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The difference between preschool education and early education
1. Different time ranges

The time range of early education is wider than that of preschool education, including all educational activities of children from birth to 6 years old, while preschool education refers to the formal education of children from 3 to 6 years old.

2. Different educational purposes

The purpose of early education is to help children develop early skills, such as language, cognition, social and motor skills. Early education focuses on children's health care. The main purpose of preschool education is to lay a good foundation for children's learning and development, and promote intellectual, emotional, cognitive, social and physical development. Therefore, the focus of preschool education is to let children develop social skills, cognitive skills and language skills in games and interactive experiences.

3. Different ways of education?

Early education pays attention to family environment, life care and interaction between parents, and provides physical and emotional support and guidance for children. Preschool education pays more attention to various forms of education, such as kindergarten, parenting education and so on. Preschool education is diversified, including systematic courses, colorful games, stories, music, sports and other special courses, which are more formal and standardized than early education.