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30
Oct
2012
11:07am, EDT
Kindergarten co-pilots: Airplane transformed into kids' school
Vano Shlamov / AFP - Getty Images
Children playing near a Soviet-era Yakovlev Yak-42 plane which has been turned into their kindergarten, in the Georgian city of Rustavi on October 29, 2012.
Vano Shlamov / AFP - Getty Images
Vano Shlamov / AFP - Getty Images
Agence France Presse reports — A headteacher in the Georgian city of Rustavi has found an unusual way to get children's early education off the ground -- by transforming an airplane into a kindergarten.
Gari Chapidze bought the old but fully functional Yakovlev Yak-42 from Georgian Airways and refurbished its interior with educational equipment, games and toys but left the cockpit instruments intact so they could be used as play tools.
"The idea was to create a kindergarten where children go with joy," Chapidze said. Read the full story.
David Mdzinarishvili / Reuters
Previously on PhotoBlog: What's it like to live in a retired Boeing 727?
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I want one of those retired planes in my pasture for the enjoyment of my nosy neighbors.
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23
Dec
2011
12:07pm, EST
Kindergartners celebrate Christmas in costume in India
Kevin Frayer / AP
Indian children wearing festive clothing ride in the back of a bicycle rickshaw on their way to a Christmas party at a kindergarten on the last day before school holidays in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.
Kevin Frayer / AP
Indian children dressed in festive clothing sit on a bench during a Christmas party at a kindergarten on the last day before school holidays in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. Christmas day is observed as a national holiday for all Indians.
By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News
Are you having a Christmas party at work or school today?
See more photos of people dressed up as Santa Claus in our slideshow.
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6
Sep
2011
7:45pm, EDT
Sean D. Elliot / AP
Jesse Rauscher, 5, gives a hug to East Great Plain firefighter Bill Guile after getting a ride to his first day of Kindergarten at Mahan School in Norwich, Conn., Tuesday, Sept. 6. Rauscher was one of seven kindergarteners in the district who won a ride to school on a fire truck.
Kindergartener rides to school on fire truck
By Rich Shulman
If you were five years old, what would be cooler than riding a fire truck on your first day?
As we have blogged in the past, the first day of school is emotional for both kids and adults:
Mother and daughter say goodbye during the first day of kindergarten
Rookie teacher hides jitters on his first day of school
First day of school
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