Preschool education: children born at the age of 6 or 7 who are about to enter primary school.

Early childhood education: children aged 3-6 in kindergarten.

2. The educational content is different.

Preschool education: Preschool education in a broad sense refers to the care and education of children from birth to 6 or 7 years old. Preschool education in a narrow sense refers to the care and education of children aged 3-6 or 7.

Early childhood education: broadly speaking, any purposeful activity that can affect children's physical growth and cognitive, emotional and personality development, such as watching TV, doing housework and participating in social activities under the guidance of adults. Preschool education in a narrow sense refers to the education of kindergartens and other specialized preschool education institutions.

Extended data:

Preschool education is one of the important contents of preschool education and a part of the scientific system of preschool education. Children are the basic stage of intellectual development in life, and also the fastest developing period. Proper and correct preschool education plays a great role in children's intelligence and future development.

Kindergarten education belongs to the school education system in China. Like school education, kindergarten education also has advantages that family education and social education do not have, such as planning and systematization.

Kindergarten education focuses on preschool teachers and devotes itself to publicizing the policies of the Party and the state on preschool education, reflecting the achievements of preschool education research and reform, exchanging experiences in kindergarten, nursery and family education, introducing information on preschool education at home and abroad, and providing information on preschool education activities and teaching reference materials.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-preschool education

Baidu encyclopedia-early childhood education