Document introduction: Topic 1 Overview of preschool education; The nature, content and requirements of preschool education; The principle of preschool education 1. The nature of preschool education in China is an integral part of socialist education, an important part of basic education and the basic stage of school education and lifelong education in China. The state ensures its implementation through legislation and formulation of principles and policies, and leads and implements it through administrative management system. First, the nature of preschool education What are the similarities and differences between preschool education, primary and secondary schools and university education? Second, the characteristics of preschool education Compared with primary and secondary schools and university education, what are the characteristics of preschool education? Second, the characteristics of preschool education Preschool education institutions are institutions that care and educate preschool children aged 0-6 and 7, and are the basic stage of the school education system. Compared with other stages of the school system, its educational work has the following characteristics: Third, the tasks and requirements of preschool education are the transformation of preschool education goals to operational direction, and the embodiment of more specific requirements of preschool education goals in practice. In China, preschool education has a dual task, that is, serving preschool children and parents. Its fundamental task is to lay a solid foundation for the lifelong development of preschool children. Tasks of pre-school education institutions at various stages Tasks of nurseries The main tasks of early education guidance institutions Tasks and requirements of nurseries (1) The tasks of nurseries generally accept children from 2 months to 3 years old. The tasks at this stage are: developing children's basic movements, carrying out appropriate physical exercise and enhancing their resistance; Develop children's ability to imitate, understand and use language, so that children's intelligence can be developed and simple knowledge can be obtained through language and understanding of surrounding things; Give children good moral education such as friendliness, courtesy, honesty and courage; Cultivate children's civilized hygiene habits and aesthetic concepts in diet, sleep, clothing, washing, and communication with others. (II) Main tasks of early education guidance institutions As a hub to contact kindergartens, streets, towns and communities to jointly promote high-quality preschool education, early education guidance institutions gather high-quality educational resources and face the growing children aged 0-3 and society. Their main tasks are: to provide parents with advanced ideas of early education for infants aged 0-3 years, and to provide parents with advanced early education services.