Storytelling by preschool teachers plays an important role in encouraging early literacy in children. It is a method that combines the story with the language development of the child, encouraging his ability to listen, understand and communicate. Storytelling by preschool teachers provides an interactive experience that allows children to connect with the story on an emotional level while developing language skills. These skills have a lasting impact on children's language development and prepare them for successful learning to read and write later in life. Due to the numerous benefits that storytelling brings, preschool teachers should be aware of the importance of storytelling in educational work and learn to properly apply the activity of storytelling while creating an atmosphere in which children will feel comfortable. The goal of this research was to investigate how much educators tell stories to children, how much and in what way they prepare for this activity, and how familiar they are with the benefits of such a method in working with children. 50 preschool teachers teachers in the area of Slavonia and Baranja participated in the research, and a survey was used as the research procedure. The obtained results are in line with expectations and show that most educators tell stories to children every day, use an appropriate and organized space for storytelling, adjust the content, text and topic of stories in relation to the interests and age of the children and are familiar with the benefits of storytelling for children's language development.