– We notice that the children sleep much better and faster outdoors, and most wake up and are in a good mood, says Sandra Mikkilä, educator at Gulsparvens preschool in Råslätt, where the children have their afternoon nap outside every day.
This has caused a lot of reactions. Among other things have BBC wrote about how in Nordic countries it is common for parents of young children to let their children sleep outside in freezing temperatures, and that even some preschools in Sweden put the children outside to sleep.
– It is really an advantage to sleep outside, but when it was extremely cold last week, the children slept indoors. However, they thought it was strange to sleep inside and wanted to go outside and sleep outside instead, says Sandra Mikkilä.
In the clip above, you can see how the child has a nap outside in freezing temperatures.