First Lady Jill Biden tours preschool with Duchess Kate during visit to England

thank you and and thank you everyone for being here today and from overseas as well. But I wanted to just say a personal thank you and welcome to you dr biden. It's a huge honor working here in the United Kingdom. And I hope you'll enjoy the discussion today. And thank you for interesting work so very much to be forced to this conclusion. Thanks. And I want to say thank you for everybody for this program today, Thank you to the academy. Um I met some wonderful teachers and principals and uh, and most of all the Children who were so inspiring and so well behaved. You know, I couldn't get over it. But and I want to thank the Press two for covering this because early childhood education is so important to to lay the Foundation for all of our students. So thank you for having me and for inviting me here. It's a very special place I could see that. Thank you so much, Doctor biden. So as we say.

First Lady Jill Biden and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, met for the first time Friday as they toured a preschool in southwestern England. Biden and the former Kate Middleton visited with 4- and 5-year-olds at Connor Downs Academy in Hayle, England. Biden carried a bowl of carrots when they went outside to see the rabbits which the children are caring for.The women also took part in a discussion about early childhood education. Biden is a longtime English teacher who focuses on education, as does Kate, a mother of three young children." is the foundation of everything," Biden said. "I can tell you that as a teacher in the upper levels, if they don't have a good foundation, they fall so far behind. So this is amazing to see what these children are doing, and how far advanced they are at 4 and 5 years old."The first lady is traveling with her husband, President Joe Biden, who is attending the G-7 Summit. The summit opens Friday in Carbis Bay, England.

First Lady Jill Biden and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, met for the first time Friday as they toured a preschool in southwestern England.

Biden and the former Kate Middleton visited with 4- and 5-year-olds at Connor Downs Academy in Hayle, England. Biden carried a bowl of carrots when they went outside to see the rabbits which the children are caring for.

The women also took part in a discussion about early childhood education.

Biden is a longtime English teacher who focuses on education, as does Kate, a mother of three young children.

"[Early education] is the foundation of everything," Biden said. "I can tell you that as a teacher in the upper levels, if they don't have a good foundation, they fall so far behind. So this is amazing to see what these children are doing, and how far advanced they are at 4 and 5 years old."

The first lady is traveling with her husband, President Joe Biden, who is attending the G-7 Summit. The summit opens Friday in Carbis Bay, England.

First Lady Jill Biden tours preschool with Duchess Kate during visit to England

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