What if the kindergarten doesn't like taking a nap?
After a morning's activities, taking a nap is an important link for children to recover their physical strength for afternoon activities, which is of great significance to their physical development.
Ordinary nursery rhymes
The routine of taking a nap and dressing can also be compiled into children's easy-to-understand nursery rhymes to help children establish routines.
Routine nursery rhymes for siesta
neglect
Take off your shoes and coat and put them in order.
Make a quilt and go to bed. The quilt will warm you up.
Close your eyes and take your hands off me. Be quiet and take a nap.
The room was quiet and I woke up in good spirits.
Dressing song
Grab the collar and build a house. Mouse, come out of the hole. Twist, twist, twist on the house.
Button up
Little button, button it up. Button it from below. One by one, fasten them firmly.
What can a teacher do?
1. Create a warm nap environment
A warm environment is the basis for a smooth sleep. The environment here refers not only to the material environment, but also to the spiritual environment. Teachers should not only pay attention to controlling the decoration, color and light transmittance of the nap room; Also pay attention to gently putting children to sleep, don't rush, don't criticize.
Warm and lovely nap room
2. Create an anticipated bedtime.
Bedtime affects children's sleep quality to some extent. Telling a warm story or touching, hugging or playing some sleep music before going to bed can greatly promote the smooth progress of the nap.
3. Flexible arrangements for getting up.
In the nap session, getting up requires the teacher's high control. In order to ensure the smooth development of this link, the teacher can set a piece of music to make the children get up and form a habit, but also be careful not to force all the children to get up at the same time. Individual children can move slowly according to the situation.
4. Meet children's needs for a sense of accomplishment
Finishing after a nap is a great opportunity to cultivate children's sense of cooperation and service spirit. Teachers can organize children to cooperate in folding quilts and making beds, so that children can experience the success brought by cooperation. Remember not to spare your encouragement and affirmation in this process.
Frequently asked questions in nap meeting
How to deal with children who don't sleep?
Give children free sleep time: not every child can fall asleep every second. What is the free time for sleeping? Depending on the course, it usually takes 20-30 minutes.
Family communication: If the child can't sleep, the teacher can communicate with parents, go home at night to strengthen exercise, and don't sleep late in the morning to ensure that the child can sleep well at noon.
Different people, the right medicine: children really can't sleep, children have agreed to lie down is also a kind of rest, don't affect other children.