Great place to feel the environment fully. The best part about using play as a canvas for learning is that it should be fun for everyone. The hardest part is getting on the child’s level. If your child wants to play with blocks and doesn’t know what to make, you can provide choices: “should we build a barn for our farm animals, a maze for our bug toy, or a castle for a king and queen?” Once the child uses his/her words to choose an activity, take turns. You place a block, your child places a block. Be sure to act excited and engaged in the activity— this will help them get into the activity as well. Ask teachers and therapists what goals your child is working on and incorporate these into play if you can. But even if you can’t, there are many skills learned through play that you may not even know you are targeting: turn taking, creativity, conversations, actions, pronouns, etc. Below I have listed some games and activities that are easy to recreate at home with toys/objects you already have. So get playing!