“Importance of Sleep in the Early Ages”

“Importance of Sleep in the Early Ages”

“Importance of Sleep in the Early Ages”

My number one ethnical priority is that the children in my center, who are three to five years old, get enough sleep the night before so they can learn in the classroom.   Children need sleep so they can function in the classroom.   Children need sleep the night before so they can stay awake in the classroom.   It is very hard to teach a child or do the activities when they come in, sit down, and go to sleep.  
At my center, they are only in my classroom for 3 ½ hours.   I have to get everything in during that time for them to learn but when they are sleeping, they miss what is going on in the classroom.   We are trying to get these children ready to start Kindergarten and the parents of these children are not enforcing an early bedtime.   They let them stay up and watch television until the early morning hours, or play with toys.   Some children stay up in their room talking to older brothers and sisters instead of going to sleep.   Parents need to go through workshops.   They need to be taught about the importance of putting their children to bed at an early bedtime when they are at this age.   The parents are setting themselves up for the future years for hard times of putting their children to bed at a descent hour.  
When I was growing up, my parents were strict on me about bedtime.   Starting when I was three years old, my bedtime was 8 P.M unless there was a special on the television or we came in late from church.   Once I hit 9th grade, it was 9 P.M. and 10th was at   10 P. M.   Then I moved in with my Grandma and I went to bed at my own times.   Now, if I do not get eight hours of sleep, I am grouchy.   With my own children, I try to get them to bed at a decent hour.   My younger son is no problem but my older son will not go to bed until I go to bed.   He has been this way ever since he was born.   He would not go to sleep and would hardly take naps.   He is ok in the morning and does not go to sleep at school.   Since I...