Changes to the Preschool: Napping

Jan 01

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Back in November, we started to see more and more friends have trouble at nap time. For the first time ever we started to have children visiting the office during nap time. Nap time was quickly becoming a dreaded time of day for both teachers and students.

So we began to observe and investigate the root of the problem – what we found was that in each preschool classroom there are nappers, sometimes nappers, and never nappers.

We thought – hey, what if we let all the nappers nap and all the never nappers not nap and gave all the sometimes nappers more support – each in sepperate environments designed to meet there needs!

So now, just before nap time you will see groups of children being escorted down the hall to their “nap rooms.” All the nappers sleep peacefully in the darkened East classroom. All the sometimes nappers receive the back patting they need to help them fall asleep in the West Classroom. And the non-nappers are allowed to wiggle through their state required 20min rest period and are then offered quiet activities such as reading, writing in their nap journals and engaging in quiet provocations.

Nap time is now a much more restful experience for all.

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