Sleep is essential for good health, well-being and learning. Developing good sleep routines for children from the earliest age is vitally important and will shape their future health and happiness. See the articles on sleep problems and sleep strategies for more information. The resources below are designed to support parents in establishing and reinforcing healthy sleep behaviour.
After 8
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This visual resource, suitable for teenagers, helps to reinforce healthy bedtime rules so as to establish and maintain good sleep patterns
After 8 Blank
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This visual resource, suitable for teenagers, has spaces for parents to reinforce healthy bedtime rules at times through out the evening; so as to establish and maintain good sleep patterns
Bedtime From Until Boy
Analogue ClockFace
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This simple poster with analogue clock faces enables parents to display the times when the child is expected to remain in their bedroom. It can be used to specifically target sleep time or the time when the child should be quiet and not disturb others
Bedtime From Until Boy2 Analogue Clockface
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This simple poster with analogue clock faces enables parents to display the times when the child is expected to remain in their bedroom. It can be used to specifically target sleep time or the time when the child should be quiet and not disturb others
Bedtime From Until Boy Digital Time
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This simple poster with digital clock faces enables parents to display the times when the child is expected to remain in their bedroom. It can be used to specifically target sleep time or the time when the child should be quiet and not disturb others
Bedtime From Until Boy2 Digital Time
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This simple poster with digital clock faces enables parents to display the times when the child is expected to remain in their bedroom. It can be used to specifically target sleep time or the time when the child should be quiet and not disturb others
Bedtime From Until Girl Analogue Clockface
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This simple poster with analogue clock faces enables parents to display the times when the child is expected to remain in their bedroom. It can be used to specifically target sleep time or the time when the child should be quiet and not disturb others
Bedtime From Until Girl Digital Time
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This simple poster with digital clock faces enables parents to display the times when the child is expected to remain in their bedroom. It can be used to specifically target sleep time or the time when the child should be quiet and not disturb others
Door Hanger - Moody Monsters Age 3-4
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Cut out this 'Do not disturb' door hanger for your child's bedroom. Includes the recommended number of hours for a child aged 3-4 years of 12 hours
Door Hanger - Moody Monsters Age 5-7
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Cut out this 'Do not disturb' door hanger for your child's bedroom. Includes the recommended number of hours for a child aged 5-7 years of 11 hours
Door Hanger - Moody Monsters Age 8-11
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Cut out this 'Do not disturb' door hanger for your child's bedroom. Includes the recommended number of hours for a child aged 8-11 years of 10 hours.
Door Hanger - Moody Monsters Need Their Sleep Too!
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Cut out this 'Do not disturb' door hanger to promotes positive message about sleep
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Door Hanger - Superheroes
Age 3-4
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Cut out this 'Do not disturb' door hanger for your child's bedroom. Includes the recommended number of hours for a child aged 3-4 years of 12 hours
Door Hanger - Superheroes Age 5-7
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Cut out this 'Do not disturb' door hanger for your child's bedroom. Includes the recommended number of hours for a child aged 5-7 years of 11 hours
Door Hanger - Superheroes
Age 8-11
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Cut out this 'Do not disturb' door hanger to reinforce the 10 hours of sleep required for a child aged 8-11
Door Hanger - Superheroes
Need their sleep too!
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Cut out this 'Do not disturb' door hanger to promote a positive message about sleep
Door Hanger - Teenager
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Cut out this 'Do not disturb' door hanger for your teenager's bedroom. Reinforces the need for nine hours sleep
Do This Don't Do This If You Wake Up Early
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This visual aid helps to list or sort permitted behaviours when the child wakes up early
Hour Before Bedtime
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This is a A4 poster size visual aid to show healthy bedtime rules for the hour before settling down to sleep.
Hour Before Bedtime Blank
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This is a visual aid with space for parents to write the agreed acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for the hour before settling down to sleep
My Bedtime
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This is a simple visual aid to show agreed bedtime both in analogue and digital form
My Bedtime - Moody Monsters
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Moody Monsters visual aid to show agreed bedtime both in analogue and digital form
My Bedtime - Superman
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Superman visual aid to show agreed bedtime both in analogue and digital form
My Bedtime - Winnie-the-Pooh
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Winnie-the-Pooh visual aid to show agreed bedtime both in analogue and digital form
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My Bedtime Routine
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This is a A4 poster size visual aid to show agreed bedtime routine. Blank boxes provided to adapt the resource to the desired times for each part of the routine to be completed. Also space to put an agreed healthy low sugar snack or drink
Bedtime Routine With Clock Face
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This is a A4 poster size visual aid to show agreed bedtime routine. Blank clock faces provided to adapt the resource to the desired times for each part of the routine to be completed. Also space to put an agreed healthy low sugar snack or drink
Moody Monsters Bedtime Routine
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Use this Moody Monsters visual aid to show agreed bedtime routine. Blank boxes provided to adapt the resource to the desired times for each part of the routine to be completed. Also space to put an agreed healthy low sugar snack or drink
Moody Monsters Bedtime Routine With Analogue Clock Faces
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Use this Moody Monsters visual aid to show agreed bedtime routine. Blank clock faces provided to adapt the resource to the desired times for each part of the routine to be completed. Also space to put an agreed healthy low sugar snack or drink
Night Time Clock
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This visual resource is for children who wake up early and disturb the rest of the family. Use to help the child understand time when they should try to go back to sleep and time when they can do a quiet activity.
Night Time Clock With Blank Box
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This version of the Night Time Clock has a box in which acceptable quiet activities can be written by parents
No Screens After
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Simple visual resource with blank analogue and digital clock faces so that parents can display time when their children should no longer use screens
No Screens From Until
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A visual resource to support children's understanding of the times when they are not allowed to use screens and electronic devices. Draw the desired times on the clock faces to show when screens are banned. Reinforce the language of 'from' and 'until' with children with social communication difficulties or autism
No Screens From Until Digital
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A visual resource to support children's understanding of the times when they are not allowed to use screens and electronic devices. Write the desired times on the digital clocks to show when screens are banned. Reinforce the language of 'from' and 'until' with children with social communication difficulties or autism.
Seven Sleeps 'til Santa
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Use this festive sleep countdown to Christmas to help reinforce sleep routine during this time of over excitement
Superheroes Bedtime Routine
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Use this superhero visual aid to show agreed bedtime routine. Blank boxes provided to adapt the resource to the desired times for each part of the routine to be completed. Also space to put an agreed healthy low sugar snack or drink
Superheroes Bedtime Routine With Analogue Clock Faces
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Use this superhero visual aid to show agreed bedtime routine. Blank clock faces provided to adapt the resource to the desired times for each part of the routine to be completed. Also space to put an agreed healthy low sugar snack or drink.
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