Japanese preschool education emphasizes the natural rhythm of life by centering on children’s games and free play. Japanese preschool education demands to achieve the basic goal of early childhood education through games, play and the life experience of children. The job of kindergarten teachers is to adhere to the concept of childcentralism and create the conditions and layout environment for children’s play and daily life from the perspective of five fields. The five fields of preschool education in Japan have undergone a long process of evolution, which is exploration of the way to protect the rights and interests of children. The five fields played an important role in their early childhood education practice, as well as “removing some contents of the primary school”and “the connection of preschool and primary school”in preschool education, especially in protecting children’s right of games.

Japanese preschool education; children’s rights and interests; kindergarten; preschool teachers; games