The author of this manual offers his original methodology for conducting classes with preschoolers 4–5 years old in a theater studio, reveals the content and features of organizing theatrical activities in a preschool educational institution. The texts of the plays (“Turnip”, “Kolobok”, “ Teremok" by Laura Polyak), games, tongue twisters, counting rhymes, as well as a dictionary of theatrical terms that teachers often refer to. The manual is addressed to teachers of preschool educational institutions, teachers of additional education, as well as students of pedagogical universities and colleges.