A Mother's Story

Reading books is instrumental to educating and shaping our children’s future. By reading to your children, you automatically increase their intellect while promoting family bonding. That is the goal of DAKITAB INC.

A WAY TO READ

An Idea

Books are simple tools that can provide confidence, communication skills and empowerment to children of all learning levels. I developed sign language books to be educational and entertaining for you and your children. My books will teach you how to sign with your children. My hope is for you to read a story to your child, learn something new, and be open to a new way to view the world. It was also important to me that the books are beautifully illustrated so that they would grab your child’s attention.

Your Baby is Smart

As a stay-at-home mom of three, it is fun to plan events for my children to learn new things in different venues. I witnessed the early stages of my children’s thinking process, and it really is an incredible feeling when it hits you that your baby is learning right in front of your eyes! This is truly one of the most rewarding gifts of parenting.

Interacting with your baby on a daily basis using your family’s routines and rituals—such as reading—consistently promotes social and emotional development. Children learn so much both verbally and with symbolic gestures, because parents are actively getting the message across. Signing with your baby at home, in the car, during playtime or anytime— this form of teaching language skills will promote early communication. Your Baby is smart

If you are an experienced parent, then you know the difficulties of attempting to communicate with your child before they can verbalize their wants and needs. Remember the frustration in the guessing or the pointing game? Why wait that long? Your child can be signing at eight months or so, and then by toddlerhood, you may not have to worry about “a failure to communicate.” The interaction with you and your little one will be enviable. And remember: your child wants to communicate with you too!

Necessity is the Mother
of Invention

Years ago, I went through those processes even though I looked into sign language for my first baby. The information I read really wowed me and although the instructional signing book was a bit too long for my sleep-deprived brain cells, I finished it. I was quite taken by what I read. I learned that I should sign words that I thought made sense, but when new-mother exhaustion took over, I would forget what I had signed—even before the end of the day!

Before my second little one was born, many parents told me that he would have delayed language skills because his big brother would be doing all the talking for him. I wanted to be better prepared this time around so I bought the standard ASL dictionary, and chose the words that I would use on a daily basis. However, I had to look online to see how the signs actually were done, to make sure I was doing it right. I tried to remember what I learned, but I didn’t have a handy reference to pick up anytime. So I set out to create one.

A Sign of
Things to Come

At long last, I have published a “real” book to read to my three angels; the first of many. My goal is to have this book benefit other parents who are just as busy as I am.

The book’s story was written to go along with some key words that I use daily. The pages are durable to hold up to lots of usage, even in a busy pediatrician’s waiting room! I am grateful to have found:

the perfect illustrators to bring my vision into reality
the most incredible editors to make my books accurate
an essential marketing and technical team to provide you with this website!

I’ve had a great deal of support, and with prayer and persistence, I hope to reach many families in this endeavor.

Thank you,

DAKITAB Inc.
Tanya Kuza, President
2906 W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: 248-245-0582
Fax: 248-360-6148
www.awaytoread.com

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 ~ to be understood!”

Last Updated:
4/11/08