The preschool education specialty in higher vocational colleges is the cradle of nurturing excellent preschool teachers. The talents they cultivate are an important part of the teaching staff of preschool teachers in China. The quality of training talents not only directly affects the professional level and overall quality of preschool teachers in China, but also concerns the healthy growth and fate of early childhood education in China. However, in the background of national examination of teacher qualification, the preschool education major in higher vocational education faces great challenges and threats in the selection and training of talents. Based on this, this paper systematically analyzes the problems of the pre‐school education professional talent training mode in higher vocational education, and puts forward some ideas on the reform of talent training plan, curriculum content and curriculum evaluation, in order to provide reference and guidance for the reform of the mode of pre‐school education.