It is known that sleeping well is synonymous with good performance during the day, but especially when it comes to children adequate rest is essential for good learning.
An interesting study conducted in Canada and published by the American magazine Sleep relates sleep patterns and the hours children up to 6 years sleep with their learning ability, hyperactive behaviors and language development.
Researchers have shown that losing just one hour of sleep a day in the first 4 years of life can lead to a worse school performance of the child when they start school at 6 years, while sleeping shortly during those years triples the risk of having a slower language development.
They recommend that children sleep some 10 hours every night at least for the first three and a half years.
A short sleep time during the first three years and despite normalizing after 4, makes it more likely that the child decreases his level of school performance.
The study confirms that good sleep, both in quality and time, during the first years of life is essential for optimal subsequent development of the child.
Or put another way that the time they do not sleep during the first years does not recover and brings consequences of learning in the future.
I think that no more evidence is needed to help our children sleep well from the first day of life.
