Education in Russia at all levels is undergoing organizational and content changes. In turn, future first-graders are subject to certain requirements for their school readiness, in particular, for speech readiness, the level of development of which directly affects the success of schooling. Learning is based on the cognitive process. It is known that the top of the cognitive process is thinking and speech. Therefore, the readiness or unreadiness to study at school is largely determined by the level of the child's speech development. After all, it is with the help of oral and written speech that a child will have to learn the entire system of knowledge. The better his speech is developed before entering school, the faster the student will master reading and writing.