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These children adapt more easily to a new kindergarten
True, there is still time for children to enter a new kindergarten, but many parents are already worried, and we have news for them - now is the time to change habits.
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15/07/2022
Friday, 15 July 2022, 08:25
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Starting to worry about a new shield?
You're not alone.
A child with a kindergarten bag (Photo: ShutterStock)
True, there is still time for the school year to begin, but that does not mean that the adaptation to the new kindergarten does not deprive many parents.
And if he has already slept - a new study has found that children who sleep better tend to be more successful in adapting to kindergarten, compared to their peers who have more difficulty sleeping.
Moving to a new kindergarten involves great and exciting adjustment for children, and parents often find different ways to prepare their children for this new stage in their lives.
One way they can do this, based on the results of a study published in the journal Pediatrics, is to help them form good sleeping habits.
For the purpose of their work, the authors sought to examine the relationship between the children's year and their “social occupation, learning, functioning, and academic outcomes” in the kindergarten year.
The researchers looked at three specific measures - the amount of sleep children sleep in a 24-hour period, if they sleep 10 hours or more at night, and how many days during the week they sleep 10 hours or more.
As the authors explained, children as young as 5 are advised to sleep 10 to 13 hours.
The researchers hypothesized that children who slept more would have better outcomes than those who slept less.
To prove this they examined 221 families.
The children who participated in the study wore devices that monitor sleep on the wrist at four specific times during the year: July-August, late September, late November and mid to late April.
Indeed, the results found that children who regularly slept 10 hours or more a night had "more positive outcomes both in the socio-emotional realm, in academic involvement, and in the academic realm."
They were the ones who "passed more successfully" the challenging adjustment period, compared to children who had "less regular" sleep patterns, the researchers noted.
They were also more able to maintain their sleep pattern throughout the year.
You should get them used to sleeping before the end of the big holiday ... sleeping child (Photo: ShutterStock)
They found a regular night’s sleep of 10 hours or more was a stronger predictor of adjustment.
The more consistent at least 10 hours of sleep occur during the night, the better the children's adaptation.
"When they slept more than 10 hours during the night in particular, it predicted the suitability of the kindergarten in socio-emotional areas and involvement in learning, and how well they get along with teachers as well as academic areas," said lead author Douglas Tetty of the University of Pennsylvania.
According to the researchers, this shows that parents may need to pay "special attention" to their children's sleep, and make sure they sleep 10 hours of a night's sleep even before school starts so that they can adapt better during the year.
They recommended starting interventions “long before” starting kindergarten.
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