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In a message dated 9/8/2015 9:03:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
scottknitter at gmail.com writes:

My chief  memory of kindergarten back in >>>>>>
 
 
Back in the olden days, my home village in NW Wisconsin did
not have a kindergarten.  It was felt to be unnecessary  fussiness.
 
However, my mother developed "female" problems (prolapse) 
with many complications requiring the long hospitalizations and
recovery periods typical for the day.
 
I was therefore shipped off to my Godmother Gladys' home in 
Superior, Wisconsin where I attended the nearest gradeschool
kindergarten for almost a year, and then again spent much of
my fourth grade year there.
 
The school was the "laboratory school" for then Superior Teachers'
College (now UW-Superior).  All I remember about kindergarten  was
learning to read, and the midmorning and midafternoon naps followed
by milk and graham crackers.
 
I was far ahead of my classmates during first grade in my home  village
school, thanks to kindergarten.
 
 
 
David Strang.