I. Preschool children
Preschool children refer to children who have not yet reached school age. From a global perspective, countries have different regulations on the school age of children, generally 6 or 5 years old, so the age limit for preschool children is not the same. The school age of children in China is 6 years old, so children before this age are preschool children. In a certain period, the statistical information of preschool children is an important basis for the country to develop children's health care and arrange health care institutions.
Second, the development characteristics
Understanding the developmental characteristics of preschool children is beneficial to children's education and training. For example, according to children's cognitive characteristics, choose learning materials and learning methods, so that children can learn through direct experience and games to get the best results. For another example, according to the emotional instability of preschool children, parents and kindergarten teachers can guide their children to do a lot of social learning and practice with understanding, patience and firmness.
Third, the growth and changes of preschool children are amazing.
In this short time, children learn languages and develop self-awareness and self-environmental awareness in a special cultural background. The growth and development of children in this period is regular and orderly. For example, before learning to walk, you must learn to stand and learn simple words, and then you can learn to use complex sentences. However, due to the influence of environment and culture, the specific time of preschool children's development and change is different.
Malnutrition will hinder the development of the body, and lack of communication with the outside world will delay the development of language. After studying in South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa, meredith also found that children of different races with the same economic conditions have little difference in physical development. Weakness, burnout and indifference caused by disease and malnutrition are harmful to children's growth and development.