Dr. Becky and Walmart Show How PLAY-DOH Can Be Used To Support Social-emotional And Educational Development

Dr. Becky and Walmart have teamed up for a great collaboration to show how PLAY-DOH can be used to support social-emotional and educational development with a brand-new digital series and the launch of Dr. Becky’s Guide to Open-Ended play. You can access the guide from Dr. Becky at Good Inside Blog. Just in time for the back to school season the digital series has practical advice and engaging activities for parents and educators that utilized the PLAY-DOH compound. You can watch the first two episodes now on Walmart, with two more episodes premiering later this summer.

Dr. Becky said: “So many big parenting moments start with something small … like play. That’s why I’m so excited about this partnership. Together with the PLAY-DOH brand and Walmart, we’re helping families see that even a few minutes of imaginative play can be a way to build connection, confidence, and emotional growth.”

She added: “When kids play with PLAY-DOH compound, they’re not just making shapes – they’re practicing something much deeper: turning an inner idea into something real. There’s no script, no performance, no one telling them what it should be. They decide. And in that freedom, something powerful happens: a child discovers that their ideas matter, that what they imagine can become something others can see. When kids learn that they can take what’s inside of them and shape it into something outside of them, that’s not ‘just play’ – that’s imagination in action and it’s how confidence is built.”