Work and game is the same for a child
For the child not the result of his activity, but the process is important. We, adults, want that each work has been finished. And in this we see main difference between work and entertainments.
The work, even the most simple, should be shown how to do it. The work frequently demands care and attention concentration which are not necessary in a game. Therefore participation of the child even in simple work about the house is very useful for the development of his intelligence and motor abilities. Strangely enough, but many parents overlook, that the child can weed a garden together with adults, water flowers, wash floors, and clean the house. This is easy for learning, and it has the most direct attitude to a daily routine life. Certainly, it is the easiest way to leave the child on his own. The child should not be taught how to play; it is much more difficult to teach him to perform simple works about the house. But those parents who “facilitate the life�? believing that “it is severe to force small children to work”, deprive the child.