The leading activity for a child, in the process of which he develops and learns about the world, is play. A child learns everything through play. When a child develops at home, parents, for various reasons, cannot provide the child with full-fledged play activities, especially if he is an only child. Firstly, my mother spends a lot of time on housekeeping. Therefore, even when she is with the child, she is not really with him: she prepares food in the kitchen, does cleaning, etc. And when a child asks to play with him, the mother often simply has neither the strength nor the desire. Secondly, not all games that a child has a need for can be played with parents. Often parents control the child’s play and decide for him which games he can play and which he cannot: - You are a boy, and boys don’t play with dolls... - This is a bad game, I don’t allow you to play it. Parents can interfere in the game process and stop the child’s actions in the game if they seem unacceptable to the parents: - You can’t hit him, shame on you! - You can’t scream! - You can’t run! - You can’t call him names! Often parents impose and establish their own rules in the child’s play, and if the child does not obey, then they abandon the game altogether. In other words, it is not always safe for a child to play with his mother. A mother, for example, is unlikely to accept a child’s aggression in a game, and will calmly accept how her “good girl” or “obedient boy” furiously in a game bludgeons a doll playing the role of a mother with brutal cries of “I will kill you!” Discharging negative feelings, including aggression, is one of the most important functions of the game. Children can relieve these feelings through play only by playing with each other. Previously, yard games served this role well. The children simply went outside and played tag, rounders, hide and seek, jumping rope, role-playing games, football, etc. In kindergarten, through play, children learn to communicate with each other, follow rules, and respect each other. Adults in kindergarten organize educational games for children that correspond to the tasks of mental development at a given age.