FAMOUS PEOPLE :

STATUES :

• Sleeping child (z.about.com)
  
  

SLEEPING POSITIONS :

• See MORE funny sleeping positions

SLEEP STAGES :

• Sleep stages (static.howstuffworks.com)
  
  

BEDROOMS :

• Where Children Sleep: James Mollison’s Poignant Photographs
  - "a remarkable series capturing the diversity of and, often, disparity between children’s lives around the world through portraits of their bedrooms...
  The book was written and designed as an empathy tool for 9-to-13-year-olds to better understand the lives of other children around the world..." 
  (brainpickings.org)

  

UNUSUAL PLACES TO SLEEP :

Cats
Sleepbox "It is intended primarily to enable a person to sleep peacefully. It provides quick escape from the crowd without wasting time searching for a hotel. SLEEPBOX may be used both in public and private spaces, for rent or for internal needs. Possible locations for SLEEPBOX include: - Airports - Railroad stations - Hostels - Offices" + VIDEOS (sleepbox.com)
The Igloo Village in Kakslauttanen, Finland "is like the Rolls-Royce of ice hotels. Each igloo is equipped with glass that allows you to gaze at the northern lights and millions of stars, all while relaxing comfortably in your warm room... Every igloo is equipped with a toilet and luxury beds and, every evening, a hot sauna and a refreshing ice hole await you... In addition to the glass igloos, the resort features snow igloos, a snow restaurant, an ice gallery with ice sculptures, and a snow chapel..." (mymodernmet.com)
Sleepers - Photos (boston.com) Man asleep in public transport	"Des parents d’élèves dorment dans le gymnase de l’université de Wuhan, dans la province de Hubei. Le 3 septembre 2011. Ils étaient environ 600 parents à être présents pour la rentrée scolaire de leurs enfants."
"Approximately one in five homeless adults around the US is a veteran." (BBC)
(No link)	I am a CAT and will sleep where I like - PHOTOS (democraticunderground.com) - UPDATED
Babycat in the bathroom sink (farm4.static.flickr.com)	U.S. Marines sleep in their foxholes in Afghanistan (time.com)
Promoting cosmetic products "Three people catch up on their sleep as they hang suspended from a billboard at Victoria Station, London, to promote cosmetic products that claim to improve sleep quality." (BBC - Picture 6)	Sleeping in a gym "Parents of newly arrived freshmen students sleep in a gym (350 mats) at the Central China Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei province." (BBC - Picture 2)
Des musumans font une sieste sur le sol d'une mosquée, en attendant la rupture du jeûne à Jakarta. (20minutes.fr)
Unusual places to sleep (megmcmillan.blogspot.com)
Have you seen the cat ? (alipreston.co.uk)	A poor cat... (grumblebee.com)

SLEEP PROBLEMS : - UPDATED

STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING SLEEP :

• Strategies for Improving Sleep (studymatrixart.files.wordpress.com)
  
  
  
  

WORLD SLEEP DAY :

• World Sleep Day will be on 16 March 2012 (neatorama.com)
  "World Sleep Day is an international annual event, intended to be a celebration of sleep and a call to action on important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects and driving.
  It aims to lessen the burden of sleep problems on society through better prevention and management of sleep disorders."
  See 10 COMMANDMENTS OF SLEEP HYGIENE (sleephealth.com.au)

IDIOMS :

• What is the idiom meaning of 'sleep on it'?
  
  - Sleep on it "means to think about something someone has told/asked you before you make a decision about it."
  (wiki.answers.com)
  - Definition : "To make a decision after sleeping the entire night"
  (openenglishworld.com)
  - Sleep on it : "take at least a day to think about something before making a decision."
  (americanidioms.net)
  - sleep on it: "to not make an immediate decision about a plan or idea, but to wait until the next day in order to have more time to think about it.
  You don't have to give me your decision now. Sleep on it, and let me know tomorrow."
  (idioms.thefreedictionary.com)

• Sleep idioms - interactive exercises
  (englishgateway.com)

• ESL Worksheet: Sleep Idioms - Level: ESL High-Intermediate
  (englishgateway.com)

COMIC STRIP :

• Twisted Fairy Tale : Sleeping Beauty - a comic strip (shira-chan.deviantart.com)

  

LESSON PLANS :

• Sleep matters - a lesson plan : Text + Activities + Teacher's Notes
  "This intermediate to upper intermediate eLesson is about recent research into sleeping and dreaming and how to get a good night’s sleep."
  (macmillanglobal.com)

• Sleep - a lesson plan (onlinetutoringworld.com)
  - Unit 1: Photograph and Video + An Idiom About Life
  Another link for the video : The lion sleeps tonight
  
  - Unit 2: Reading : Sleep and dreams
  
  + Vocabulary Practice
  + Questions
  
  + Checkpoint Charlie's Interactive Quizzes
  

• Sleeping Is Life’s Greatest Pleasure - a lesson plan
  WARM-UPS : SLEEPING / PLEASURE / SLEEP / RANKING / SOUP
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

VIDEOS :

• From Zzzz's to A's - TEENS, SLEEP and LEARNING (PBS)

  

• "Good Night, Sleep Tight" (Multilanguage)
  (YouTube)

  
  
  

  Good Night Sleep Tight - a nursery rhyme (zelo.com)

  "Good night, sleep tight, Don’t let the bedbugs bite. And if they do Then take your shoe A nd knock ‘em ‘til They’re black and blue!"

  Listen to the song. (david-m.org)

  Sleep tight = Sleep well
  + Origin
  (phrases.org.uk)

Sleep well!