Hugh: Teacher Shares Tips on When Kids Should go to Bed on a School Night

Teacher Stacy Karlsen at Wilson Elementary School shared a chart showing when children should go to sleep, which has now gone viral!

Five-year-olds should go to bed between 6:45 and 8:15 at night. If they get up around 7 a.m., they should go to bed around 7:30 p.m. Kids aged 11 and 12 should tuck in between 8:15 and 9:45 p.m.

The chart is based on the amount of sleep children should get at each age, as recommended by the NHS and Sleep.org. The general recommendations are below.

• New-borns (up to three months): 14 to 17 hours
• Infants (four to 11 months): 12 to 15 hours
• Toddlers (one to two): 11 to 14 hours
• Pre-schoolers (three to five): 10 to 13 hours
• School-age (six to 13): 9 to 11 hours
• Tweens and Teens (14 to 17): 8 to 10 hours