{"id":849,"date":"2022-03-06T21:49:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T02:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/?page_id=849"},"modified":"2026-02-08T16:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:08:45","slug":"physical-health-sleep-basics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/for-facilitators\/3rd-grade\/physical-health-sleep-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical Health: Sleep Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>3rd Grade (Ages 8-9)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/03\/Panda-3G07-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"3rd Grade PJ the Panda holding a softball glove and wearing a softball glove.\" class=\"wp-image-2317 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/03\/Panda-3G07-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/03\/Panda-3G07-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/03\/Panda-3G07-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/03\/Panda-3G07-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/03\/Panda-3G07.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/1024;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-heritage-blue-color\">This story describes sleep, what it is, how it changes over time and most importantly, why you do not act out your dreams.&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are actually different stages of sleep that do different things.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People have different sleep needs based on their age. Babies sleep up from 14-17 hours a day (and there are only 24 hours in a day!), while older people, like your grandparents, may only sleep between 6-8 hours a day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We have 2 kinds of dreams, the ones that are more realistic and occur during SWS (slow wave sleep) and the ones that are more bizarre and occur during REM (rapid eye movement). Your brain has a way to protect you from acting out your dreams that occur during REM sleep.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"950\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/01\/ColorfulBrain-1024x950.png\" alt=\"A multicolored brain.\" class=\"wp-image-1405 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/950;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-heritage-blue-color\"><strong>Downloadable Resources:<\/strong><\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/M__AcQbmo4U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube: Story Video<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/04\/G3-PH-Script.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Script<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/04\/G3-PH-Activities-Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Activities Summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/3rd-grade-physical-health-activities\/\">Activities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/04\/G3-PH-Power-Your-Brain-Challenge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Power Your Brain Challenge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/04\/Power-Your-Brain-Challenge-Key.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Power Your Brain Challenge Key<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/04\/G3-PH-SGI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Story General Information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/04\/G3-PH-SBS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Science Behind the Story<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2023\/05\/Slide-Illustrations-References-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slide Illustrations References<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/files\/2026\/02\/What-to-do-TODAY-G3PH-1.pdf\">What to do Today<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3rd Grade (Ages 8-9)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":358,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-849","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4165,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/849\/revisions\/4165"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/mnf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}