Preschool education refers to the education of children from birth to the age of six or seven. Education for children begins after birth, and the stage from birth to three years old is early education, and the stage from three to six or seven years old is early childhood education.

Preschool education in a broad sense: any activity that can affect and promote children's physical growth and cognitive, emotional, will, character and behavior development, such as children watching TV, doing housework and participating in social activities under the guidance of adults, can be said to be preschool education.

Preschool education in a narrow sense refers to the activities that preschool educators integrate the resources around children and exert a purposeful, planned and systematic influence on the development of children aged 0 ~ 6 and 7.