Sleep is an important part of life, and a good sleep habit is also good for children's physical and mental development.
The degree of brain activity has an important impact on a child's intelligence.
If the child gets enough sleep, then the brain will be more active, and then the response will be faster, and the learning efficiency will be higher, so the child will often appear smarter.
01.
My friend's child, Xiao Zhi, every time we see him, I feel that he is lively and energetic, and his academic performance is also very good.
In a casual chat, I learned that Xiao Zhi's schedule is very regular.
He says he's now in the habit of going to bed and getting up on time, he feels energetic every day, he can do a lot of things every day, and he feels that getting enough sleep allows him to learn and play better.
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What are the benefits of going to bed early?
1. The child's height develops rapidly
We all know that as we get older, so do our heights. But we usually hardly feel the changes in our bodies, so when did we grow in height? The answer is in sleep.
When we enter deep sleep, the body is also quietly growing.
So if the child goes to bed early, the child's height development will be better.
2, children have a good memory
We all have a common understanding that if you rest well the day before, the next day you have a lot of energy, as if you have the energy to do anything!
This is because sleep helps us regain our strength and energy.
Children sleep well at night, and in the next day's study, they will remember deeply. With plenty of energy, the child's brain can think better, so that the child can be smarter.
3, the child's reaction speed is fast
Sleep makes your child energetic and reacts quickly when faced with some learning problems or instructions given by others.
But if the child's energy is not good, the brain will react more slowly, and when faced with something or instructions given by others, it will react more slowly.
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What is the effect of going to bed late often
1. Affect intelligence
A UK study confirmed:
Sleeping late or sleeping irregularly can affect children's intellectual development, reducing their ability to respond, read, and arithmetic.
The researchers also surveyed the sleep of 3- and 5-year-olds and found that 3-year-olds slept the most irregularly, with about one in five 3-year-olds not having a fixed bedtime. Overall, sleep irregularities affect children of all ages, and their ability to respond and cognitive abilities in space is reduced.
Children who lack sleep are prone to irritability and loss of appetite, which will also affect intelligence and thinking ability.
The more adequate sleep time, the higher the learning efficiency, the higher the performance ranking; the shorter the sleep time, the lower the learning efficiency, the lower the performance ranking.
2. Affect mental state
Daytime activity is constantly consuming the body's functions, and night's sleep gives the human body a time to repair physiological functions.
During sleep, the physiological activities and metabolism of the human body are relatively slow, and the whole body is in a relaxed state, which reduces the energy consumption of the body and allows the body to get full rest.
If the child sleeps late at night, the mental outlook of the next day will be poor, which will affect the activity of the next day.
3. Affect mental health
Sleep is when children are most relaxed. If the child does not get enough sleep, the nerves will appear nervous the next day, feel that everyone and things around them are not safe, and feel psychological anxiety about interpersonal relationships and doing things.
Due to the lack of security, children will become less confident subconsciously, thus showing sensitivity and timidity, which in turn affects interpersonal communication.
If your child gets enough sleep, they will appear more open socially. Children with insufficient sleep account for relatively more than self-confidence and highly dependent personalities.
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How do you get your child to sleep better?
1. Create a good sleeping atmosphere
In the evening, parents should let their children eat on time. You can let your child move moderately one hour after the meal, but try not to let your child watch TV at night, and don't play with your child.
Maintain a quiet environment at home, you can make a bed with your child, turn off the lights at home, turn on the bedside lamp, these can have a certain hint to the child's psychology, so that the child knows that the time to sleep is up. This helps the child to go to sleep.
2. Don't get your child too excited before going to bed
An hour before bedtime, do not let your child get too excited, otherwise it will be difficult for your child to enter a state of sleep.
Parents can play light music or tell stories to their children before they go to bed, in short, to create a quiet atmosphere for their children, which is conducive to children's better sleep.
3. Go to bed on time and get up on time
Parents can first cultivate the habit of going to bed and getting up on time, such as setting a time at night for children to go to bed on time, and setting a time for children to get up on time in the morning.
After a period of time, the child's biological clock will slowly adjust.
At this time, parents no longer have to worry about their children falling asleep.
Because the child has formed his own biological clock, then at that point in the evening, the child will think of going to bed and can fall asleep quickly; by the time he wakes up the next day, the child will wake up on time.
Reasonable sleep time is conducive to the physical and mental health of children, and it is also very important for children's intellectual development. Parents should let their children develop good sleep habits, so that children tend to be smarter.