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The article discusses the importance of the psychomotor development in preschool age. The author considers psychomotor development as one of the most challenging and significant problems in contemporary preschool education. Given the proved fact of the association between psychomotor and mental development, attention is given to the fact that health data of modern preschool children indicates low level of psychomotor development compared to those of the previous generation. The author attempts to explore socio-pedagogical factors, which determine this negative dynamic, and raises a question about the lack of attention to discussed problem in preschool pedagogy and preschool educational practice. Methods of pedagogical study of psychomotor development in preschool children and the experimental developing program for senior preschool children are introduced.