Just as everybody else’s concern, children should get the right amount of sleep every day to be healthier. Sleep is essential in a child’s development because their bodies need enough rest for proper growth and enhanced learning. Sharon Baptist Head Start gives you the breakdown of each age group’s adequate amount of sleep every day recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. As we provide childcare in Bronx, New York, it is one of our responsibilities to look out for our children’s wellbeing, including their sleeping habits.
Infants should sleep for 12 to 16 hours every day. Toddlers, on the other hand, should have a total sleeping duration of 11 to 14 hours including naps. Preschoolers should sleep for 10 to 13 hours every day, including their naptimes while grade-schoolers should sleep for 9 to 12 hours in 24 hours. Lastly, teenagers should get enough sleep in a day for a total of 8 to 10 hours. With these, our students should have the energy to go to school at our Preschool in New York.
One way for children to get the right amount of sleep is by doing a regular bedtime routine for their bodies to recognize sleeping time right away. Students from our Head Start Pre-k would then have better school performance as they get enough sleep every day.
