My parents have taken PJ to McDonald's Play Place alot when they baby sat him when we were in Toronto. For quite a long time, he wasn't interested in the play place itself because he wasn't very good at climbing. He had a great time escaping the place and running into the washrooms or trying to get into the cooking area and laughing as my parents chase him around.
Now he will actually play on the apparatus. Lately we've been taking him on Mondays (he has no school on Monday) and he has a great time in there. He finally found the steeper (longer) slide, with the help of some slightly bigger girls that gave him a boost up to the top level. This week, however, there wasn't anyone to help him out. There were a ton of kids, but none of them understood what he wanted...and he would sit there waiting for someone to help him (although, I guess there was one boy that understood and helped him twice before he left). As kids would approach him, he'd get all excited and point to where he wanted to go...but they didn't know what he wanted and they just wanted to play. He sat there quite a long time, often trying to heave himself up to the top, with no luck...poor thing...breaks your heart that he can't communicate with the other kids and he wants to play, but can't.
Once a bunch of kids cleared out (or started eating), I climbed up and showed him where to put his foot so that he could heave himself up. It took about 3 trips, and he knew how to do it on his own - then he was having a great time joining in with the other kids having fun on the big slide!
I've been in the McDonald's play place apparatus - have you?
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