2.2. Participants
Children recruited for this study were from low-income families and attended a public kindergarten in central
Denizli. The consent was obtained from MEB officials and the parents to assess children’s language development
and demographic information. The participants were 46 five-year-olds, enrolled in two different classrooms.
Participant classrooms were randomly placed in the experiment and control group. The control group of this study
included 23 children (% 44 female and %56 male). On average, the children were 65.69 months of age (SD= 3.03),
with an age range from 60.00 to 71.00 months. The experimental group of this study included 22 children (%
41Female and &59 male). On average, the children were 66.75 months of age (SD = 3.29), with an age range from
60.00 to 73.00 months.