Kindergarden gets Back to It's Roots


	Kindergarden gets Back to It's Roots

heasulli

4-17-2008 11:36 AM

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4-17-2008 3:43 PM

BartendingBear

For those who may be interested... America's First Kindergarten. While not an open-air refuge such as those clipped, in 1856 the open forest and all of nature's lessons weren't far from anywhere in Watertown, WI.

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