The aim of this paper is to present the rights that children have to education and their importance in early childhood within the legal framework governing the system of early and preschool education. At the very beginning of the final work, the importance of history is emphasized, which brings different perspectives on the view of the child and his growing up. The legal protection of children has been emphasized in the reforms of the 20th and 21st centuries, which indicate significant progress in the position of children in the world, which has contributed to the recognition of their rights. In this regard, the United Nations, with the aim of promoting children's rights and enabling quality growth, upbringing and education, issues a document, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), which is still in force today. The central part of the paper explains the importance of kindergarten, institutions of early and preschool education as an optimal place that provides children with the opportunity for full development and learning and acceptance of their rights. The completion of the paper describes violations of the rights of children who, despite great progress in recent decades, have not yet reached a high level of veneration, threatening their happy childhood.