Chen Heqin is a patriotic democrat, who has made continuous progress with the development of the people's democratic revolution in China. During his study in the United States, he was influenced by Dewey and Ke Qubo's experimental and progressive educational thoughts. After returning to China, faced with the old education in old China, such as following the old law, being divorced from life and studying hard, he decided to reform the old education and create a new one.

Mr. Tao Xingzhi walked in front and he followed. Mr. Tao Xingzhi's famous saying criticizing the old education: "Teach dead books, teach the dead, teach the dead, read dead books, study the dead, study the dead" has a great influence on Chen Heqin's educational thought. Therefore, Professor Chen changed this sentence to: "Teach lively books, teach lively books, teach lively books, read lively books, read lively books, read lively books."

Therefore, Chen Heqin put forward the slogan of "living education", trying to reform the old education in China with "living education". Chen Heqin once asked Tao Xingzhi to write a social song for China Children's Education Society.

This social song embodies his consistent position on children's education. The so-called "discovering children", "understanding children", "liberating children", "trusting children" and "becoming children" in songs can educate children, which is a complete set of principles for children's education.

Educational goal is the concretization of educational purpose and reflects people's educational values. At the same time, the educational goal is the direction of all educational activities and guides people's educational behavior. Educational goal is the theoretical basis of setting curriculum goal, which regulates and restricts the selection and concrete implementation of curriculum content. The same is true in the field of preschool education.

Preschool education curriculum is the pillar of preschool education. Preschool education curriculum is designed for preschool children. What kind of people to train, what to train with and how to train them are the main problems to be solved in the research of preschool education curriculum.

On the basis of studying the reality of preschool education curriculum in China in the 1920s and 1930s, Mr. Chen Heqin put forward his own preschool education goals from three aspects: body, intelligence and emotion. He believes that the goal of education should first solve the problem of "what kind of person to be". Through education, people should have the spirit of cooperation, sympathy and service to others.

"You should have a healthy body, develop sanitary habits and have considerable sports skills." "You should have a research attitude, sufficient knowledge and potential for expression." "You should be able to appreciate natural beauty and artistic beauty, cultivate a happy spirit and eliminate fears."

It can be seen that in the 1920s and 1930s, Chen Heqin put forward a training goal that is more in line with the physical and mental characteristics of preschool children and suitable for the all-round development of society in the future, which is commendable. "