Children's aesthetic education is very important for children's growth for the following reasons:

1. Emotional expression and cognitive development: Aesthetic education can stimulate children's emotional expression and emotional management ability. Through contact with various art forms, such as painting, music, dance, etc. Children can express their inner feelings, preferences and emotions, which helps to promote emotional development. At the same time, aesthetic education also provides rich sensory experience, helps children to cultivate their abilities of observation, thinking and judgment, and promotes cognitive development.

2. Cultivation of creativity and imagination: Aesthetic education provides children with colorful artistic experiences and creative opportunities. By participating in activities such as painting and handcraft, children can develop their creativity and imagination and cultivate their ability to think and solve problems independently. These abilities are of great significance to children's study and life.

3. Social and cooperative skills: Aesthetic education activities are usually carried out in the form of teamwork. By participating in artistic creation, performance or appreciation with others, children learn to cooperate, share and respect others. This helps to cultivate children's social skills and team awareness and improve their ability to get along with others.

4. Cultural identity and aesthetic accomplishment: Through aesthetic education, let children know different art forms and cultural traditions, and cultivate their ability to perceive and appreciate beauty. Cultivating artistic appreciation and aesthetic accomplishment can broaden children's horizons, enhance their cultural identity and enrich their personal life experience.

In a word, children's aesthetic education is very important for children's growth, contributing to emotional expression and cognitive development, cultivating creativity and imagination, promoting social and cooperative abilities, and deepening cultural identity and aesthetic quality. Therefore, it is necessary to attach importance to aesthetic education in preschool education.