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Happy Wednesday!!!!!

Well, I know the little ones are gonna be happy when they see a kitchen outside
Got them some outdoor kitchen toys too lol

Tuesday vibes
Where could we be today?

Did anyone say world cup fever?????
Any guesses of where we are?

Hope everyone has an amazing day!!!

Happy Friday everyone!!!!!!
Bubble party to end a great week
Wishing all the amazing moms a great Mother’s Day weekend

Big thank you to all my families for dropping the little ones at the aldergrove zoo this morning
We had so much fun!!!!!!
Great Sat morning

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Your preschooler’s nap isn’t downtime. It’s when learning becomes permanent. Most parents see naptime as a break. A chance to reset behavior. A way to prevent meltdowns later. But sleep isn’t just rest. It’s when the brain moves what was learned from temporary storage to permanent memory. Preschoolers who nap retain 40% more of what they learned that day than those who don’t. Not because they needed rest. Because without sleep, the brain never completes the transfer. What felt like learning completely disappears. Here’s what’s actually happening during a nap: 1️⃣ During sleep, the hippocampus replays the day’s experiences and transfers them to long-term storage in the cortex. Without this process, learning stays fragile. A child who skips a nap loses nearly half of what they absorbed that morning, not because they forgot, but because it never got encoded. 2️⃣ Naps prepare the brain to learn faster the next day. Sleep clears out the hippocampus, creating space for new information. Kids who nap regularly show better attention, problem-solving, and memory consolidation than those who don’t. 3️⃣ The optimal nap window for preschoolers is 60-90 minutes in the early afternoon. Shorter naps don’t allow enough time for memory consolidation. Later naps interfere with nighttime sleep. Timing matters as much as duration. 4️⃣ Children who stop napping before age 5 show measurable declines in cognitive performance. Studies tracking preschoolers found those who napped regularly scored higher on vocabulary, spatial reasoning, and executive function tests than peers who had transitioned out of naps early. Sleep isn’t where the day ends. It’s where the day does its most important work. The child who naps isn’t losing the afternoon. They’re giving the morning somewhere to land. Follow @readysetparent for research-backed parenting advice. // Sources Kurdziel, L., Duclos, K., & Spencer, R. M. (2013). Sleep spindles in midday naps enhance learning in preschool children. PNAS, 110(43), 17267-17272

We had a birthday today!!!!!!!

Not bad for a Friday
Hope everyone is having a great week