The theme of this paper is the importance of reading to children of early and preschool age. The work focuses on educators as one of the main people surrounding children in their earliest years and with them they carry out reading activities and activities related to reading, speaking and acquiring pre-reading skills in pre-school institutions. Emphasis is also placed on the wishes of educators to participate in additional professional training in the field of reading to children of pre-school age. The aim of the paper is to investigate the opinions of educators of Medimurska, Varazdin and Koprivnica-Cross County on the importance of reading and on participation in further training on the topic of reading, and to investigate how educators carry out activities related to reading. A survey was conducted on a sample of 53 educators from the areas of Međimurska, Varaždinska and Koprivničko-križevačka County. All the subjects were female. A questionnaire in online form was used for conducting the research. The results showed that educators are aware of the importance of reading and that they use time to carry out activities in pre-school institutions. Activities are usually carried out in the morning, and activities are often focused on reading and discussing what is being read. Most preschool facilities have a corner with picture books that children can use, and visits to schools and libraries are also frequent. As the most common problem experienced by educators, they refer to the disruption of activities by a particular child. Almost all educators are interested in participating in additional training courses on reading to early and preschool children in the future. No statistically significant difference was found between the teacher's opinion on reading and participation in further training given the years of work experience.