This final paper discusses the motor skills of pre-school children. Various activities of any form greatly affect the development of motor skills in children.. The child is a complete being and its development is a complex phenomenon through certain aspect of development. The growth and development of children takes place continuously, and changes during the growth and development of the movement in pre-school age. It is very important to know the child's developmental abilities and characteristics. Various activities and plays fo children are most important at an early stage of development. They can affect a child's physical development and the creaton of a healthy lifestyle and coping later in adulthood. Movement and play are the basic needs of a child and they prepare him for life. Motor skills and the development of motor skills is one of the essential characteristics of the period of a child's growing up (growth and development). Motor development in children occurs in a certin order according to the development of the child. Children need to be encouraged to kinesiological activity in order to improve movement ( walking, running), posture, handling various objects, jumping and other activities through motor skills. Motor skills allow children independence and self- confidence. The goals of physical education in preschool age are: satisfying the need for play, improving natural forms of movement and increasig the body's resistance . For the purposes of this final paper, a study was conducted in the Kindergarten „Ivanić-Grad“ on a sample of 18 respondents (boys and girls) aged between 6 and 7 years. Children without health problems or significat motor disorders participated in the study. During the research, the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2) was used to check the level of motor skills in children.