This work is based on sorts and classification of percussion instruments and how are they used in music education of children of preschool age. For the purposes of field testing, survey was conducted in which were exanimated 42 preschool teachers from Pula and Varaždin. The survey included teachers who work in one of the groups of pre-school children in the age of first to seventh year of life. The purpose was to examine how often are percussion instruments used in preschools, which percussion instruments are mostly often used, which nursery rhymes are mostly repeated with preschool children, wheter are percussions used as follow-up to nursery rhymes and do preschool teachers make percussion instruments alone and/or with help of children. Given results show that preschool teachers use instruments music education of preschool children. Most often used instruments are percussion instruments and the obtained results of the survey show that tambourine, maracas and rattle are most used percussions. In music education of children teachers usually practice combined nursery rhymes with children, but the survey results show us that most commonly processed nursery rhyme is “Iš’o medo u dućan”. Rattle of unshaped materials and packaging, stuffed with rice, sand and seeds are percussion instruments that preschool teachers usually make themselves. Most of examinees preschool teachers do not make percussion instruments with children and they do not use and/or make percussions with folk origin but they more frequently use combined instruments made by Carl Orff.