Naptime or rest time should be a requirement in kindergarten. A simply twenty or thirty-minute nap can reprogram a child’s memory, behavior, and assist a child who lacks a sufficient night’s rest. Furthermore, the section will elaborate on the needs of daytime and night sleep in children who attends kindergarten. Evidence which will support the position of naps in kindergarten will be provided. Supporting Evidence The research in this paper indicates that if a child’s sleep needs are met, then the child will likely increase positive behaviors, improve academic skills, and possess better physical health (Buckhait et al., 2015; Cairns & Harsh, 2015; Desrochers et al., 2016; Keefe-Cooperman & Brady-Amoon, 2012; Kurdziela et al., 2013; Mednick, …show more content…
Furthermore, I have concluded that many children are diagnosed with ADHD and other behavior-related disorders; however, the true culprit may be lack of sleep. Kindergartners need an efficient amount of sleep during the night in order to function during the day. Research suggested that five and six-year-olds need between ten and eleven hours of sleep a night (Laracy et al., 2015; Sleep Health Foundation, 2015). However, few children receive the sleep they need. The consequences of lack of sleep are emotional issues, lowered academics and developmental skills, and poor health. While working in the early childcare field, I have experienced plenty of sleep-deprived children. Once they arrive, I am able to identify noticeable symptoms of poor sleep. During the morning, the children are aggressive, cranky, fussy, irritable, tired, and non-sociable. After naptime, the children are full of energy and eager to …show more content…
A kindergartener should be provided with a twenty or thirty-minute nap each day. While conducting research. I was able to gain awareness of the pros and cons of night and nap time sleep in children who are five and six years old. Research showed (Buckhait et al., 2015; Cairns & Harsh, 2015; Desrochers et al., 2016; Keefe-Cooperman & Brady-Amoon, 2012; Kurdziela et al., 2013; Mednick, 2013). Kurdziela et al. (2013), that certain developmental skills could be affected; however, some of the studies showed the positive outcomes of a child who receives the proper amount of sleep. Furthermore, evidence proved sleep protects and enhances the brain with programming learned information (Buckhait et al., 2015; Butcher, 2014; Desrochers et al., 2016). Therefore, little brains need little naps; however, A. A Milne said it best a child who is transitioning to kindergarten should have a smallish nap or
Part 2: My classmates and I had similar responses to each other. Most of us believe that it’s important to have a structure schedule. By doing so, it helps the child sleep through the night without any issues. For example, Jennifer Rodriguez, said that she would apply a strict strict schedule and attempting to resolve the issue of why Manny doesn’t like sleeping in his room. Erik Cisneros mentions that she would attempted to have more activities throughout the day so that Manny would be able to sleep. I agree, a child’s day should be productive, that way they understand that they should be using their time correctly and resting at night. Natania Fernandez stated that there shouldn’t be naps involve so that he feels tired during the night
There is a good chance that I will be working with adolescents and so sleep is a very important concept for me to keep in mind. If they didn’t a good night sleep by not getting nine to ten
A mother of a 4 year old asks his preschool teacher not to let him nap in the afternoon. She says the nap causes him to stay up too late, and she can’t get him up in the morning. The teacher says the child sleeps soundly for one hour every day and seems to need the sleep to be able to enjoy class activities and get along with other children in the afternoon. (Feeney)
Candice Alfano, who is a clinical psychologist and psychology professor created the National Institute of Mental Health. This is the study of whether children who have experienced inadequate or disrupted sleep are more likely to develop later in life depression or anxiety. I believe that she is researching this study very well. Alfano and co-investigator Cara Palmer are performing an experiment by restricting sleep on 50 children between ages 7 and 11. They are performing this experiment to figure out exactly what sleep deprivation does to the behavioral and psychological patterns of emotional risk. The results of this experiment proves that inadequate sleep has an impact on children's emotional health by creating negative emotions and turning positive ones into negative.
Lack of sleep will affect a child’s development. A child needs sufficient sleep to be able to concentrate and be able to learn. Lack of sleep can also cause emotional, social and behavioural problems, this is because if a child is
" When students get more rest and sleep, then their grades and also test scores improve by a considerable amount. Grades are one of the, if not the most important thing in school, and if students are not doing well in school because of sleep deprivation, then their future is at risk. Students can only perform well in school when they are fully rested and have a full nine hours of
Imagine: a world where a biological necessity is not seen as a priority, and adolescent’s educations are suffering. This is how schools’ think about sleep.What all human beings need to survive is being put on the back burner by most schools in America- sleep(11a). It has been proven through the process of scientific research that sleep is necessary on the same level as food or activity. Unfortunately, sleep deprivation is a chronic health problem that many youths suffer from today. Teens are naturally predisposed to go to sleep around 11 pm, but are forced to wake up around 6:15, not allowing any time for adequate sleep (“Backgrounder: Later school start Times” 1). Irregular sleep patterns during teenage years can cause long-term
Because of kids not getting enough sleep it increases obesity rates, depression, motor vehicle accidents (M.V.A.), and a lower quality of life. “Getting enough sleep is important and early start times are preventing many adolescences from
School start times play a very big role in a student’s overall development, especially when they aren’t getting enough sleep because of it. An important factor to consider for a student’s development is the act of sleeping; that a lack of it can cause serious problems to the students’ growing body. According to research done with Brown University’s Julie Boergers, the author of the letter “Benefits of later school start times”, the amount of sleep that adolescents need ranges from 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep. Only 17 percent of these students
Many students, teachers, parents, and more throughout the country have a firm stance on the argument that school should start at a later time not only because of our diverse sleep patterns, but also because of the negative stress it puts on our bodies, and it even how it can influence our ability to learn. We hear of students constantly complaining about getting very little sleep every night during the school week. Many teachers, parents, and even other students getting better sleep seem to just blow it off or think that students are overexerting the problem. We are starting to see that there are actual negative effects from students, mainly in high school, losing sleep due to extra curricular activities, homework, and any other activities
Adolescents and adults need around 9 hours of sleep daily (De Souza 5). Since schools are starting so early, they can not get the needed sleep time, eight to nine hours. Even though teachers go to school the same time as students, consequences are worse in students and it seems to have more of a critical effect on students. No matter if it is a student or a teacher, the quality of sleep is very important for everybody.
It is common for students to be tired when they arrive to school everyday whether it is a Monday or the first day back from a long break. I believe that middle and high schools should have designated times for students to be able to take short naps because it helps students refocus.
Have you ever noticed how tired some kids are in school? Have you noticed that the students can’t focus on their work? Have you noticed that they are up late trying to finish their homework? Well, I have the solution. I think that we should have nap time in school. With naptime, students will be able to function more easily and to a higher standard. As Anton Anderson, a high school teacher from Connecticut said, 20 extra minutes a day isn’t a substitute for 8 to 10 hours of sleep every night, but it does recharge the batteries. If 20 minutes does this much, think about what 40 minutes could do.
Almost every day high school students are waking up around six o’clock in the morning to get ready for school, some even earlier than that. Nearly every morning students are waking up without adequate sleep. If sleep is one of the most essential needs of the body in order to grow and develop, shouldn’t we be more aware of how much it affects students everyday performance? The ways in which students are affected by sleep-deprivation is precisely why school needs to start later.
Recent research has proven that children just are not getting the sleep they need these days. Kids today seem to be doing poorer in school and have less attention spans. Most parents are not aware of a common problem effecting thousands of children in this country: sleep disorders. Parents often fail to follow there children's sleeping patterns which can result in some serious side effects if that child has a sleep disorder. A study done at Tulane University in New Orleans studied about 300 first graders that preformed poorly in school. They found that 18 per cent showed signs of a sleeping problem. The percentage of children with bad grades found to have sleeping problems