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Why We Sleep and Dream

Every night your body and brain do something amazing while your eyes are closed.

You spend about one third of your whole life asleep!

The blue slice = sleep That's a LOT of time. It must be important!

Let's find out what sleep is really for. Tap Next to begin 💤

1. Sleep recharges your body 🔋

Think of yourself like a tablet. When you run around all day, your battery goes down. Sleep is how you plug in and charge back up!

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Drag the slider to give yourself a good night's sleep:

15% charged

2. Sleep tidies your brain 🧠

While you sleep, your brain sorts through everything that happened today. It keeps the important things and clears out the rubbish — like cleaning your desk at night.

Drag each thing to the right box. Where should it go?

📐 A maths trick you learnt 🚌 The colour of a random bus 🚲 How to ride a bike
💾 KEEP (save these memories)
🗑️ CLEAR (let these go)

3. Sleep happens in stages 🔄

You don't sleep the same way all night. You go round a sleep cycle again and again. Tap each part of the circle to see what it does!

🌤️ 😴 💭 Sleep Cycle

👆 Tap a coloured part of the circle above.

You repeat this cycle about 4–5 times every night!

4. Why do we dream? 💭

Dreams mostly happen in the pink dream stage (called REM sleep). Your brain is busy and playful, mixing memories and feelings into little stories.

Tap each cloud to reveal a true fact about dreams:

Your dream facts will appear here ✨

Dreams are your brain practising and playing — even scary ones can't actually hurt you.

5. How much sleep do you need? ⏰

Growing kids in Singapore need plenty of sleep — even more than grown-ups! Match each person to how many hours they need.

Drag each hours-card onto the right person.

9–11 hours 7–8 hours
🧒 Primary-school kid (you!)
🧑 A grown-up

6. Helping yourself sleep well 🌟

Some things help you fall asleep, and some things keep your brain too awake. Tap each card to guess: Helps 👍 or Hurts 👎?

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Sleep super-star!

Here's what we learnt about why we sleep and dream:

🔋 Sleep recharges your body so you have energy.

🧠 Sleep tidies your brain and saves important memories.

🔄 Sleep goes in cycles — light, deep, and dream sleep.

💭 Dreams happen as your brain plays with memories and feelings.

⏰ Kids need about 9–11 hours of sleep every night.

Tonight, give your amazing brain the rest it deserves. Sweet dreams! 💤