Croatian ABC book – the underlying school textbook

U radu se razmatra karakter početnice hrvatskoga jezika kao temeljnoga školskog udžbenika za uvođenje učenika prvog razreda osnovne škole u početno čitanje i pisanje. Naglasak se stavlja na didaktičko - metodičku koncepciju početnice hrvatskoga jezika te se obrazlažu metodička rješenja početne nastave čitanja i pisanja (metodički pristup svladavanju početnoga čitanja i pisanja, redoslijed svladavanja slova, postupci obradbe slova, vrsta tiskanih slova i tehnika rukopisnih slova) koja su zastupljena u početnicama.In this paper, the Croatian ABC book is contemplated as the underlying school textbook for the introduction to reading for a fi rstgradeelementary school pupil. The accent is set on the didactic(al)-methodical concept of the ABC book, and the methodical solutions for beginner\u27s reading and writting classes (methodical approach for aquireing basic reading and writting skills, the order of learning how to read and write letters, the methods of processing letters and various types of printed letter, and the technique of handwritten letters) (re)presented in the ABC books are explained