Oral native heritage represents a pillar of the community from which it comes. The goal is to preserve and nurture such heritage, so that despite the fact that it comes from the past, it would still remain a part of our present and the future of generations to come. The aim of this paper is to familiarize preschool children with the legend of Malik and to fulfill their need to discover, explore and experience on their own the dwarf Malik through various activities. Malik is a small mischievous dwarf famous for its pranks, which is the reason he is popular among children. Furthermore, it is also part of the oral heritage of Crikvenica that has been preserved to this day and is, as such, presented in this paper. The paper shows that by nurturing the oral native heritage, we can preserve legends, traditions and stories, and pass them on to future generations. In that way we can preserve all the treasures of our homeland, and by oral transmission to children, in this work it has been proven that we can be sure that it will come to life again.