Children's play is essential for a child's learning and understanding of the world around him. It is extremely important to surround children both spatially, materially and socially in order for them to progress in their growth and development. Children's play significantly affects the development of fine and gross motor skills, develops imagination and creativity and interaction between children. With various ways of playing, children strengthen their self-confidence and control their emotions more easily. Active engagement during playtime effectively affects developmental achievements during childhood. Although all development achievements are not always visible, they are of exceptional importance due to the overall progress. Generations ago, the ways of children’s playing have changed, therefore researching the difference in children's playing in the past and now is particularly important. By taking photographs and carrying out various activities, we came to a lot of knowledge that is visible in the content of this thesis. The environment and the time in which the child is growing up have a great influence on children's play so accordingly, over time, some children’s games have disappeared. By returning to the past with interlocutors of older generations, we got the possibility to return part of the children’s games to the children of the modern era. The activities inside the kindergarten are planned according to the children’s games of the last century. The creation of stimulating media during childhood is extremely important, therefore the dedication of parents and educators is of great importance, all for the purpose of improving children's development. Increasingly frequent restrictions and restraints of children's ideas lead to slower developmental progress, especially when comparing children of the 20th century and today. Research in the form of a survey led us to find out about the children's play of the 21st century and childrens preferences during the playtime. The research was guided by two hypotheses and was conducted among the parents of a kindergarten in Sisačko-moslavačka county. In conclusion, 154 respondents participated in the survey and the research was conducted in the month of September 2023.