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Sensory rooms: Room to explore

<P>Hartcliffe Early Years Centre in Bristol has installed a dedicated sensory room where children can retreat into an imaginative and peaceful environment. Wendy Scott reports </P>

Hartcliffe Early Years Centre in Bristol has installed a dedicated sensory room where children can retreat into an imaginative and peaceful environment. Wendy Scott reports

Asensory room is a place where children gain confidence by doing things that interest them at their own pace. After being in a sensory room, those whose lives are anything but easy are often calmer and more at peace with themselves and the world.

Kim Harding is one practitioner who can attest to these far-reaching benefits. She currently manages the South Bristol inclusion project, based at the Hartcliffe Early Years Centre, where she is encouraging the use of a new multi-sensory room funded by Sure Start and Early Excellence.

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