Masha is a fighter for cleanness and order. She knows that every thing has its place and if she sees that something is not where it should be she hurries to correct this unfortunate misunderstanding. For example, if I wipe a baby’s face, she is waiting when we finish and almost snatches a dirty napkin from my hand and runs to throw it in the trash bin. The same should be done with a dirty diaper. Toys also should not be scattered around the room but be put to a special place reserved for this.

Entering the washing room Masha first of all runs to a trash bin to move it to the wall: it should not stay awry! Without this ritual, sitting on a pot (by the way, only on her place) can’t be carried on. For the same reason Masha washes herself very carefully, sticking out her tongue and soaping herself to the elbow, and dries herself, starting from the back of her head.

After the bath Masha collects all the scattered towels and takes them to the laundry. "Masha! We still need them! "- cry the teachers. No! Masha knows what she does. Dirty clothes should be taken to the laundry. It is interesting that the toys with which we suggest her to play have the same fate. At first, she is deeply looking at a rubber ball or a stuffed monkey, fiddle about it for a while and then moves it back to a volunteer’s backpack - as deeply as possible, so nobody has an idea to get it out.

And once it turned out quite funny. We always hide our bags and backpacks at the very top shelf of the cupboard, because everything that lies at a distance of outstretched child hand will necessarily be caught, sucked and, God forbid, swallowed. Small children cannot climb so high and there - we believe – our bags are completely safe. And then once I carelessly left my backpack on a bench and forgot about it. Curious little explorers had already begun to crawl to it when Masha took it, came to the closet, pulled a chair, climbed up and put the backpack on the uppermost shelf. To its place.