overheard phone conversation elazar on phone with his friend

E: "hello?"
friend: "What are you doing?"
e: I'm doing my work!
f: what?
e: I'm busy.  I'm doing my work!
f: what are you doing?
e: I'm playing little alchemy.

Elazar hangs up the phone and chortles.  "I just made a fire engine!"

Little alchemy is...

Well, see for yourself.

http://littlealchemy.com

It has no explanation so maybe it's better if I don't explain it.  I think it teaches some science facts, and some cultural myths, and some other things.  I didn't know Elazar considers this his work.  As Piaget (or Maria Montessori, or Bob Keenan--thanks, google) said, "Play is the work of children."  I do know that he's learning more than I can imagine.

There is also a page of official cheats that he loves using.

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Example: Elazar said, "I just made a sloth!"
I asked how.  He said, "Clock and wild animal."  He has no idea why.  I asked him why he thinks those things make a sloth (years later, he will probably get it).  He said he thought "log" and "wild animal" would make a sloth.