{"id":7897,"date":"2013-10-11T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2013-10-11T06:05:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T10:05:45","slug":"7897","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/7897\/","title":{"rendered":"Preschoolers…Napping…Visual-Spatial Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Dr. Cindy Haines of HealthDay TV, recently shared the outcome of a study on preschoolers napping in school.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"preschoolers\"<\/a>A nap does a preschooler’s body, and mind good. That’s the headline from a brand new study that looked at the value of a classroom nap. Researchers in Massachusetts recruited a group of 40 preschoolers to measure their visual-spatial memory.<\/p>\n

All of the preschoolers were asked to play a common game where you look at a grid of pictures and then you have to remember where different pictures are located.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

During one testing session, the preschoolers napped for an average of 77 minutes in-between viewing the grid and taking the memory quiz. In another, they were kept awake for the same amount of time.<\/p>\n

The preschoolers did a much better job retaining the location of the pictures after they had taken a nap. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

The researchers say their findings suggest naps are critical for early learning and they are encouraging educators to develop napping guidelines for young children.<\/span><\/p>\n

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