The gallery, which has been keen to find ways of getting pre-school children and staff from both maintained and private day nurseries more involved in art, has also been making its collection more child-friendly.
Several of the paintings on display have been lowered to give young children a better look without having to strain their necks or stand on tip-toe.
Ann Wallace, the gallery's education officer, said that although children were forthcoming in their views about paintings, nursery practitioners sometimes found talking about art a bit intimidating. 'Very young children are comfortable in talking about art, but sometimes the staff do not feel comfortable. They can talk about a picture in a book, but when it comes into a gallery it becomes something mystical to them,' she said. 'We want to take the mystery out of the whole thing.'
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