Napping

The First Five Years is a weekly radio program presented by Maryland Family Network and airing on WEAA 88.9 FM. The program was previously on WYPR 88.1 FM. The series is focused on the extraordinary developmental period from birth to age five. The First Five Years highlights the challenges and opportunities related to nurturing young children and helping them build a solid foundation for success in school and in life. This program is made possible in part by M&T Charitable Foundation.

Napping

Babies love to nap and they love to learn. All that sleeping just might be making them better learners.

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Resources & Links

Timely Sleep Facilitates Declarative Memory Consolidation in Infants (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Napping Helps Infants Form Memories, Study Shows (Baltimore Sun)