The graduate thesis entitled “Traditional games in preschool education” is a presentation of traditional games that were played in the area of central and western Istria and their contribution to the educational process. In thesis is explained the game and its interest by numerous researchers, the classification and structure of the game according to several authors, the role of educators and the impact of the game on the overall development of the child. For a child, game is a lesson and a challenge through which it grows and develops in all areas of development. The differences that are pointed out are children's toys that changed due to modernization and problem of technology in a child's early life, which slows down and limits their development. The thesis also touched upon the topic of the implementation of nativeness in educational institutions with the aim of preserving heritage and passing it on to younger generations. As the main part of the paper, the workshop that took place in Višnjank kindergarten on the topic of traditional games in cooperation with parents and children is presented. Children show great interest in playing old traditional games despite modern toys. Ttraditional games, in addition to encourage respect for rules, acceptance, imagination and similar, simultaneously promote the native cultural heritage of the community in which the child lives.