Prayer in BASIC terms please

Can someone please give me a _simple_ (easy to understand).. tutorial on prayer (something even a child (yes i know children are not required necessarily to pray) could understand?


everytime i start reading something about Islamic prayer it seems to make it out to be very much a chore. I mean no offence. Just seems alot of "stuff" to do just to have a chat with God.:eek:

oh and yes i have watched a number of you tube flicks on the subject and a few different flash tutorial..i cant imagine myself doing ALL those steps perfectly EVER:'(:

does it ever get "easy"?