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Hillary Clinton on Monday spoke to more than a dozen Spanish-speaking parents in an East Harlem Head Start classroom, along with (not pictured) Mayor de Blasio, Chirlane McCray and New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

Hillary Clinton trumpeted the importance of early-childhood education in a visit to East Harlem on Tuesday and urged parents to sing and read to their kids.

Mayor de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, also attended the event and touted their commitment to universal prekindergarten in New York City.

Clinton, speaking in a colorful Head Start classroom, reminisced about her own days as a mother of a toddler.

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I used to sit in our little house in Little Rock, Clinton told more than a dozen Spanish-speaking parents along with de Blasio, McCray and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

Before Id put [daughter Chelsea] to bed, Id sit in a rocking chair and Id read to her and then Id sing to her. Id sing Moon River. When she was about 16 months, she put her finger on my lips and said, No sing, Mommy.

The event marked the official launch of a partnership between Too Small to Fail, a charitable initiative funded by the Clinton Foundation, and Univision, the Spanish-language network.

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