Today, one of the most important directions of Russian education is its informatization. It is designed(or is called up) to guarantee the intensification and optimization of the educational process, the realization of developing training ideas and improvement of forms and methods of its organization. The requirement of this day is to begin coming with it from early childhood. Therefore, the formation of information competence of the senior preschool age is an objective and natural process. In this article the concept of 'competence' and 'information competence', the necessity of this formation in modern preschool education are considered. One of the example is shown by positive information competence development of preschool children.