Two-and-a-half-year-old Peter says 'Roundy round' as he lavishes yellow paint on his easel in flamboyant loops. 'Round and round, the circle is round!' says Sheba Kraines, head nursery teacher working with him in this morning session.
It looks as if Peter is simply playing, but underpinning the relaxed session are objectives essential to his speech and language, sensory processing, attention, listening and social and play skills.
This session is typical of the work being carried out at the London speech, language and hearing centre called Christopher Place. The first impression given by the purpose-built centre is its warm and sensitive learning environment, specially tailored for babies and children under five who have speech, language or social communication difficulties or hearing impairment.
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