Swimming is one of the most popular sports in the world, and learning to swim in preschool age has numerous benefits for later psychophysical development. The process of swimming has numerous positive effects on the human body, such as improving the mental state, physical state or improving certain diseases. Education in primary education should be based on different approaches and methods adapted to children age. Children should be provided with several techniques that begin with accustoming children to the water and exercises both outside and inside the water. Numerous exercises and games can help children master swimming techniques, but also overcome their fear of water. Each participant of swimming training is individual, which means that the final success of each participant will depend first of all on their capabilities, and then on the degree of motivation and interest in cooperation. Teachers must have all the necessary competences and be experts in their work, because being in the water for swimming school participants is a new specific environment that can represent danger and endanger life. The various didactic games that exist in the working methodology of swimming training are certainly the best choice when it comes to children, because they learn best through play. The fear of water, which often occurs in younger participants, is one of the many obstacles that are placed in front of the professional staff, therefore, with a combination of interesting games, children gain a positive attitude towards water and overcome their fear more easily. Children's safety is definitely the first priority, so the responsible person is expected to know and master and act in accordance with the rescue procedure as well as the procedure for providing first aid if swimming training is carried out in places where there is no lifeguard presence.