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Windmills of the Young Mind (2): Interpreting and Contextualizing Preschool Children’s Perception of the World Cover

Windmills of the Young Mind (2): Interpreting and Contextualizing Preschool Children’s Perception of the World

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|Feb 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2025-0027 | Journal eISSN: 1691-5534 | Journal ISSN: 1691-4147
Language: English
Page range: 236 - 267
Published on: Feb 18, 2026
Published by: Daugavpils University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2026 Oksana Ivanova, Larisa Iļinska, Alexandra Milyakina, Marina Platonova, Dace Markus, Tija Zīriņa, Bruno Žuga, Diāna Ivanova, Agrita Tauriņa, published by Daugavpils University
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