Nursery World - Sensory play triggers expression

Communication was the name of the game at a unique interactive exhibition for children last week. The Big Wide Talk, a Cambridge-based charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with speech and language difficulties, held Exhibition-Expedition, the first event of its kind, at Truman Breweries in Brick Lane, London. Groups of children, parents and practitioners took part in a series of sensory activities.

The Big Wide Talk, a Cambridge-based charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with speech and language difficulties, held Exhibition-Expedition, the first event of its kind, at Truman Breweries in Brick Lane, London. Groups of children, parents and practitioners took part in a series of sensory activities.

The exploration began in the map room, where the children were each given a colourful map detailing the day's activities and how to get to them. Then they entered the cloth room, where they were given 60 minutes to interact with life-sized cloth people, shop for herbs at the village green or discover the bones of an Egyptian mummy in the museum.

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