A little guide for grown-ups
Make room for curiosity, conversation and the child’s own way to play.
Start with something the child enjoys. Offer a short model, leave time to respond, and welcome choices, changes and breaks.
Glow Trails
Choose lines, letters or words. Fill the letter lets children begin anywhere and colour within the active letter. Follow the strokes adds an order to follow. Listen and Show me can be replayed; grown-ups can adjust the difficulty and automatic progression.
Magic Kitchen
Choose a recipe, find its ingredients in the shop, and move them to the cart. In the kitchen, follow the picture and spoken steps to prepare the food. Drag, tap, stir and hold to explore the actions, then serve Malia. This is pretend play; real cooking needs appropriate adult supervision.
Word Splash
Move the loose letters into their matching spaces in any order. Children can hear sounds and see the completed picture word. Give time to explore before offering a model.
Surprise Picnic
The four pictures show the sequence: open the basket, choose a snack, choose a friend, and move the snack to the friend’s plate. Drag to deliver, or select the snack and tap the destination. Choices can be changed before delivery.
Picture Club
Designed to play together. Choose Farm, Home, Park, Preschool or Mix it up. Set a session of 5, 10, 15 or 20 questions, with two to four pictured choices. Listen, use a clue, model an answer, or accept a response given through pointing, speech, gestures or an existing communication system. Stay pauses automatic progression, and Previous revisits a picture. The temporary picture album disappears when the session ends.
Make play comfortable
Use sound-off play, fewer choices, manual progression or Less movement and effects when helpful. Follow the child’s interest. A spoken answer, repetition or completing every activity is never a requirement.
Bring a little of it off-screen
Try a similar moment with safe real objects: choosing a snack, finding an ingredient or offering something to a friend. What happens in a game does not, by itself, show that a skill has carried over into everyday life.
A note for grown-ups
These are opportunities for play and practice, not an assessment or treatment. AmiMali has not been clinically validated and does not promise a learning outcome. Use your knowledge of the child and advice from their own educators or care team.