Even though folklore activities have lost their place in preschool institutions, this does not necessarily mean that children lose interest in this form of activity. The primary aim of this paper is to evaluate the interest of preschool children in certain folklore activities. The secondary aim is to determine how often parents perform certain dance activities with their children in their free time. Another aim is to determine whether there are differences in children's interests in folklore activities with regard to their gender. Also, the paper examines whether there are differences in the frequency of implementation of dance activities in leisure time with regard to parents' engagement in dance activities. The research was conducted on a sample of 15 preschool children aged 4 and 5 and on a sample of 15 parents (5 fathers and 10 mothers). An anonymous questionnaire was distributed to parents in order to collect the data on the frequency of performance of certain dance and folklore activities with children in their home. The second part of the research was conducted in a kindergarten with the help of an educator who used the method of observation to record the level of children's interest in certain folklore activities. Basic descriptive parameters and response frequencies were calculated and the significant differences in the frequency of performing dance and folklore activities with children in their home with regard to the parents' engagement in folklore activities in their youth were tested by a t-test analysis. The t-test analysis was also applied in order to determine the significant difference in children’s interests in particular folklore activities with respect to their gender. The results show that, when at home, children most frequently listen to and sing children's songs, while only a very small proportion of children sing and dance to the folk songs or play old traditional games. On their own initiative, children most frequently sing and dance to the songs from kindergarten, while as many as 73.33% of children never dance any folk dances. Significant differences in their interests in certain folklore activities with regard to gender were obtained in only two variables. Girls are significantly more interested in performing children's songs during and after activities than boys are. Considering the differences in the frequency of folklore (dance) activities at home, the results of the analysis do not indicate significant differences in any of the variables. Thus the hypothesis cannot be confirmed and it can be concluded that the parents' involvement in folklore (dance) activities in their childhood does not significantly affect the frequency of dance activities that their children perform in their spare time.