A study of ZHANG Zong-lin's views on infant games

ZHANG Zong-lin was a famous infant educator in the history of modem education in China. He devoted his entire life to the study of infant education, established scientific views on infant education, thought that infant education should base its center on infant activities(games).ZHANG Zong-lin advocated the guiding ideology of "health first"-revealed that infants have such psychological characteristics as "loving games" and "liking outdoor activities", recommended that games should be the main content and form of infant education, and that game selection should fit into the natural trend of infants and 14 principles should be followed when a teacher is taking care of children playing a game. ZHANG Zong-lin not only valued games ideologically, but also devoted himself to education practice physically, did a lot of activities of game practice at Nanjing Gulou Kindergarten and Xiaozhuang Village Kindergarten. Today, when the Kindergarten Education Guideline(Trial)is being implemented and physical education curriculum reform is being boosted, many of ZHANG Zong-lin's views on infant games should be referred to and developed in a scientific and rational way, so as to better promote quality education implemented by kindergartens and comprehensively enhance education quality of kindergartens.