watermelon-Theme Hidden Picture Puzzle • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • Mazes, Puzzles, Word Find, Dot-to-Dot, Math-A-Muse math puzzles and lots more!
July 2017 → Read the online edition July 2017 Chill Kids Family Magazine • The Tour de France 2017 104th Year! • NASA Space Place: Meet the Mars Rovers • July is National Blueberry Month - Recipe: 3-Ingredient No-Churn Blueberry Ice Cream (made with blueberries, banana & coconut water) • Festival for the Eno River 2017 Sat., June 1st & Tues. July 4th, 2017 • Triangle Youth Ballet Summer Camps • Free Movies at Stadium 10 at Northgate Mall Stadium 10 at Northgate offers the summer movie series FREE for parents and children to enjoy together! Movie Series show on Tuesday’s, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s at 9:30am Fun Family Events all Summer Long at Northgate Mall Beautiful Carousel, Rides, Train rides for children, Plus music jams, DAC clay studio & lots more. • Summer Fun Hidden Picture Puzzle • Red, White & Blue Theme Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • Tour de France Bicycle Race Maze • July Word Find, Summer Secret Word (Unscramble the Letters), Dot-to-Dot, Math-A-Muse math puzzles and lots more!
June 2017 → Read the online edition June 2017 Chill Kids Family Magazine • Coming up: Festival for the Eno River 2017 Sat., June 1st & Tues. July 4th, 2017 • The Wild Horses of Corolla North Carolina Outer Banks • Amazing Bumble Bees • NASA Space Place Getting a Boost from Gravity • Summer Fun Hidden Picture Puzzle • Fathers' Day Theme Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • June Word Find, Dot-to-Dots, Math-A-Muse math puzzles and lots more!
May 2017 → Read the online edition May 2017 Chill Kids Family Magazine • Emerson Waldorf Spring Fest 2017 Sat., May 13, 2017 • All About The Kentucky Derby History, Fun Facts, Winner's Circle Geography Quiz • Welcome Six Red Wolf Pups (Endangered Species) Born at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC • Triangle Youth Ballet & NC Symphony Kids An Afternoon with Dr. Seuss at Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh, NC March 13, 2017, 1pm & 4pm • STEM Book Selections: Making Math and Science fun for kids! • NASA Space Place Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)- Orbiting Earh from Pole to Pole • Kentucky Derby Coloring Corner • Mother's Day-theme Hidden Picture Puzzle • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • May Word Find, Dot-to-Dots, Math-A-Muse math puzzles and lots more!
April 2017 *→ Read the online edition* April 2017 Chill Kids Family Magazine • North Carolina Science Festival Hundreds of fun NC Science Festival events happening right now all over NC April 7-23, 2017 • Poem in Your Pocket Day (April 27th) & National Poetry Month • This Month in History: Paul Revere's Midnight Ride April 18, 1775 • Recipe: Strawberry Gummy Bears (Make your own gummy bears with 100% fresh fruit, no artificial colors or flavors) • Meet the Easter Bunny at Northgate Mall Visit the Easter Bunny near Center Court! Photo packages available. April 6 - 15, 2017 • White House Easter Egg Roll: 139 years of Fun! • NASA Space Place What is a Dwarf Planet? • Learn How to Draw a Cartoon Bunny • Hidden Picture Puzzle • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • April Word Find, Dot-to-Dots, Math-A-Muse math puzzles and lots more!
March 2017 → Read the online edition March 2017 Chill Kids Family Magazine • Triangle Youth Ballet presents The Four Seasons Saturday, March 18, 2017 7:00pm at East Chapel Hill High School • The Music of Italian Composer Antonio Vivaldi • Vivaldi's Four Seasons • NASA Space Place What makes the seasons change? Spring Equinox • Ansel Adams Nature and Wilderness Photography Exhibition at the NC Museum of Art through May 7, 2017 • Children's Festival at Northgate Mall Saturday, March 18, 2017 12:30pm • Discovery Place at Northgate Mall - Free children's events every 1st and 3rd Saturday, sponsored by the Durham Library and Northgate Mall • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle (St. Patrick's Day / Luck Theme) • Recipe, Hidden Picture Puzzle, Word Find, Dot-to-Dots, Math-A-Muse and lots more!
February 2017 → Read the online edition February 2017 Chill Kids Family Magazine • The Arctic Fox + Meet Caspar Arctic Fox at the Conservators Center in Burlington, NC • Arctic Animals • NASA Space Place • Wild Weather • The Great Kindness Challenge 2017 • Piedmont Electric Basketball Camp Scholarships 2017 • Discovery Place at Northgate Mall - Free children's events every 1st and 3rd Saturday, sponsored by the Durham Library and Northgate Mall • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle (Valentine's Day Theme) • Hidden Picture Puzzle, Word Find, Dot-to-Dots, Math-A-Muse and lots more!
January 2017 → Read the online edition January 2017 Chill Kids Family Magazine • Winter Fun in the NC Triangle • January 2017 ChillKids print magazine Cover Art by Nationally Acclaimed Artist/Children's Illustrator/Author, Laura Huliska Beith (Laura's turkey art - similar, whimsical and cheerful turkey - adorned the Pottery Barn Kids dinnerware collection in November 2015.) • Calling all Young Scientists (Grades 5 - 8) Discovery 3M Young Scientist Challenge is now open for entries through April 19, 2017 What will you invent to help people & make the world a etter place? (Pages 10 & 11) • Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day at Northgate Mall (page 8) • All About Squirrels Some squirrels live in trees, some squirrels can fly/glide from tree to tree, and some squirrels live on the ground and in underground burrows. Did you know groundhogs are a kind of squirrel? • NASA Space Place • Learn how to Draw a Squirrel + Squirrel Word Find (Page 12) • Fun Squirrel/Winter Theme Puzzles & Activities • Meet the Animals at the Conservators Center and learn how they stay warm and cozy in the winter months • Ski and Snowboarding Family Events in January: Don't Hibernate, Get Out and Play! • Discovery Place at Northgate Mall - Free children's events every 1st and 3rd Saturday, sponsored by the Durham Library and Northgate Mall • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle (Holiday Theme) • Hidden Picture Puzzle, Word Find, Dot-to-Dots, Math-A-Muse and lots more!
December 2016 → Read the online edition December 2016 Chill Kids Family Magazine • Magical Holidays at Biltmore Estate and the History of Biltmore House in Asheville, NC Blue Ridge Mountains (pages 6 - 7) • Meet Sean Kenney, Certified Master LEGO Artist, and check out his fantastic Nature Connects Art with LEGO exhibit at Cape Fear Botanical Garden through Jan. 8th (pages 12 - 13) • Behind the Scenes at Triangle Youth Ballet's 22nd Season Performing The Nutcracker: New Backdrops Created by Local Students (pages 5) • NASA Space Place: How NASA Tracks Storms on Earth via Satellites (Page 4) • Learn how to Draw an adorable Elf (Page 8) • Let it Snow! Learn with NOAA about how snow develops (Page 11) • Fun Nutcracker Ballet Theme Puzzles & Activities • Photos with Santa and Fun Family Events at Northgate Mall (see page 8) • Discovery Place at Northgate Mall - Free children's events every 1st and 3rd Saturday, sponsored by the Durham Library and Northgate Mall • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle (Holiday Theme) • Hidden Picture Puzzle, Word Find, Dot-to-Dots, Math-A-Muse and lots more!
November 2016 → Read the online edition November 2016 Chill Kids Family Magazine Highlights: (Monthly Print Magazine) • NASA Space Place: Auroras (Northern Lights & Southern Lights) (pages 12-13) • Nature Explorers: Why Leaves Change Color in Autumn (page 14) • Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Celebrates 90 Years (page 11) • Fun Thanksgiving Theme Puzzles & Activities • Doodle 4 Google 2016 Art Contest (Submission deadline is December 2, 2016) National winner wins $30,000 plus $50,000 for the winner's school (See page 5) • Children's Faire & Artisan Marketplace on the Emerson Waldorf School Campus November 19, 2016 10am-3pm (see page 7) • Meet Santa, Make Your Own Ornament and Join in the Parade at Northgate Mall Sat. November 19, 2016 (see page 8) • Discovery Place at Northgate Mall - Free children's events every 1st and 3rd Saturday, sponsored by the Durham Library and Northgate Mall • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle "Turkey Talk" • Hidden Picture Puzzle, Word Find, Dot-to-Dots, Math-A-Muse and lots more!
October 2016 *→ Read the online edition* October 2016 Chill Kids Family Magazine Highlights: • Autumn Farm Fun: Local Pumpkin Patches, Cornfield Mazes & Fall Festivals • The Art of Claude Monet • NASA Space Place Communicating with Curiosity: Mars Rover Curiosity Says "Hello" from Mars (Check out Curiosity's "selfie" on Mars) • NC State Fair, October 13 - 23, 2016 • Sixth Hillsborough Handmade Parade Sat. October 15, 2016 ft. Paperhand Puppet Intervention • Howl-o-Ween and Pumpkin Prowl at the Conservators Center • Durham Symphony Orchestra Halloween Spooktacular Sun. October 23, 2016 at Northgate Mall ft. Paperhand Puppet Intervention • October is National Orthodontic Health Month: Learn about What it's Like to be an Orthodontist - Career Interview with Dr. Lenise Clifton of Clifton & Mauney • Discovery Place at Northgate Mall - Free children's events every 1st and 3rd Saturday, sponsored by the Durham Library and Northgate Mall • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle "Falling into Fall" • Hidden Picture Puzzle, Word Find, Dot-to-Dots, Math-A-Muse and lots more!

September 2016 *→ Read the online edition* September 2016 Chill Kids Family Magazine Highlights: • Celebrate our National Parks & The National Park Service's 100th Birthday • 4th Graders Free Pass to all National Parks (Federal Parks, Lands and Waters) for 4th graders and their families through August 2017 • Free HOMEWORK HELP WEBSITES • Nutracracker Ballet Auditions at Triangle Youth Ballet in September • Discovery Place at Northgate Mall - Free children's events every 1st and 3rd Saturday, sponsored by the Durham Library and Northgate Mall • NASA Space Place

August 2016 → Read the online edition August 2016 Chill Kids Family Magazine Highlights: • North Carolina Aquariums • Paperhand Puppet Intervention's 17th Annual Summer Giant Puppet Extravaganza • Durham Bulls Baseball: Meet Wool E. Bull! • August 11 is National 811 Day: Call Before you Dig! • NASA Space Place • 2016 Rio Summer Olympics Kids Across Parents Down Crossword Puzzle

July 2016 → Read the online edition Read about the critters of the Eno River in the July 2016 ChillKids (print) magazine. Kids 5-12 can submit their own Eno River T-Shirt design for a prize! (Details on page 11). Your drawing may be published in a future ChillKids magazine!
June 2016 → Read the online edition • June 2016 ChillKids Magazine Highlights: • 2016 National Spelling Bee Champions - Congratulations to Local Spelling Bee Finalists Betty Closs of Durham, NC & Eva Vega of Charlotte, NC • Read about the SEA TURTLES at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center Topsail Island, NC • Plant a Butterfly Garden • Monarch Butterfly Metamorphosis • Northgate Mall's Safari Adventure Train opens June 16th for the Summer months Durham County Library Summer Reading Kickoff at Northgate Mall on Sat. June 11th * Discovery Nook (every 1st & 3rd Saturday) & lots of fun Family Events at Northgate Mall in Durham + NASA Kids Space Place, Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • Hidden Picture Puzzle, Dot-to-Dots, Math Puzzles . . . and lots more reading fun for the whole family!		May 2016 → Read the online edition • May 2016 ChillKids Magazine Highlights: • Discovery Nook (every 1st & 3rd Saturday) & lots of fun Family Events at Northgate Mall in Durham • What's it Like to Be a Veterinarian? Meet Local Veterinarian Dr. DeWana Anderson of The Animal Hospital in Carrboro • Presidential Pets (An alligator in the bathtub at the White House? A pony in the elevator? A hippopotamus at the White House? . . . and other true presidential pet stories . . . ) • Dog Etiquette: May I Pet Your Dog? Tips from Green Beagle Lodge in Chapel Hill + NASA Kids Space Place, Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • Hidden Picture Puzzle, Dot-to-Dots, Math Puzzles . . . and lots more reading fun for the whole family!

April 2016 → Read the online edition • April 2016 Magazine Highlights: • FREE Children's Event Alice's Mad Tea Party at Northgate Mall Saturday, April 23, 2016 1pm - 3pm RSVP for this FREE Tea Party with Alice in Wonderland characters for kids 5-10 years old to benefit Book Harvest http://www.northgatemall.com/event/alices-mad-tea-party-and-etiquette/ • KidCycle HUGE Bi-Annual Consignment Sale presented by Diaper Bank of NC Northgate Mall April 21-24 & April 30, 2016 www.kidcyclenc.com • Shipwreck Discovery off the Coast of North Carolina • National Poetry Month & Poem in Your Pocket Day • Alpacas and Peru + Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • Hidden Picture Puzzle, Dot-to-Dots, Math Puzzles . . . and lots more reading fun for the whole family!		March 2016 → Read the online edition • March 2016 Magazine Highlights: • FREE Children's Event STEMville Saturdays of Science at Northgate Mall's Discovery Nook March 5 and 19, 2016 12:30 pm presented by Northgate Mall, Durham County Library and UNC's Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Triangle Youth Ballet presents A Midsummer Night's Dream at East Chapel Hill High School March 13, 2016, 7:30pm • Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns to Earth after a Record-Breaking YEAR on the International Space Shuttle • Meet the Newest Residents at the Conservators Center (near Burlington, NC): Asher Caracal, Sash Binturong, and Gracie & Bandit Racoons • Celebrate Math on Pi Day (March 14th); Read lots of ways to get kids interested and eager to learn more (Make a pie for Pi Day; write a song using the "notes" corresponding to Pi ... Book Selections that make it fun for kids to learn more about Pi and lots more). • Playwright William Shakespeare & Composer Felix Mendelssohn
February 2016 → Read the online edition • February 2016 Magazine Highlights: • FREE Children's Event STEMville Saturdays of Science at Northgate Mall's Discovery Nook February 6 and 20, 2016 12:30 pm presented by Northgate Mall, Durham County Library and UNC's Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Triangle Youth Ballet Father Daughter Dance at the Carolina Inn, February 14, 2016, 2pm - 4pm • PEMC Bright Ideas Winners - Congratulations to local teachers for their winning learning projects! • 130 Years of Winter Carnival. Ice Palaces & Ice Sculptures in St. Paul, MN • Field Trip to Hear the Wolf Brothers Howl Meet Roland and Trekkie Wolf at the Conservators Center • February is Dental Health Month! Fun ways for kids to learn how to take care of their teeth from Clifton & Mauney Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry + Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle • Hidden Picture Puzzle, Dot-to-Dots, Math Puzzles . . . and lots more reading fun for the whole family!		January 2016 → Read the online edition • January 2016 Highlights: • FREE Children's Event Celebrate Dr. King's Birthday at Northgate Mall in Durham, NC January 18, 2016 10:30 am - 1 pm • Kids Exchange Raleigh Largest Consignmet Sale in North Carolina Public Sale January 22 - 24, 2016 Raleigh State Fairgrounds (Jim Graham Building) • Calling all Young Scientists (Grades 5 - 8) Discovery 3M Young Scientist Challenge is now open for entries through April 20, 2016 • All About Penguins + Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle (back cover) • Meet Calvin Lion, Leader of the Mixed Pride (rescued baby lions and tigers who grew up together in a "mixed pride") at the Conservators Center near Burlington, NC
December 2015 → Read the online edition • December Local Calendar Highlights: • Triangle Youth Ballet The Nutcracker performances in Chapel Hill and Durham • Festival of Lights every night at Hill Ridge Farms • Planetarium shows and Family-Friendly New Year's Eve Celebration at Morehead Planetarium (visit www.moreheadplanetarium.org for ticket info) • Emerson Waldorf School Free Lecture Dec. 8 about media in students' lives; Michael D'Aleo will be focusing his talk on Middle School parents especially. • Learn how to draw a Reindeer! • December NASA Space Place: Sungrazer Comets Shooting Stars this month: GEMINIDS peak in mid-December • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle, Hidden Picture Puzzle, Dot-to-Dots, Math Puzzles . . . and lots more reading fun for the whole family!

November 2015 → Read the online edition • November Calendar Highlights: • November 13: Veggie Tales (Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh) November 21: Emerson Waldorf Holiday Faire • Draw your own Thanksgiving Cartoon! • The Art of Charles M. Schulz, PEANUTS Creator • Art Contests: Doodle4Google 2015 Space Foundation International Art Contest • NASA Space Place: Water on Mars?! Shooting Stars this month: Taurid Meteors and Leonid Meteor showers peak in November)• Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle, Hidden Picture Puzzle, Dot-to-Dots, Math Puzzles . . . and lots more reading fun for the whole family!		October 2015 → Read the online edition • October 11: Alvin & the Chipmunks LIVE October 24: 1st Annual 1870 Farm Pumpkin Festival • Family Fun on the Farm! Pumpkin Festivals & Corn field Mazses • All about Art: Henri Matisse • Art Project: Paper Cutting • Howl-o-ween at the Conservators Center near Burlington, NC • Largest Pumpkin in the World! • Local Cary, NC Teen Scholarship Winner's Brain Mapping Technology: Inspired by Iron Man! . . . and lots more reading fun for the whole family

September 2015 → Read the online edition • All about Art! • Animals Painting at the Conservators Center near Burlington, NC • The Art of Vincent van Gogh • Make a Papier-Mache Mask • Paperhand Puppet's 16th Annual Giant Puppet Extravaganza • Geography News: Denali (Mt. McKinley) • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle, Hidden Picture Puzzle, Dot-to-Dots, Math Puzzles . . . and lots more reading fun for the whole family		August 2015 → Read the online edition • New Horizons Spacecraft Mission Brings PLUTO into Focus • Singing Dogs at the Conservators Center near Burlington, NC • Reading Clouds • Watermelon for a Healthy Snack • Paperhand Puppet's 16th Annual Giant Puppet Extravaganza • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle . . . and lots more Summer Reading fun for the whole family!
July 2015 → Read the online edition • 2015 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Winners • Leopards at the Conservators Center • Jumping Rope with the Bouncing Bulldogs • Pollinators at the NC Botanical Garden • National Geographic Animal Jam • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle . . . and lots more Summer Reading fun for the whole family!		June 2015 → Read the online edition • Dino World at the North Carolina Zoo • Sullivan Coyote at the Conservators Center • Exploring Nature: Under the Sea • Geography: The Seven Continents • 2015 SCRIPPS National Spelling Bee Winners • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle . . . and lots more Summer Reading fun for the whole family!

May 2015 → Read the online edition • Dino World at the North Carolina Zoo • Geoffroy's Cats at the Conservators Center • Write your own Limericks • Exploring Nature • South America • Geography Whiz Kids: 2015 National Geographic Geography Bee • Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzle (This month: Dinosaur Theme puzzles)

April 2015 → Read the online edition • Spotted: Servals at the Conservators Center • North Carolina Science Festival • Fun with Tangrams • Earth Day • America's Top Young Scientists 2015 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge open for entries through April 21, 2015		March 2015 → Read the online edition

February 2015 → Read the online edition		January 2015 → Read the online edition Local Calendar January Fun! Bobcats at the Conservators' Center near Burlington, NC NASA Space Place Interactive Puzzles for Parents & Kids Lots more every month!

December 2014 → Read the online edition • A Visit with the WOLVES at the Conservators' Center (near Burlington, NC) • Fun Local Holiday Parades & Events! • Sharing & Giving Ideas: Heifer International The Salvation Army

November 2014 → Read the online edition • A Visit with the beautiful TIGERS at the Conservators' Center (near Burlington, NC) • Child Inventor Steven McDowell's Ingenious Water Wall Collects Rain Water for Reuse • Write your own Thanksgiving Poem & Acrostic; Jamestown; Websites & Books about the First Thanksgiving and lots more		October 2014 → Read the online edition • October 2014 Owls Cover Art by textile collage artist, Elaine O'Neil • A Visit with the Binturongs at the Conservators' Center • Meet Buster Halterman, Pro Skateboarder & Founder & CEO of Buster Biofuels • Read about the Rosetta Spacecraft set to Land on a Comet on Nov. 12; learn about a Robo-Squirrel; Fun ways to Clean Your Room; How Maple Syrup is Harvested; Halloween Safety Tips and lots more

September 2014 → Read the online edition • Lions, and Tigers, and Binturongs, oh my! The Conservators' Center is a NC Community Gem • September 2014 Cover Art "Tweetsie Railroad" by local textile collage artist, Elaine O'Neil EVERY MONTH: Local Calendar Kids Across, Parents Down Crossword Puzzles Fun Science Experiments for Kids Family Movie Previews Hidden Picture Puzzles . . . Lots more LOCAL educational fun for the whole family! Fun for parents, grandparents, teachers & kids!		August 2014 → Read the online edition • Paperhand Puppet Intervention's 15th Annual Summer Outdoor Giant Puppet Show: THE PAINTED BIRD • Visit the Sea Turtles at the Karen Beasley Rescue & Rehabilitation Center at Topsail Beach (Surf City), NC • Women's (& Girls') Wahine Classic Surfing Competition in Wrightsville Beach (hosted by the Blockade Runner Beach Resort) kicks off a week of surf contests and camps in mid-August 2014 • Ballet & Football - NFL Hall of Famer Lynn Swann used ballet to help him soar to high heights in football! • July 2014 Cover Art by textile collage artist Elaine O'Neil
June 2014 → Read the online edition • June 2014 Cover Art by Elaine O'Neil, Chapel Hill-based Textile Collage Artist "Turtles Returning to Bald Head Island" • Jump Roping Games with the Bouncing Bulldogs • The Art of Color: The Classic, Colorful Designs of Alexander Julian (Kids: Submit your own Designs for publication in a future issue of CHillKids Magazine!) • Eastern Box Turtles, Piedmont Wildlife Center "Wildlife Ambassadors" & Interview with Sara Marschhauser, Conservation Director of the Piedmont Wildlife Center in Durham, NC		May 2014 → Read the online edition • May 2014 Cover Art "NC Zoo" by Elaine O'Neil, Chapel Hill-based Textile Collage Artist • The NC Zoo's 40th Anniversary • Baby Animals at the Zoo • Cinco de Mayo • Fun Science Experiements for Kids • Interview with Dr. David Jones, Director of the North Carolina Zoo
		About Chill Kids Magazine: Chill Kids is an award-winning LOCAL Family Educational Magazine that gets children excited about reading and learning, and motivates parents, grandparents and children to read together from cover to cover. * Printed in full color on heavy bright white paper in a LARGE FORMAT (11.75 in. x 14.5 in.) * FREE to every child & family K-5th grade in Chapel Hill/Carrboro/Hillsborough/Orange County & Durham County schools thanks to our community sponsors. * Also available on racks at the Libraries (Chapel Hill, Orange County & Durham County Libraries), YMCAs, Whole Foods (Durham & Chapel Hill), TCBY Eastgate, doctors' & dentists' offices) and other community locations.
Past Issues/Highlights:
April 2014 • Interview with Grant Llewellyn, Music Director of the North Carolina Symphony • Leaping Lemurs! The Lemurs of the Duke Lemur Center • Musical Spring • Earth Day • Great Children's book selections from NYT Best Selling Author James Patterson & ReadKiddoRead



February 2014 • Pointers for Children's Dental Health with Clifton & Mauney • Interview with Two-Time Heisman Trophy Winner Archie Griffin • Winter Olympics • Antarctica • Penguins • Happy Valentine's Day		January 2014 • Interview with Olympic Gold Medalist Snowboarder Kelly Clark (Watch Kelly in the 2014 Olympics - her FOURTH Olympics!) • Local Calendar - Winter Fun in the NC Triangle!


December 2013 Holiday Lights & Starry Nights in the Triangle • Family Hiking in Chapel Hill, Hillsborough & Durham • Visit the Black Bears at the Museum of Life and Science • Our Beautiful Solar System • Interview with NASA Astronaut Ricky Arnold		November 2013 Thanksgiving Fun in the Triangle • Colonial Games/Duke Homestead Interview with Steven Gerberich, Artist/Sculptor Best of Springs, Sprockets & Pulleys exhibit at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC


October 2013 • Pumpkin Patches, NC State Fair, Autumn Fun in the NC Triangle! Interview with Sean Kenney, LEGO Artist & Author (See his LEGO Sculpture exhibit at the NC Arboretum mid-October 2013 - Jan. 5, 2014)		September 2013 Interview with Joshua Lozoff, Internationally Acclaimed Local Magician Owls of the Piedmont Wildlife Center in Durham, NC


August 2013 *• Back to School* • Watermelon Treats for the animals at the Museum of Life and Science Interview with Donovan Zimmerman, Artistic Director of Paperhand Puppet Intervention		July 2013 Local Mom's Refrigerator PIckles Recipe - tested by McDougle Elementary (Chapel Hill, NC) Kindergarten Pals Interview with Todd Boyette, Director of Morehead Planetarium • Blue Morpho Butterflies at the Museum of Life and Science


June 2013 Local Farmers' Markets in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Durham, & Hillsborough Summer Camps Eno River Festival		May 2013 *Local Bicycle Trails &* Interview with Richard Giorgi, Founder of ReCYCLEry in Carrboro, NC


April 2013 • Short Story by Lyle, Carrboro Elementary 5th Grader: "The King, the Staff, and the Walrus" • Earth Day • Congratulations to Triangle Literacy Council Young Author Writing Contest Winners		March 2013 Interview with NC Zoo Zookeeper Sara Monson February 2013 • Read Across America! • Interview with Duke Baseball Player Marcus Stroman (Marcus was selected in the 2012 Major League Baseball amateur draft first round) January 2013 • Artwork and Poetry by local children in Chapel Hill & Durham, NC December 2012 Carolina Ballet and The Nutracker Interview with CAROLINA BALLET (Raleigh, NC) Dancers Eugene Barnes and Ashley Hathaway