I want to give you this short excerpt as a great tip :)

"Play is where children show us the inner feelings and experiences that they can't or won't talk about.....  Children don't say, 'I had a hard day at school today; can I talk to you about it?'  They say, 'Will you play with me?'..." Lawrence J. Cohen, 'Playful Parenting', Ballantine Books NY, Page 17