早期教育要获得预想的结果,教育计划必须顺应儿童身心发展的规律。否则,不仅浪费了人力、物力,还会损害孩子的身心健康。儿童身心发展遵循着由上而下、由近及远、由粗到细、由简单到复杂、由低级到高级的规律。譬如,婴幼儿的运动发展与神经髓鞘形成的先后有关,其发展规律是:先抬头,后抬胸,再会坐、立、行(自上而下);从 Early education To achieve the desired results, education programs must comply with the laws of physical and mental development of children. Otherwise, not only wasted manpower and material resources, but also the child’s physical and mental health. Children’s physical and mental development follows the law from top to bottom, from near to far, from coarse to fine, from simple to complex, from low to high. For example, infants and young children’s motor development and neuromuscular formation of the order, the development of the law are: first look up, then lift the chest, then sit, stand, line (top-down); from