Reading picture books and stories is one of the child's favorite activities. Shared reading brings and connects the child with the adult who reads to him. Even when they still do not understand the words, looking at the illustrations, turning the pages of the story in front of them, perceiving and imagining they create a vision of a special wonderful world in which they feel comfortable and safe. Therefore, the subject of this final paper is the conceptual and practical determination of the impact of telling stories to children on the enrichment of their lexicon. The work showed that when telling children's stories, it is useful to apply various methods independently or in combination with each other. The most common methods are storytelling with gestures, storytelling according to a picture or a series of pictures, storytelling with the help of a table and puppet show or with movements and gesticulation. This final paper also showed that stories are much more than a means of soothing and lulling children to sleep. Stories are a kind of tool for children's development, especially at the stage when children begin to develop their speech, perception, concentration and attention skills. Through stories, children learn the rules of behavior, tolerance, solidarity and general understanding of interpersonal relationships.