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26 July 2026

Design and Practice of Kindergarten Thematic Curriculum from the Perspective of Scientific Transition from Kindergarten to Primary School

Wenting Li1 ,  Lingling Li1
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1 Sichuan Preschool Educators College, Mianyang 621000, Sichuan, China
EIR 2026 , 4(7), 42–48; https://doi.org/10.26689/EIR.v4i7.16027
© 2026 by the Author. Licensee: Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty Ltd, Australia. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

The transition from kindergarten to primary school is a key link in improving the quality of preschool education. At present, kindergarten thematic curriculum faces the dual dilemma of “primary school tendency” and “insufficient transition” in implementing the transition from kindergarten to primary school. Taking “kindergarten-college cooperation” as the research background and the senior class thematic curriculum Graphic Kingdom: Amazing Made-in-Chinaas an example, this paper explores the design rationale and practical strategies of kindergarten thematic curriculum from the perspective of scientific transition from kindergarten to primary school. Based on children’s life experience and existing cognitive level, with tangram as the carrier, the curriculum follows the principle of “de-primary-schoolization”, transforms the perception of pictographic characters and mathematical graphic cognition into gamified, contextualized and operational thematic activities, and realizes scientific transition through horizontal integration and vertical progression, allowing children to “learn through play, learn through doing, and learn through life”, effectively supporting children’s preparation for school.

Keywords
Scientific transition from kindergarten to primary school
Kindergarten thematic curriculum
De-primary-schoolization
Funding
The teaching reform and research project of Sichuan Preschool Educators College, “Practical Research on the Development of Kindergarten Thematic Curriculum and Kindergarten-Based Teaching Materials through ‘Kindergarten-College Cooperation’ in Higher Vocational Preschool Education” (Project No.: CYJG2023-06)
References

[1] Ministry of Education, 2021, Guiding Opinions on Vigorously Promoting the Scientific Transition from Kindergarten to Primary School. Ministry of Education.

[2] Ministry of Education, 2012, Guidelines for Learning and Development of Children Aged 3–6. Ministry of Education.

[3] Ministry of Education, 2001, Guidelines for Kindergarten Education (Trial). Ministry of Education.

[4] Li LL, 2020, Practical Research on the Integration of Pictographic Characters into Children’s Art Curriculum. Art Education Research, 2020(10): 173–174.

[5] Li LL, 2024, Educational Support Strategies for the Formation of Children’s Pre-writing Experience through Home-Kindergarten Co-education. Classroom Inside and Outside, 2024(41): 155–157.

[6] Ministry of Education, 2021, Guiding Points for School Readiness Education in Kindergartens. Ministry of Education.

[7] Yu YP, 2016, What Is the Key to Scientific Transition from Kindergarten to Primary School. Early Childhood Education, 2016(16): 4–5.

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