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Featured Article: São Paulo

São Paulo Skyline from Itaim Bibi, highlighting Parque do Povo, Marginal Pinheiros, Jockey Club and Pico do Jaraguá (background).
São Paulo is the capital city of the state of the same name, as well as the most populous city in Brazil, South America, the Americas, and in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres. It is the most populous Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name "São Paulo" honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as paulistanos. The city exerts international influence in commerce, finance, culture, gastronomy, arts, fashion, technology, entertainment and media.

Popular Article: Kindergarten

Children have an experience in nature at Waldkindergarten in Dusseldorf, Germany
Kindergarten (German for Garden for Children) is used in many parts of the world for the first stages of a child's classroom education. In some places kindergarten is part of the formal school system; in others it may refer to preschool or daycare. In all cases, kindergarten functions as a transition between the home environment, primarily involving play and family based activities, to the more structured environment of a larger group of peers led by adults who are not their parents. Based on the philosophy of the German educator Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel, kindergarten activities, while structured, generally focus on play and creative activities teaching about nature, at the same time introducing the children to appropriate forms of interpersonal relationships in a wider social group.

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