The family environment, as the first environment in which a child grows up, should be stimulating, creative and safe. In that way, the child will be encouraged to research and think creatively. The behavior within the family is also reflected on the child's behavior, so it's important how activities are carried out with children from birth. In this graduation thesis the picture book as a literary genre, as well as the available literature that includes activities that can be carried out with preschool children in relation to the use of the picture book. As part of the above, several professional articles, handbooks and scientific works were analyzed with purpose of bringing the importance of carrying out activities with children within a family environment to parents or custodian of children. The literature was analyzed in order to provide easier access to information for interested parties who work with children, with the help of which it is certainly easier to start the activities. In addition to performing art, music and drama activities with children should be noted the importance of dialogic reading for preschool children. As a part of this work there was also an anonymous suvery conducted which included filling out a questionnaire. The research is intended for parents or custodian of children up to 7 years old on the area of Istrian County. Before conducting theresearch there was set 6 hypotheses. The obtained research results are presented with graphs and are analyzed in the"Discussion" chapter. The obtained research results as well as the analyzed literature will be helpful to everyone who works with children.