A Study On Moral Education Of Preschool Children

Infancy is an important period of individual's growth and foundation of leaning to be human beings. As an old saying goes "child is the father of the man". Moral education plays a very important role in children's lives. Among objectives of infant education which is to enhance an all-round and harmonious development on morality, intelligence, physique and art, moral education is the top priority. The child moral education is the basis of moral cultivation throughout one's life and the age characteristics of children's development decide the traits and requirements of child moral education. This paper chooses a basic and eternal theme "child moral education" and than has a series of discusses based on the author's work and reality.The paper consists of four parts. The first one is to explore the concept, target and content in order to explain that as the starting stage, moral education is in accordance with the characteristics of physical and mental development of child and the practical situation. Kindergarten work procedures promulgated by the Ministry of Education defines goals of child moral education. According to the traditional child moral development on social and individual, it points out specially the new contents which should be embodied in the new age. The second part discusses the significance and feasibility of child's moral education. It puts forward that child's moral education is necessary for basic needs of ancient and modern education, for overall development of preschool personality and for needs of EQ cultivation of current singleton child. The third part analyzes some factors affecting child's moral education. Children's physical and mental development and characteristics influencing moral development is internal, while family, kindergarten and social environment's influence is external. The forth part explores main principles and effective strategies. It advocates respect and love for children and individual development. It suggests that game and modal demonstration is effective measures for child moral education and it puts forward proposals about how family and society play an active role. Finally it gives some suggestions about the kindergarten's collective life and study based on the actual. According to the paper, child's moral education is system engineering and there are thousands of methods. The concepts and measures emphasized in the paper are the basis of theoretical guidance combining my work reality which can not avoid some omissions. No matter choose what ways and methods of moral education should pursue effective effects for children, the unconscious influence in particular.