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Bags of fun with farmyard project for nurseries
By Laura Marcus,
Nursery World,
14 June 2007
Children across Scotland are being taught about life on the farm through a new educational nursery resource.
Dumfries and Galloway Council joined forces with the Royal Highland Educational Trust (RHET) to launch the pilot, which could go nationwide. Ten gingham bags that include puppets, toy farmyard animals, CDs, books and DVDs were created at a cost of £150 each, and made available on loan for all day nurseries, pre-schools, childminding clusters and out-of-school clubs in Dumfries and Galloway. Creator of the bags Eileen Wilson, a project co-ordinator at RHET, said, 'There are tabards and masks of cows, chickens, horses and sheep. One large hand puppet is the...
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