With prompts to guide him, Santino placed his arms around me and greeted me with a hug. He then accompanied me to his classroom where he was afforded physical prompts to put his book-bag in its proper place. I utilized the communication board to show Santino what activities I had planned for the day. Eventually, I hope that Santino will select his preferred activities from the options presented, but for now, I chose the activities and order. First we worked on alphabet and letter identification and then moved onto puzzle assembly. Santino's favorite puzzle currently appears to be a 5-piece animal puzzle which we pair with reading a story about the Three Little Pigs, and/or a video. After engaging Santino in cooperative and enjoyable play, I let him take the 'you lead and I will follow' approach and began to hear some delayed imitations of words and phrases. Santino learns best from experiential play. He will examine objects and learn about their properties, function, and capabilities through observation. Allowing Santino to problem solve is critical to stimulating his overall cognitive development which, in turn, affects and shapes speech and language. Presenting him with developmentally appropriate activities that involve thinking and figuring out of how to get X has been an invaluable strategy that is likely to result in desirable outcomes in time.