Particularly benefitting children with learning and physical disabilities, each Sensory Unit is a semi-portable sensory learning room that includes coloured lighting, bubble tubes, effects projectors, sound and video projection. By controlling these elements, children engage multiple senses and have more fun learning.

The value of stimulating the senses in an early-learning context is not a new idea. Research in educational psychology shows that children learn best when using several or all of their senses, and this type of learning has even been shown to improve speech and language development, communication skills, memory and comprehension. Learning through multiple senses can also impact children’s behaviour, with teachers noting improvements in emotional stability, participation and creativity.

So far we have funded…

22 Sensory Units

Even children who are typically quiet in the classroom often respond in dramatically different ways during a session in the Sensory Unit; talking, questioning and really engaging in the learning process, with these benefits extending well beyond the session.