The proposed manual will help the child to learn the Russian alphabet, correctly pronounce sounds and letter combinations, develop reading skills and expand vocabulary. Large letters, bright pictures for words and reading by syllables will help you quickly master the correlation of sound and letters, will give a visual hint to students. On each page of the manual, simple tasks are given for pronouncing syllables, words and whole phrases according to the principle "from simple to complex". At the end of the book, reference materials about sounds and letters are given to help parents.