Two hundred pages of inspired prose by children's poet and teacher Nina Pikuleva with illustrative examples, tips and comments are dedicated to the main treasure of our lives - the child and are addressed to educators, teachers, tutors, directors of theater groups, as well as students of pedagogical colleges and universities, organizers of children's parties and just kind and sensitive parents. Game classes on the development of speech and cultural behavior, poetry lessons at school, as well as original riddles, games, counting rhymes and tongue twisters. For the first time, musical riddles and a dance game for step dancers are presented.