The key to innovative development in the new era lies in the cultivation of innovative talents. As the main battlefield for training future teachers, local normal universities play a crucial role. The practical innovation ability of normal students reflects the quality of talent cultivation in universities, and their innovative consciousness is the starting point and driving force for the development of innovative thinking. This study summarizes the contemporary significance of enhancing the practical innovation ability of students majoring in primary education, analyzes the existing problems in their practical innovation ability, and proposes the principles and practical approaches for enhancing the practical innovation ability of students majoring in primary education in the new era. It is hoped that this will lay a solid foundation for the cultivation of innovative talents among normal students in local normal universities and promote the improvement of the quality of talent cultivation in the primary education major.