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Exhibit 23.3
Report on Schedule and Consent of Independent Auditors
Management Committee
Earlychildhood LLC:
The audits referred to in our report dated December 22, 2000 except for note
1 which is as of January 8, 2001, included the related Schedule of Valuation
and Qualifying Accounts as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, and for the nine
months ended December 31, 1998, and the year ended December 31, 1999, included
in the Registration Statement on Form S-4. This financial statement schedule is
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits. In
our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to
the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly
in all material respects the information set forth therein.
We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference to
our firm under the headings "Accountants" and "Experts" in the Registration
Statement.
KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
January 9, 2001
