The purpose of this paper is to show the development of movement in the artistic expression of children of early and preschool age and to investigate the abilities of children in the presentation of movement with regard to their age. The theoretical part of the paper describes the importance of children's artistic expression as an innate ability to express themselves. Development of children's artistic expression and creation is presented through general characteristics and phases of artistic expression. In addition to the above, some of the visual symbols are introduced, as they are important in depicting the movement. As an artistic symbol, the focus is on the depiction of a human figure in motion; when its portrayal begins to occur and how it changes during the development of the child’s artistic expression. The goal of the research was to analyse children's works of art to investigate the way in which children of early and preschool age show movement in artistic expression and determine the differences in representation in children of younger and older preschool age. The research sample consisted of 11 children aged 4 to 7 years. Selected works were analyzed and compared on the basis of the given hypothesis. Given results partly or entirely confirmed the hypothesis.