Jacob Stiepleman colors picture

September 20, 2012 | 6:00 a.m. CDT

Jacob Stiepleman, 4, colors a picture of a bead stair Sept. 12 at the Montessori preschool at Grant Elementary School. The bead stair is a Montessori exercise using beads lined up to teach counting.

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