The article is about shaping key competencies in reference to the core curriculum of pre-school education. The authors' opinions are founded on the Recommendations of the Council of the European Union of 22th May 2018 in the matter of the key competencies in the process of being educated all life long (2018/C 189/01) which define the key competencies. Further on, they point out notations in the core curriculum of the pre-school education which proves that accepts the the basic elements of the European Recommendations. The article proves that shaping the key competencies in the pre-school has an immense influence on the pre-school pupils' career.