The theory of reception in the study of literature is based on the knowledge that the reader is an indispensable actor in the realization of a literary work, as well as in the process of its spiritual form. A literary work of art can come to life and realize its true function only if the one receiving it understands and experiences it in the right way, if he manages to interpret and adopt the message that the writer sends him through the work. There is therefore a common opinion that the writer and the reader jointly create and revive the wonderful world of literary art. This paper points out the importance of educating early primary school students for the proper reception, understanding and emotional experience of a literary text. The precondition to achieve success in this endeavor, is that students successfully master the skill of reading and familiarize themselves in a comprehensive way with the different types of reading. Modern schooling also sets an important task for the teacher, which is to motivate students to read and experience literary works; and above all to encourage and help students develop their own internal motivation to read.

This paper examines ideas, meanings, and motives in The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. By studying the symbols present in this literary curiosity, we point out the multiplicity of meanings that make this modern fantasy story a read for children and adults. The complexity of The Little Prince, the ambiguity of its elements, and the intertwining of motives, ideas, and messages of this paper, can be a real challenge for young readers when it comes to proper interpretation. There is a question of whether this literary work is intended for children at all? To facilitate students’ understanding and provide a complete emotional experience, we propose the application of individualized teaching, a model of work that allows each child following their intellectual, cognitive, emotional, and other abilities, to adopt a literary text and appropriately engage reception. Literature, as the art of words, should be able to provide an opportunity for recipients to get to know a literary work in their way, that is, following their abilities and sensibility, and to understand all its compositional layers.

Integrative teaching today appears as one of the most effective ways to train future teachers studying in university education departments or higher vocational schools in the realization of the educational goals and tasks of the modern school. This paper deals with the issue of integrative teaching, its basic characteristics, organization and significance. Theory and practice point to the exceptional values and significant effects of this innovative teaching model. The paper contains the example of integrative day articulation in relation to the topic of Winter in the second grade of primary school, which can be used by teachers for both practical implementation and individual preparation of integrative classes.

This paper discusses the possibility of teaching prose literary texts in the first cycle of primary education using individualized instruction in order to highlight its effectiveness in helping students grasp this type of learning content. The conducted experimental research aimed to examine how the application of individualized teaching to the process of teaching prose literary works in the lower grades of primary school contributes to their more complete understanding. The results obtained have shown that the experimental group, which learned the planned teaching units by using the individualized instruction approach achieved significantly better results compared to the control group, which worked in the usual way.

The paper emphasises the importance of fairy tale, as the preferred literary genre in lower elementary grades, and its influence on children’s education and personality development. A fairy tale is a rich source of aesthetic perceptions and pleasant emotions, as well as a powerful motivator for developing positive personality traits. In order to examine the attitudes of lower elementary school students towards the reception of fairy tale as a literary genre, a survey was conducted. The sample included 360 third grade elementary school students. The results show that students are very fond of reading and exploring fairy tales, but they also face some problems in understanding and experiencing them, which stresses the importance of implementing different approaches in teaching.