The manual contains well-known proverbs and sayings that can be used in reading and Russian lessons in elementary school. To teach reading in the first grade, proverbs and sayings are selected and placed alphabetically so that they can be applied when learning a particular letter and sound. For Russian lessons, proverbs and sayings are grouped according to the topics studied in elementary school. Various games, contests, quizzes, crosswords, riddles, puzzles, puzzles, encryptions presented on the pages of the collection will help teachers in organizing and conducting extracurricular activities.