Our Programs and Services
Classroom Curriculum
Our Classroom Curriculum program is a dynamic, engaging four-hour training designed for early childhood educators (3K – K). Participants gain hands-on experience with a student-centered, two-week curriculum that empowers young learners to build healthy sleep habits. This standards-aligned workshop (High Scope and Creative Curriculum) explores the powerful connection between sleep and children’s overall well-being, revealing how sleep deficits can hinder academic growth, emotional resilience, and physical and mental health. Educators leave with practical, easy-to-implement strategies to foster consistent, comforting bedtime routines that set children and families up for success, both in and out of the classroom.
Sleep & Well-Being Professional Development
Our Sleep & Well-Being Professional Development series equips frontline human-service professionals with the knowledge and tools to turn good sleep into a powerful driver of child and family health, especially in communities where poverty makes rest hard to come by. The sessions are fast-paced, highly interactive, and focused on what staff need today to support the families they work with. Participants leave with easy-to-use resources they can deploy the very next shift, confident in their ability to spark healthier bedtime routines and brighter days.
The series offers two flexible workshop formats:
- Flipchart Workshops – Facilitators introduce our double-sided flipchart: one side guides staff with clear, bite-size prompts; the other shows parents engaging visuals and tips. It’s a ready-made conversation starter that turns sleep science into practical moments of learning.
- Core PD Workshops – Broader sessions for social workers, case managers, parent advocates, and other human-service providers. Together we dive into sleep fundamentals, troubleshoot real-world scenarios, and co-create action plans participants can take straight to their caseloads.
In both formats of the program, participants walk away energized, informed, and ready to champion healthier sleep for every child and caregiver they support.
Fostering Sleep
Research shows that sleep problems among children in foster care are more common and more severe than in children who live with their families of origin. Fostering Sleep is a 90-minute, evidence-based healthy sleep workshop for foster-care staff and parents, based on a wealth of medical and academic sleep research and industry expertise. Staff and parents learn the elements of healthy sleep and its essential role in children’s well-being, as well as actionable and proven strategies for healthy sleep. Additionally, participants receive materials to help integrate sleep health into their practice, as well as pajamas and storybooks for the children in their care.
Bedtime READY for Kids
Bedtime READY for Kids is a 90-minute interactive workshop that teaches children in grades K-3 about the importance of healthy sleep and a bedtime routine. Each school year, sessions are offered at one of our centers in New York City, Atlanta or Detroit, or at a participating school. During the workshop, children learn our R.E.A.D.Y. Bedtime Routine, “shop” for a storybook from our curated, culturally reflective selection, then enjoy a healthy snack and read a story with a volunteer. All children leave with their chosen storybook, a new pair of pajamas, and the knowledge that sleep can be their superpower.
Bedtime READY for Families
Bedtime READY for Families is a 90-minute interactive workshop for caregivers, offered in English and Spanish, about the importance of healthy sleep and how it contributes to the overall well-being of the children under their care. Caregivers receive resources and tips for troubleshooting bedtime challenges they face at home, in community with other parents. This program is often paired with Bedtime READY for Kids workshops to reinforce the R.E.A.D.Y. Bedtime Routine that children learn in our centers.
Pajama Program
Our legacy program of distributing new pajamas and storybooks to children has reached more than 8.7 million children ages 12 and younger who are experiencing poverty throughout the United States. We are proud of our network of more than 1,350 active Pajama Partners that provide children with tools for a comfortable bedtime.