Despite modern media, children still want to listen to the stories. Feelings and emotions that connect the narrator and child during storytelling are what everyone needs in today's world. Children need stories because besides having fun, they also get familiar with the world they live in. The introduction part, or the first part talks about giving children the possibility to experience the love for story-telling. The second part tells us where stories come from, how old they are, why people began to tell stories, and how stories made them feel. The third part discusses the impact of the story on the overall development of the child, and its impact on the cognitive, emotional, social, ethical and speech development in children. The fourth part refers to the comparison between reading and story-telling, about their adventages, as well as about their differences. The fifth part is about the abilities and competences of a good story-teller, but also about how much love a good story-teller has to invest in good story-telling. Besides love, the storyteller must make a great effort to make the story interesting to the children. The sixth part refers to the methodological aspects of telling the story. From the beginning of the story, the selection of stories, reading or telling the story, the preparation for the story, the importance of the atmosphere, the importance of rituals and resources, and how to turn the story into an experience. The seventh part, we can see how stories are important in story-telling, and what kind of props we use for a particular story. Children also enjoy making the props, which we can also use in other activitis. The eighth part refers to the research work, the survey on „Story-telling in preschool“ and about the results we got from the survey.