A facilitator shows how to run a structured play session with a young child using Play-Doh and toy vehicles. The approach emphasizes giving choices, describing sensations, and guiding the child through making tracks to build language and fine-motor skills.
Want? I want green Play-Doh. Do you need help opening? Okay, ready? Next, we're gonna smash it. Oh, this is hard. All right, take it out. Let me know if you need help taking it out. Do you need help taking it out? Yeah, help me. I, I want help. I want help. All right, now smash it. Here's a little more. Look, put it on there and push, push. We're going to make tracks with the different toys that we have. Okay, so you get to choose. I have a monster truck, I have a fire truck, I have a golf ball, and I have— oh, knocked up your Play-Doh— a block. That's okay. Okay, so I want you to tell me what you want. Why Watch, do you want me to show you what we're going to do first? Okay, I'm going to choose a golf ball. I want golf ball. So we're going to smash the Play-Doh, and then we're going to make tracks. I'm going to make— look at the track that I made! I'm going to make a fire truck. You want to do a fire truck? Okay, tell me. I want fire truck. You did it! I want fire truck. Okay, do you want me to smash it for you? I don't want to smash it. I want— Okay, you're going to roll it. Drive your fire truck. Did you make a track? Yeah! Let's do it again. Push. I— Look at that. Feel it. How does it feel? How does it feel? The fire truck made a bumpy track. Let's do it again. Do it again.
