In a narrow sense, education refers to a purposeful, planned and organized educational process conducted exclusively through educational institutions.

Education in a narrow sense refers to specially organized school education; Broadly speaking, it refers to social practice activities that affect people's physical and mental development. The word "education" comes from Mencius' "cultivating talents in the world" Latin educare is the source of the word "education" in the west, which means "education".

Early childhood education mainly refers to the education of children aged 3-6. Early childhood education is the second half of preschool education or early education, which is preceded by 0-3-year-old infant education and followed by primary education. This is an important and special stage of one's education and development.

"Importance" means that it is the foundation period of a person's development, and many important abilities and personality qualities form basic characteristics during this period; "Special" means that this stage is the transition period of children's physical and mental development from the initial amorphous to the basic stereotypes, and then they can start learning and developing according to social needs.

Family education

Family education is generally regarded as the education of parents (first of all, parents) to their children in family life. That is, parents consciously exert certain educational influence on their children through their own words and deeds and family life practice. According to the modern concept, it includes: the interaction and education between family members (including parents and children, etc.). ) in life.

Hao Bin, a famous clinical psychologist, once said: "Family education is the foundation and starting point of the whole life education". Indeed, family education is a kind of education that has the deepest influence on one's life, directly or indirectly affecting the realization of one's life goals. As an important part of the trinity education network of society, family and school, family education has attracted more and more attention from all walks of life.