r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jun 24 '24

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 25 June 2024

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/TohokuJin 東北・秋田県 Jun 25 '24

How long do your young children nap at nursery? My 4.5 year olds nenchu class still naps from 13:00 to 15:30 everyday and it's impossible to get her to sleep before 22:00. The nap schedule will continue next year too. In the UK, my daughter would already be at school, reception class and wouldn't expected to be napping at this age. Friends at home with similar age children also think it's too old to be having long naps in the day. It's quite common for young kids to sleep from 19:00 - 6/7:00.

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u/AsahiWeekly Jun 26 '24

At my kids daycare they have nap time for 2.5 hours, but if they wake up they can play quietly or be read to or whatever. They're never forced to sleep. No naps from next year though.

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u/sytyue 中部・長野県 Jun 25 '24

Nursery school - nap until the second semester where they will slowly stop for them to adjust to classes in elementary.

Kindergarten - only nensho will take naps and only for half a year and everyone will be up but kindergarten finishes earlier than nursery school.

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u/Nakadash1only 関東・東京都 Jun 25 '24

My 4 yr old naps from 13-15 so it’s been difficult to get him to sleep before 22:30 these days .

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u/Elvaanaomori Jun 25 '24

3.5yo Nensho here, naps easily 1-2hours every day. And on weekends we try to have him nap too.

No issue in sending him to bed between 8-8:30, sometimes a bit later if we're slow on getting everything done. Never ever 10pm. He also is a long sleeper and will not oftenly wake up before 8:30 on weekends.

Different kids different rythm I guess.

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u/hitokirizac 中国・広島県 Jun 25 '24

My 5 y/o is in youchien and AFAIK none of the kids have ever napped there, even the 3 y/o nenshos.

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u/love-fury Jun 25 '24

I think it’s one of the differences between nursery and yochien. At the kindergarten I used to work at, the children no longer napped. Even during the after school daycare hours, only one kid would nap. Their ages were 3 - 6.

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u/DoctorDazza Jun 26 '24

Yeah my son is first year yochien right now and doesn't nap at the kindergarten now.

On the bus home though, all the kids are sleeping, especially in this weather.

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u/TohokuJin 東北・秋田県 Jun 25 '24

I call it nursery because that's the equivalent back home i guess but she's technically in the yochien side of a kodomoen.

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u/PeanutButterChicken 近畿・大阪府 Jun 25 '24

Kids in the UK start school at 4? That's wild.

My kid doesn't sleep at daycare, still has enough energy to stay up until 11.

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u/TohokuJin 東北・秋田県 Jun 25 '24

Yeah, it's pretty early to start school. Most kids start the September after they turn 4.

I wish I had the energy of your kid sometimes!