Many art galleries run a schools programme but some also have specially designed nursery workshops. Catherine Gaunt went to join in
I'm in the art room of the labyrinthine basement of London's Tate Britain gallery with an excited bunch of three- and four- year-olds. Today these ten children from New River Green Early Years Centre in Islington, London, have come for 'Who is that?', a workshop that teaches them to look at people in paintings and sculpture and encourages them to think about comparing and describing them.
It is part of Tate Britain's pre-school programme called 'I can see 1, 2, 3'. You can choose to explore three different themes - besides 'Who is that?' there is 'Shape quest' or 'Journey into light and dark'.
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