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For more than twenty years, Marianne Frost Sørensen (left) and Sophie Kyhn-Rasmussen have welcomed kindergarten class students every late summer. Foto: Martin Lehmann
For more than twenty years, Marianne Frost Sørensen (left) and Sophie Kyhn-Rasmussen have welcomed kindergarten class students every late summer. Foto: Martin Lehmann
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When thousands of children start school these days, it’s often their parents who are carrying their new school bags.

That’s the opinion of two experienced kindergarten teachers, Marianne Frost Sørensen and Sophie Kyhn-Rasmussen, who work at Heibergskolen in Østerbro, Copenhagen.

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