Behavior shaping using a construction toy

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute instructions to:
• acquire individual assessment data that comprises behavior of a player of a construction toy, the construction toy includes at least one sensor to detect an activity of the player with the construction toy;
• determine a goal for the player based on the individual assessment data and a set of group assessment data;
• provide a teaching based on the goal;
• monitor the activity of the player with the construction toy;
• analyze a construction state of the construction toy to determine that the player has met a construction toy milestone;
• setting a play mode of the construction toy to a free play mode to permit the player to play with the construction toy with reduced monitoring during a free play period;
• refrain from recording the activity of the player with the construction toy during the free play period;
• determine that the free play period is over;
• responsive to determining that the free play period is over, set the play mode of the construction toy to a monitored mode;
• prompt the player to perform an activity based on the goal in response to the play mode of the construction toy being set to the monitored mode;
• and
• provide an electronic communication to the player in response to a determination that the player has completed the activity as detected by the sensor.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein executable code that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• acquiring individual assessment data that comprises behavior of a player of a construction toy, the construction toy includes at least one sensor to detect an activity of the player with the construction toy;
• determining a goal for the player based on the individual assessment data and a set of group assessment data;
• providing a teaching based on the goal;
• monitoring the activity of the player with the construction toy;
• analyzing a construction state of the construction toy to determine that the player has met a construction toy milestone;
• setting a play mode of the construction toy to a free play mode to permit the player to play with the construction toy with reduced monitoring during a free play period;
• refraining from recording the activity of the player with the construction toy during the free play period;
• determining that the free play period is over;
• responsive to determining that the free play period is over, setting the play mode of the construction toy to a monitored mode;
• prompting the player to perform an activity based on the goal in response to the play mode of the construction toy being set to the monitored mode;
• and
• providing an electronic communication to the player in response to a determination that the player has completed the activity as detected by the sensor.