Aug 31, 2017 | Canada, Children, loose parts, Morgan, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, swings, tape, Tour, video
By Morgan We stopped at Laurier Heights Out of School Care to meet with our host Sherri, who led us out from the parking lot and into the field behind the school. Loose parts were stacked out there already, waiting. “I can bring out more,” she said but we assured her...
Aug 27, 2017 | adventure playground, Canada, Children, Morgan, parents, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour
By Morgan The first family arrived 10 minutes early at our North Battleford pop-up, and sat on the grassy hill to wait. Workshop participants and staff of BECIP carried out materials from the library basement, armfuls of cardboard, piles of shoe boxes, tubs of tape...
Aug 21, 2017 | adults, Andy, Canada, Children, families, Photos, Play, playworker, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour
By Andy Since we started our Canadian tour just over a month ago, we have started each day full of curiosity as to what the next location will bring. Our only disappointments have been in not yet seeing a moose, and hearing that our chances get slimmer the further...
Aug 20, 2017 | adults, Canada, Children, loose parts, Morgan, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, risk, teenagers, Tour
By Morgan We were told to park at the Rec Center opposite Safeway supermarket and wait for the boat to come. The Lake in the Woods – aka Kenora, Ontario – is a vast aquatic wilderness of densely wooded islands, navigated by small boats with outboard...
Aug 18, 2017 | adults, Andy, Canada, Children, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, swings, Tour, workshop
By Andy After a long drive from Vaughan, we made it to Englehart, with just minutes to spare. We quickly shuffled into our ‘fancy’ clothes, wiped the sweat from our foreheads and jumped on stage before a packed-out room of friendly parents and professionals, many...
Aug 14, 2017 | Canada, film, loose parts, Morgan, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, The Land Documentary, Tour, workshop
By MorganWe drove along a paved path that curved up through the Kortright Centre for Conservation. We parked and walked in, past a grove of tall slender trees. Boxes and saucepans had been set up between them, a length of string and squares of fabric. There was enough...