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Just curious how you handle it if kids wake up from nap early. I teach pre-K during the school year so we all lay down and rest for 30 minutes & then nappers sleep & preschoolers get up to do school. If a preschooler happens to fall asleep I let them sleep, but it rarely happens. I focus my attention on teaching during this time and its a calm learning environment /quiet play time. We've had a few issues here & there, but typically this works well for us. This week though I've had 3 days where at less 1 kid woke up early. I usually just have them get up & come into the play area to play quietly once they're awake, but we're talking they woke up half an hour before rest time was over. One day it was a full hour. The girl who wakes up is refusing to go potty before nap & she wakes up having to pee. I can make her sit on the potty but I can't make her go so it feels like a stale mate. What do you do if they wake early. Leaving her on her mat results in her whispering to the other kids & waking them plus I can't work with the preschoolers b/c I have to corral her. She can't handle quiet play for more than about 15 minutes or she gets so loud she wakes the kids up anyway. I'm wondering if I should have a mat set up in the play area with 3 quiet activities & she's not allowed to get up until rest time is over? Do you let kids get up when they wake, or stay on their mat, or what?
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I would diaper her for nap and not allow her up. -
I would let her get up to potty, but then she has to lay back down until rest time is over. One disadvantage you have is you cannot sit beside her and make her be quiet, so you may need to have her away from other nappers. Once she realizes there is no reward for waking up, she may start sleeping longer.Comment
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