The proposed manual is developed in accordance with the requirements of the State Standard of Primary Education, standard educational programs and the textbook "Ukrainian language. Primer "(authors Bolshakova IO, Pristinskaya MS). The manual provides detailed summaries of literacy lessons for 1st grade. The publication contains interesting material for the study of sounds and letters, samples of conversations, tables, diagrams, games, crossword puzzles, dramatizations, work with children's books, exercises for the development of coherent speech, creative tasks and more. For primary school teachers, students of pedagogical educational institutions and parents.