Allow him or her unhindered time to play. Discovery learning is occurring. He'll let you know when you get into too much detail. So far as daycare goes, don't make an issue of things unless there are behavior problems. Then, reframe the problem in terms of how you do things at home and explain how that works well for you.
Suggestion works better than direction.
If they didn't I found a new day care setting. He is great at geography, recites poetry, and is quite an artist. He prints upper and lower case letters very well and is pretty proficent on the computer. His favorite subject is spelling and he can change a word to its plural or singular form and spell it correctly. Words like xylophone and multimedia are easy for him.