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What did you learn in kindergarten that you wish you did a better job of applying to the way you live your life today?

I started primary school at the tail end of the Australian Government "Free Milk Scheme":

Between 1951 and 1973 the Commonwealth Schools' Free Milk Scheme provided one third of a pint of whole milk per day to primary school children throughout Australia. The scheme ceased in 1973 because of escalating costs,resistance from teachers who felt that the distribution of milk was not their responsibility, and evidence that the protein and calcium deficiencies that had prompted the introduction of the scheme no longer existed.

Source: Powerhouse Museum

There is a fantastic photo of Melbourne school children drinking milk from those little glass bottles here.

1969 schoolchildren

While my memories of the milk are not particularly pleasant ones (can still remember the layer of cream on top and how horrible the afternoon milk would get on hot days), I suppose the lesson that CALCIUM IS GOOD is something I should be applying more in my diet today.

My other memories of Kindergarten (or Prep as we called it in Victoria) are of learning to sing "God Save the Queen" (can't think of a lesson in that!) and using those cuisenaire rods and little plastic counters to do "sums".  I am not particularly maths-literate these days so maybe I do need to go back to Kindergarten to re-learn all this stuff.