早期教育、学前教育、幼儿教育是三个经常混用的概念,从广义上说,三者基本可以通用,大体是指儿童出生到上小学前的教育(0~6岁,北美为0~8岁),狭义上说,学前教育与幼儿教育基本同义,特指3~6岁的儿童教育及幼儿园教育,早期教育特指0~3岁的儿童教育,本文所讨论的儿童早期教育采用狭义概念。 Early education, pre-school education and early childhood education are three commonly used concepts. Broadly speaking, the three can basically be used universally. Generally, they refer to children’s primary education before their birth (0-6 years old, 0-8 years old in North America ). In a narrow sense, pre-school education is basically synonymous with early childhood education, especially for children aged 3 to 6 and kindergarten education. Early education refers specifically to children aged 0-3. The early childhood education discussed in this article adopts the narrow concept .