The paper deals with the influence of rhythm and poetic image on the speech and language development of a preschool aged child. According to Guber (2010), man has genetically only the potentiality of speech, and speech is actually the resultant of the tactical, affective, visual, hearing and mental development of the child, the development of his motor, and the development of sense of space for correcting linguistic difficulties. A child's society must provide a stimulating and rich environment so that, before it begins to speak, it will adopt a range of knowledge and skills. One of the best tools for the language and speech development of a child is childhood males because of the rhythm dominated by them and structures that are easily perceived and remembered. Accordingly, the importance of tongue twisters is one of the kind of nursery rhymes that encourage speech, correct linguistic difficulties and enrich the child's cognition. To investigate these findings, research has been conducted in direct method practice. Namely, in the kindergarten Hrvatski Leskovac, a structured activity was carried out through which children of preschool age met with the song- tongue twisters Ivica Vanja Rorić's scramble Petar Petru plete petlju. This tongue twisters used to examine the possible impact of specific rhythm and poetic image on the speech-language development of preschool children.