Play is a natural activity of every man from his earliest age. It's free and spontaneous activity that starts from children's imagination, self-interest and ideas. It is most important in preschool. At that age, children learn through play and learn about the world around them. The aim of this paper is to describe the different possibilities of the influence of play on the development of motor skills in the period of preschool age. Children have a need to move, so kinesiological and non-kinesiological contents are connected. Previous research has been presented in which preschool children have been examined, and they are related to the importance of kinesiological contens in preschool intitutions and their impact on children's development. In order to successfully conduct physical activity, it is importnat to know the anthropological characteristics of children. Play which has a very large role in children's development, is defined in many literature in many ways, so it is impossible to fully describe it. However, efforts were made to more closely describe its function in preschool age. The classification of games is also described, of which there are also many.One of the most important classifications is whith regard to the chronological age of the child and their occurrence in preschool age: biotic (spontaneous) games, conversion games, games of creation, games with simple rules, games with complex rules. The game is actually a combination of kinesiological and non-kinesiological contents,therefore many games are listed for each developmental period.