This article describes the programmes and workshops available for both parents and young children at the Tate Modern Gallery. The main aim of this paper is to convey a sense of the pedagogy that was used by one of the workshop leaders, Michaela Ross, an artist-educator. The authors accomplish this by drawing on a tape recorded discussion which took place shortly after the end of six "Small Steps in a Big Space" workshops. This focused on a number of selected themes including: workshop leadership and the presentation of self; the effect of space on group and child behaviour; individual and group engagement with artworks, promoting children's independence, and the nature of an artist-educator's pedagogical knowledge. (Contains 3 figures.)