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To Cite this Article: Lazaridou, I. (2019). Travelling around the world through the fairy tales. A project of developing communication skills and multicultural awareness in kindergarten. Multilingual Academic Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 7(1), 110–118. (in Greek)
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