It is a fact known by everyone that proper physical development plays a vital role in human life, but in order for this process to be conducted correctly the work on it with the child needs to commence at the stage of pre-school education. Only through the properly planned in terms of methodology physical activities, games and fun time activities, which meet with interest from the point of view of the child, supporting its naturalness and creativity it is possible to achieve these goals and to prepare a child for the primary school. The article presents examples of some exercises for the nursery school designed to support the process of physical development of a child. At the same time, it highlights the impact of physical development of the child on the development of other areas, especially: cognitive, social and emotional.