In the book Kayla Travels in Her Dreams a little girl is overcome with sadness when she learns that she won’t be able to travel with her family for the holidays. As she sits on her mom’s lap and cries herself to sleep, she dreams about those places she wanted to visit.
Despite her excitement for her adventures and travels, Kayla can’t help but miss her family. After visiting several exciting places around the world Kayla wakes up to find herself nestled in her mother’s arms. She is overcome by a warm feeling of happiness knowing that home is where her family is.
Provide parents with an understanding of the communication milestones that their child should reach at each stage of their development
In addition, provide all the parents with an understanding of the warning signs that their child may be delayed in their language skills
Give parents a detailed explanation of things to avoid when interacting with their children to increase their language development
Empower parents with the different ways they can use to interact with their child during play in everyday activities to help them develop their language skills
Help parents understand what to do and how to do it to get their child to say their first words and express themselves using sentences
Provide early childhood professionals with information and checklists to use and share with the parents of children they interact with