The division of preschool age varies from country to country, from 2 to 5 or 6 years old in some countries to 5, 6 or 7 years old in some countries. Before the age of 3 is an important stage of children's physical and mental development, which is closely related to the education of children aged 3-6. Therefore, some scholars believe that it is more appropriate to collectively refer to the two as preschool education. Preschool education can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense.
Development trend:
Preschool pedagogy is a young science. In the past 30 years, due to the development of science and technology and the social attention to preschool education, great progress has been made in the theoretical research of preschool education.
Foreign scientific research achievements have been further developed in the following aspects: the role of preschool education in children's development, the important role of parents in children's education, the development of children's language and cognition, the application of Swiss psychologist J Piaget's cognitive theory in preschool education, the research on children's emotional development and children's behavior, the experimental study on the connection between kindergarten and primary school, and the education of special children.