Speech is a higher psychic activity of a person that allows him to communicate his knowledge, feelings, needs and opinions to other people through a system of signs and symbols. The basic symbols in human speech are words, and its most important function is communication. (Starc et al., 2004). Encouraging and developing speech in children is primarily the responsibility of parents from birth and later of educators because in recent times children spend most of the day with a kindergarten teacher than with parents at home. It is very important that we are a good role model for children in the first place, but also a stimulator of learning through play. Language games are one of the main helpers in speech development in children of kindergarten and preschool age. According to Peti-Stantić and Velički (2008.) we define them as all games for which language is the means of expression in all its manifestations. In addition to educators, language games can greatly help parents as well because they are easy to implement. With them, the child does not have to feel as if he is learning something by force, because they mostly play in society. A child is not focused on just one particular thing, and repetition can be fun, not tedious, because certain elements of the game are always present. The basic purpose and goal of this paper was to examine whether language games help in the development of speech in children of kindergarten and preschool age. The research was conducted through an online survey form and 88 educators from all over Croatia participated. Research has shown that language games help in the development of speech in children of kindergarten and preschool age, that they are a good tool for work, and that most educators spend language games every day in their educational groups.