bedtime

Everyday

1. Bedtime is the time when you usually go to bed. tree →
2. Bedtime can also describe things done just before sleeping, like a bedtime story. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and health lessons, children aged 9–10 need about 9 to 12 hours of sleep, so a regular bedtime helps; a bedtime routine might be a bath, brushing teeth, pyjamas and a story. Screens before bedtime make it harder to fall asleep. In maths, bedtime problems ask how long someone sleeps from bedtime to waking up. Phrases: past your bedtime, bedtime story, bedtime routine, at bedtime.

Examples

• My bedtime is half past eight. tree →
• Dad reads me a bedtime story every night. tree →
• It's way past your bedtime! tree →
• Brush your teeth before bedtime. tree →
• No screens an hour before bedtime. tree →
• On weekends my bedtime is later. tree →
• If bedtime is 9 pm and I wake at 7 am, I sleep 10 hours. tree →
• Her bedtime routine is bath, book, bed. tree →
• In the old days at home the Neverland had always begun to look a little dark and threatening by bedtime. tree →

Note

One word: bedtime. In time problems, counting from bedtime to waking means crossing midnight: from 8:30 pm to 7:00 am is 10 hours 30 minutes.