Sex education is a broad topic, involving many aspects, including physical health, emotional health, gender equality and so on. Whether it is too early to start sex education in kindergartens can be seen from two aspects: on the one hand, kindergartens are an important place for children's socialization and self-cognition development, and an important theme that children should contact from an early age.

Cognitive ability in the primary stage

For kindergarten children, their cognitive ability, psychological and physical development are in the primary stage, and their understanding and cognition of sex are relatively small, so it may be too early to start systematic sex education in kindergarten.

Appropriate educational methods

In the kindergarten stage, some simple and targeted education methods can be adopted, such as teaching children how to treat their bodies correctly and how to protect their privacy. Parents and educators can use appropriate picture books, toys and other teaching AIDS to guide children to understand the basic structure and function of the body in the form of stories and games, so that children can form good body awareness and hygiene habits.

Target education

Generally speaking, sex education needs to be targeted according to the child's age and psychological development stage, neither too early nor too late. When conducting sex education, we need to pay attention to the appropriateness of ways, contents and methods, and at the same time respect the differences of each child so that they can be healthy, equal,

It may cause misunderstanding among children.

On the other hand, children in kindergartens are too young, their cognitive ability has not developed to a sufficient degree, and they may not really understand the content of sex education, which may cause misunderstanding among children.