Making sure your kids go down for naps definitely feels beneficial for tired parents, but it may be more beneficial for your little ones than you think.
It’s no surprise that toddlers need a lot of sleep. About ten to 13 total hours per day to be exact.
After all the running around, a nap may not only rest their bodies, but it may also do wonders for their memories.
Neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst showed 49 preschoolers pictures of faces and told the kids if that person was nice or mean.
Later on, the kids were tested to see if they remembered seeing those faces. One test was right after the kids were shown faces, then four to five hours later, and the third time was the next day.
After the first test, half the kids took a nap while the others played. The researchers found that during the third testing session, the kids who took a nap the day before outperformed the kids that didn’t.
This suggests that both a daytime nap and overnight sleep are beneficial to a child’s memory processing. So parents help protect your child’s sleep by keeping a regular napping schedule.
The recommended nap time for preschool-aged children is seventy minutes. Interestingly, the child’s performance didn’t take effect until after the overnight sleep.
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