Audio books have become a popular medium in today’s world, so they have also become popular for use in kindergartens due to easy availability of a large amount of story books you can find on the Internet. Audio books in kindergarten are nothing new, and almost every preschool teacher has met someone that uses them, or they use them themselves. We can find them on the internet in libraries, on websites of some kindergartens, on CDs and etcetera. Although they are mostly used before bedtime or to calm down children, they can be a good way to encourage speech and early literacy in children. A child needs an encouraging environment and a great speech model in order to properly develop a child’s speech and literacy, it’s necessary to monitor their development and include them in motivating activities. However, modern technology has begun to affect the child’s development, including the development of speech and pre-reading abilities. Many preschool children are already using smartphones, and communication between parents and children is becoming scarcer. That is why quality communication between preschool teachers and children is needed, as well as teachers’ awareness of his role in the child’s overall development. The preschool teacher can encourage the child’s speech and literacy through communication, reading and other various activities and by properly using audio books. This research is aimed at analysing the frequency of use of audio books in kindergarten, that is, to what extent do educators use audio books and what are their opinions on the use of such media. An online questionnaire and an interview with four different preschool teachers were used to conduct the research. Most preschool teachers use audio books when working with children, and they mostly used it to calm them down before going to bed. Although preschool teachers use audio books, they are not familiar with positive and negative sides of audio books, nor the possibility of using audio books for different purposes other than using them before kids fall asleep. The results indicate that preschool teachers need to be better informed about audio books and how to use them to encourage child development.