I agree with the ladies, naptime is a MUST. It does good for all the children AND me. If they dont sleep is fine but, they must lie down and stay quiet and clam. I have a 5 y.o. sometimes and she falls asleep she is so tired from moving around so much. Even my own 6 y.o. daughter last summer was sleeping sometimes. No books cause its too dark anyways, and once the 5 y.o. got up earlier and I let her play with puzzles but made too much noise :O