Preschool Education Students’ Understanding of Children’s Picture Books

Abstract

Children’s picture books are the first books that children come into contact with. They are an important carrier for children to contact and perceive the outside world and are essential for children to form subconscious and basic cognition of the world. Because of the particularity of picture books’ audience, picture books must be specially processed before they can be recognized by children and parents, and as children’s enlightening reading materials, their cultural attributes cannot be ignored. Compared with foreign countries, picture books in China started late, drawing lessons from and imitating western picture books to a certain extent, which led to the shadow of western culture in picture book materials, which was not conducive to children’s cognition and recognition of Chinese traditional culture, and even more detrimental to their cultural confidence. As future preschool educators, preschool education majors are the first teachers of children’s culture and life and also users of children’s picture books. Therefore, it is of practical significance for preschool education majors to know and understand children’s picture books. Firstly, this paper points out the significance and main methods of studying children’s picture books and summarizes the development status of picture books at home and abroad. Secondly, it expounds the important functions of children’s picture books, explores the characteristics of children’s psychology and behavior, and explores the development direction and related theories of children’s picture books. Finally, from the perspective of preschool education majors, we understand the educational value of children’s picture books that the design of picture books should meet the needs of children and point out that children’s picture books are the enlightenment education of Chinese culture and revolutionary spirit. This paper discusses the related understanding of children’s picture books from the perspective of preschool education majors and expounds the significance of children’s picture books for children’s enlightenment education from the aspects of picture book development, picture book function, education and enlightenment value, etc., to carry out theoretical research for the development of picture books in China and help the brand and product development of picture books.