(Photograph) - Lord Winston, presenter of the television series 'The Human Body' and 'Child of Our Time' and professor of fertility studies at Imperial College, London, brought a scholarly touch to the opening of the Westminster Children's Society new sensory studio. The Pounds 19,000 facility, based at Lisson Green Nursery but open to all nine of the Society's London-based community nurseries, provides an environment for recreation, therapy and education. The multi-sensory facility, which includes water and sound features and colourful lights, has a wide range of benefits for the children. It stimulates and encourages their different reactions such as observational skills, hand and eye co-ordination, speech and language development, motor movement and interactive communication. June O'Sullivan, the Society's operations manager, said, 'The sensory room has been very well received by children and staff. We have written a curriculum to use with it, because otherwise all the equipment can get overwhelming.
(Photograph) - Lord Winston, presenter of the television series 'The Human Body' and 'Child of Our Time' and professor of fertility studies at Imperial College, London, brought a scholarly touch to the opening of the Westminster Children's Society new sensory studio. The 19,000 facility, based at Lisson Green Nursery but open to all nine of the Society's London-based community nurseries, provides an environment for recreation, therapy and education. The multi-sensory facility, which includes water and sound features and colourful lights, has a wide range of benefits for the children. It stimulates and encourages their different reactions such as observational skills, hand and eye co-ordination, speech and language development, motor movement and interactive communication.
June O'Sullivan, the Society's operations manager, said, 'The sensory room has been very well received by children and staff. We have written a curriculum to use with it, because otherwise all the equipment can get overwhelming.
'Whereas staff go in the room and relax, the children initially want to run, touch everything and whirl around, so we introduce them gently to the equipment and maybe start off with the wind machine and extend activities once they are comfortable.'
