The ability to read is a fundamental educational tool and an integral part of man's life. It is unimaginable in the modern world to not own this skill as it is a prerequisite for dealing with an only increasing amount of information. Reading skills need to be developed from the earliest age. Reading is a very important part of education of the Croatian language as it sets the foundation for student education in all other areas and at all other levels. Primary school pupils will only become established readers after further education, making the path demanding and long. The process of acquiring reading skills is a great effort for students and the teacher's task is to present reading as an important or interesting activity. Therefore, the teacher should create a quality and motivating athmosphere in the classroom, in which students will develop love and passion towards reading both in school and in their free time. In today's time of rapid technology advancement and the increasing availability of various technological sources of entertainment, it is especially important to aim at creating an environment where students can read for functional purposes but also enjoy the process. Students should be allowed to experience literary texts at a higher level, encouraging their thinking about text and allowing them to express their own text experiences in different ways. One way that students can additionally develop their literary experience is through art activities which allow studends to show their understading through art or paintings. There is a wide range of methods with which students can be enouraged to think of their own stories and tell them to others – these methods can be related to art in education. Some of them are: picture books, stories on maps, scroll stories and many more. Using these allows the student to creatively express their own experience and using their own art to help them with linguistic expression. The knowledge students gain this way is deeper, more comprehensive and more lasting. This way the student develops not only linguistic creativity but also artistic creativity, the will to actively participate during the class, storytelling and speaking skill, and the ability to express him/herself artistically. Using these activities is also useful to create a more dynamic process of education which then becomes entertaining and accepted by the students.