Enhancing Emerging Writing Skills and Print Awareness in Early Childhood Education: The Impact of an Educational Intervention in Greece.
The present research paper aims to analyze an educational intervention intended to improve emerging writing skills and print awareness among preschoolers focusing particularly on their first steps in scribbling and drawing. As part of this study, the intervention was designed and conducted using a r...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Monolingual & Bilingual Speech (JMBS) Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 295 - 320 |
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University of Toronto Press
Jul2026
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