Play is an important aspect of a child's development that reflects cognitive changes, but it is primarily important because of socializing and interacting with other children or adults. Play is very important, especially in early childhood, and for the development of communication skills that include verbal and non-verbal forms of communication. The main objectives of the research were to determine the frequency of use of verbal and non-verbal communication of a preschool age child depending on the child's age, and to observe the child's communication in play. The research was conducted on ten children of the same mixed educational group with additional English language training, aged 3 to 7 years (5 girls and 5 boys), and was conducted using an observation matrix that contained 10 questions, 5 related to verbal and 5 for children's non-verbal communication in play. Research has shown that children use verbal and non-verbal communication almost equally in play and communication, and depending on the situation, sometimes verbal and sometimes non-verbal communication is more pronounced. Younger children express their thoughts and feelings most easily through non-verbal communication, while older children usually verbalize their feelings. As for the influence of gender, the results indicate that girls are much more active in verbal communication, both when communicating with the teacher and with the children involved in the game.