This paper deals with staging children's poetry in kindergarten inspired by motifs found in poetry of Zvonimir Balog, as well as the entire process preceding these performances. Poetry as a basis for a stage performance is not considered the most common form, however, if needed, with the dramatisation of a given poem, a solid base for poetry staging can be obtained. An educator that wishes to stage a poetry basis of the kind in a kindergarten must be familiar with the basic concepts concerning the entire process of creating and staging a performance, more precisely a puppet show based on a poetic content, as well as with its educational values. Besides performances based on more or less adapted and dramatized poetry contents, for its further creative encouragement isolated elements of children's poetry such as themes and/or motifs can be used, as was the case in this paper. The aim of this graduate thesis is to explain once again the reasons for stressing the value of both performing arts as well as children's literature itself in the educational process from an early age. The entire process along with the phases of staging a performance based on the motifs of Zvonimir Balog's poetry, which are described in the second part of the paper, illustrate different uses of Balog's poetry in working with preschool children.