Dear Parents,

Sometimes a child embarks on an exploratory experience on their own “without permission,” as the dinosaur did in the story. The importance of having caring adults becomes evident when the child knows there is a safe base to return to when needed. They can fulfil their desire and need for exploration and experimentation driven by a love for discovery and curiosity.

At that point, our role as parents is to provide the space for the child to confidently venture out, experience, and grow in a healthy way. We should engage in conversations with them about their feelings and abilities, develop their experiences and enrich them, while also allowing room for imaginative play. This way, they can discover themselves, their surroundings, and the world around them.

Let’s Talk

• About Experiences: We can follow the journey of the dinosaur and his friend Jojo, engaging with children about the places he visited, his behavior, his feelings, and the risks he This is an opportunity for us to accompany them on their journey and learn from their experiences.
• About Desires: We can talk about the places the dinosaur might want to visit and the activities he might want to do. We should encourage our child to suggest other places from their own experiences and ask them about the places they want to visit and the things they want to do.
• Empowering the child and fostering a sense of capability and independence: We can discuss tasks our child can do on their own and those where they may need our assistance, along with their accompanying feelings. We can identify tasks or skills our child wants to learn, such as putting on shoes or making the bed, and support them in achieving those goals.

Let’s Have Fun and Play

• “Where did the items hide?”: Let’s play the game “Hot or Cold.” We can hide the items and let the child search for them. We can guide them with the word “hot” when they are close and “cold” when they move away.

Let’s Enrich our language

• We can enrich our child’s language and encourage them to describe what the dinosaur did during his visits to different places. We can use precise verbs and nouns, adding new qualities. For example, we might say, “a huge dinosaur, tall buildings...”

Let’s Create

• A growth chart: we can choose a wall in the house and mark the child’s height on it. We can select pictures of our child at different ages and stick them in a long album, creating a growth chart from sturdy cardboard and decorating it. We can discuss our child’s abilities at each stage from birth to today and talk about things they would like to develop.

Enjoy your Reading!