I wish I had fully grasped the awesomeness of nap time when I was young. Although, I definitely made up for my lack of childhood naps in my first year of college.
My babies handle nap time one of two ways. There are those who do not nap. They lay on their mat and chat with nap time neighbors, or ask me what time nap time will be over. OUr new solution to this group is a smart board timer. We put the timer up and they watch it. Some of them even fall asleep while watching it, which is an added bonus! But this has really helped keep them from asking every five minutes when they can get up. However, a few of them have noted that I put too many numbers up on the counter and that's why nap time lasts so long. Smart kiddos!
The other half fall asleep as soon as their heads hit the mat. And when it's time to wake them up, it takes a court order to do so.
Sweet little "Luke" is the latter of those two nappers. He sleeps behind my desk and he's out like a light within minutes of laying down. He also snores, bless his heart! Once it's time to wake up, I usually have to drag his mat all around the room. I've also resorted to picking him up and standing him up, tickling him, and singing silly wake up songs to him. But he always wakes up in a good mood. We have the same post-nap chit chat every day.
Me: "It's hard to wake up, huh?"
Lukey Bear: "yeahhhhh"
(this is usually followed by a heavy head nod or a big yawn)
Me: "I have the same problem getting up for school every day!"
Enjoy the naps while you can kids!
I'm pretty sure there is no nap time in Kindergarten next year.
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