For kindergartners, it's catch as catch c-a-n

CHAMPAIGN – The kindergarten students at Garden Hills Elementary School were learning two new words at the beginning of a recent week of school.

The children clapped their hands as they recited the letters to spell "can" and "take," practiced drawing the shape of each letter in the air with their fingers, and found the new words in a story their teacher was reading.

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