Preschool education, also known as preschool education, refers to the planned education of children before they enter primary school by institutions that implement preschool education according to certain training objectives and physical and mental characteristics of children. Its main task is to coordinate children's physical and mental development and prepare for primary education.

The institutions that implement pre-school education mainly include nurseries, kindergartens and pre-schools attached to primary schools. Their years range from 1 to 3 years. 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. The formation and development of supernormal children are related to proper and correct preschool education, especially preschool education in intelligence. Preschool intellectual education is a multi-faceted training process.

Attention to preschool children's mental health should not be underestimated. Children of this age are extremely immature in mental development and need the active guidance of parents and kindergarten teachers. Nowadays, many children are only children with strong self-awareness, lack of care for others and do not know how to share. Therefore, as parents and kindergarten teachers, we should actively guide children to learn to care about others, learn to share and be willing to share.

Historical origin

Preschool pedagogy has become an independent science, which was first put forward by German educator F.W.A. Froebel. Under the influence of Comenius and French Enlightenment thinker Rousseau, he also accepted the children's education thought of Swiss educator Pestalozzi.

1837 established an educational institution for children aged/0 ~ 6 in Blanckenburg, and 1840 named it kindergarten. Froebel systematically discussed the importance, contents and methods of kindergarten education. He believes that children's development is a gradual process, education should be suitable for children's development, and education should be based on children's independent activities.