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The letter Б arrives with a balloon, a pine tree, a puddle, a pigeon and a swan. A children’s primer turns one shape into a small world, and the rhyme gives that world wings.

Trace Б from a balloon to a ladybird

Cyrillic Б corresponds to Latin B and is pronounced like the English sound in book. Do not confuse uppercase Б with В: Serbian В represents Latin V. Search for Б at the beginning, middle and end of words, because recognition becomes faster when the letter changes position.

Five new homes for the letter Б

A red-pencil hunt for Б

Copy the five Cyrillic words and mark every б in red. Whisper the word once, then say it normally. Finish by finding all the forms of Б and б in the rhyme.

The primer has five empty spaces

1. Write Latin B in Cyrillic.
2. Write беба in Latin script.
3. Which Cyrillic letter represents V?
4. Find a word ending in B in the table.
5. Write bubamara in Cyrillic.

What belongs on each primer page

1. Б or б
2. beba
3. В or в
4. hleb
5. бубамара