Narratives are a form of discourse that communicates real or fictional events. In recent years, the study of communicative competence has extended to examine longer discourse units, including narratives. Unfortunately, few studies have been carried out to assess narrative skills in Arabic speaking children. Objective: The aim of the work is to review the narrative abilities in children and formulate a protocol for assessment of narrative skills in children to reach better understanding of the developmental pattern of narrative skills in children. Subjects and methods: The study was conducted on 60 Arabic speaking normal children, ages between two to six years. Children were divided into four groups according to their age. An assessment tool was designed for this study that assessed the children’s narrative on three aspects; story structure, language structure and narrative productivity. Results: The results obtained from this study revealed significant increase with age, regarding the different aspects of narratives assessed. However, the age of development varies from one skill to the other. Conclusion: Narrative skills start to develop at the age of two years and become well-formed around the age of six years but continue to develop thereafter during school years.