Children's literature is an important part of Chinese textbooks for primary schools. The history of children's literature entering primary school Chinese textbooks can be traced back to the May 4th Movement, when many fairy tales and children's poems were selected into primary school Chinese textbooks with a new academic system. Children's literature has always been an important part of primary school Chinese textbooks, which allows students to understand and appreciate literary works after learning. The reading categories of grade one and grade two are clearly designated as fairy tales, fables, stories and simple ancient poems.
Children's literature occupies a dominant position in primary school students' extracurricular reading materials. The "childishness" feature of children's literature lies in that its perspective is consistent with that of children, and it can look at the world and life in a form that students like to see and hear, with vivid images, which can stimulate students' emotional singing and emotional input. Students are also willing to accept and indulge in literary works that meet their own interests, which increases their knowledge, broadens their horizons and improves their language ability, which makes students willing to use children's literature as the main source of extracurricular reading materials.
Children's literature provides rich resources for primary school students to carry out some extracurricular activities such as reading, story meeting and performance. It is an effective extension and expansion of Chinese teaching, and it is also beneficial for teachers to vividly grasp children's psychology, update educational concepts and realize beneficial educational methods.