The age limit for starting English language teaching has been gradually reduced. As a rule, a four-year-old child is already considered fully ready for lessons. The possibilities of learning a foreign language at an early age are truly incomparable. Even K. D. Ushinsky wrote: "A child learns a foreign language in a few months more than we can learn in a few years." The main goal of education and training in the modern educational space is to form a comprehensively developed person, a well-rounded person. Teaching a foreign language at preschool age makes a unique contribution to the formation of such a personality. This article discusses the importance of action games in teaching English to preschool children.