This article is based on some of the results of the cooperative project "A Practice Study on Information-based Teaching" started and accomplished by Hubei University and other secondary and primary schools. This paper elaborates on the connotation of edutainment and explores ideas and design strategies of primary school Chinese curriculum from the perspective of edutainment. Enlightened by the idea of edutainment, this paper makes an in-depth analysis of and demonstrates the nature, grounds, and strategies of the informatization of primary Chinese curriculum to discuss the design and development of course materials in information-based teaching and new ideas of information-based teaching practice.