A picture of a "fork" (вилка) with a letter change to practice spelling.
Used to introduce new letters or phonetic concepts. For example, a rebus might hide a word like "ива" (willow) or "сова" (owl) to highlight specific vowel sounds.
In the Russian Language Grade 1 Textbook (Klimanova) , rebuses typically appear in the following sections:
The textbook and its accompanying Workbook (Klimanova/Babushkina) often use simple visual substitutions or additions: