Preschool pedagogy is a branch of pedagogy, which studies the laws of preschool children's education. The research on preschool education in socialist society in China includes the general principles of preschool education for children aged 3-6, the tasks and principles of kindergarten education, the contents and methods of preschool education, and the requirements and contents of preschool family education.

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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. 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.

Summary and development

Preschool educators have summed up their own experience in preschool education, absorbed useful experience from abroad, and done a lot of work in educational practice and scientific research, further revealing the laws of preschool education scientifically.

Some research achievements have been made in the organization of one-day education in kindergarten, life care and physical exercise for children, the cultivation of moral quality and behavior habits, the development of language and intelligence, the teaching methods of common sense, physical education, music, art design and calculation in kindergarten. Preschool education majors in normal universities and preschool normal schools have compiled textbooks for preschool education, which has promoted the development of preschool education.