My daughter starting JK question

[Peacefulbird]

Hi, it also depends on her classroon ruling, in a meeting with some school jk sk Ece's we briefly touch this situation (naps), most children are encouraged to at least lie down and unwind so they can continue their afternoon. Also, it is encouraged to nap because the educators also need their lunch break time, when children lie down or nap it is required less supervision and the educators can take turns while taking their break time, if she is going to a after school program daycare administrated by a centre pretty much that is also the norm.

I was also surprised to learn that when most children are done with their nap time (around 3 to 4 years old); some schools put them back to nap schedules. I have heard some parents complaint about that, children taking long time to go sleep at night.

Your daughter might not be ready to nap with you at your house but in school there is a lot peer pressure and many rules to follow. I would suggest you to keep a close communication with her teachers. If she doesn't nap in the school then most likely she will go bed really earlier, some parents in that case decide to pick up their child early from school.

The wake up time should be worked transitioning slowly as suggested in the message above.

[Lee-Bee]

Hi, it also depends on her classroon ruling, in a meeting with some school jk sk Ece's we briefly touch this situation (naps), most children are encouraged to at least lie down and unwind so they can continue their afternoon. Also, it is encouraged to nap because the educators also need their lunch break time, when children lie down or nap it is required less supervision and the educators can take turns while taking their break time, if she is going to a after school program daycare administrated by a centre pretty much that is also the norm.

I was also surprised to learn that when most children are done with their nap time (around 3 to 4 years old); some schools put them back to nap schedules. I have heard some parents complaint about that, children taking long time to go sleep at night.

Your daughter might not be ready to nap with you at your house but in school there is a lot peer pressure and many rules to follow. I would suggest you to keep a close communication with her teachers. If she doesn't nap in the school then most likely she will go bed really earlier, some parents in that case decide to pick up their child early from school.

The wake up time should be worked transitioning slowly as suggested in the message above.

If they can get her to nap at school all the power to them. I have NO problem with that. She still naps with no fuss at home when we know we need to have her up later in the evening. She doesn't resist and easily naps. But, any sleep in the day and she is up until 9:30/10pm that night. We can still put her to bed around 8pm and she happily lies in bed singing and talking to herself. So we prefer to try and be without the nap as it means better sleep for her and she doesn't have a late afternoon lull at all (she is just asleep for 6pm).

I would be all good with a nap at school but I truly do not think it can happen. Even as an infant she just can't bring herself to shut down and sleep when there are people around etc. She will happily lie on a mat and rest quietly when told to...but sleep likely won't come.

I don't believe her school forces it from what I have heard so far.

[Lee-Bee]

We will begin the early wake ups this Monday which will give her 3 + weeks of practice for that. We'll for the most part follow her lead for getting her down early. Rather than trying to keep her up for a more feasible bedtime (7pm). But it is so hard. Even her 6pm bedtime right now has us eating supper at 4:30. My husband keeps laughing that we are worse than his grandparents for eating so early. It also means we do nothing with her in the evenings at all. My husband comes home from work early to eat and get her to bed (the only time he sees her) then he goes back to work in the home office to make up for his shortened day! It's a weird life lol.