Dec 16, 2019 | cardboard, children, guest writer, loose parts, play, playworker, Playworker Development Course, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, trust, Turkey
Ozlem is from Turkey and has enthusiastically been writing to us for a few months now. Joining us on the Playworker Development Course as soon as humanly possible, Ozlem has been working hard in play ever since. Here is the journey so far. **** By Ozlem Arkun The...
Nov 7, 2019 | adventure play, adventures, book, child-directed, childhood, guest writer, Jill Wood, librarian, library, memories, play, playwork, playworker, professional, values
We are pleased to invite our wonderful friend Jill – director of Adventure Play at The Parish School in Houston, Texas to guest write on our blog. Her fascinating experiences comes from an unusual pairing, but one that really works – thank you so much for...
Jul 18, 2019 | children, guest writer, parenting, play, playwork, Playworker Development Course, reflection
Our Playworker Development Course brings people together from all over the world to talk about playwork. Divya is from India. She joined the course in March 2019, with the intention of channelising her passion for play. We’ve invited her to reflect on her PDC...
Mar 26, 2019 | adventure playground, build, campference, children, community, guest writer, photos, playwork, Playworker Travelling Fund, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pre-Campference, structure, UK, US
Simon Rix has been in playwork since he was seventeen, taking roles at all levels in adventure playgrounds and advocacy for children’s right to play. We knew it was essential that his passion, experience and political context be represented in this young and...
Mar 1, 2019 | campference, children, guest writer, Houston, play, playwork, playwork practice, playwork principles, Playworker Travelling Fund, playworkers, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Portugal, stories
We have invited our one of the first recipients of the Playworker Travelling Fund, Ana Rita to write about the journey that she took with Pop-Up Adventure Play to the Playwork Campference 2019. We haven’t quite written about it yet (our reflection time is taking...
Nov 13, 2017 | Board of Directors, Canada, guest writer, loose parts, photos, play, playwork, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, The Land Documentary, tour, workshop
By Ricky Tsang, Board Member of Pop-Up Adventure PlayIt was a warm evening in Vancouver and I had just been picked up in the little yellow tour car (with a surprising amount of leg room) and I was heading into the little known space of playwork. This was an adventure...
Nov 7, 2017 | adventure playground, children, guest writer, play, playground, playworker, Playworker Development Course, reflections
By Erica QuigleyErica is one of our Playworker Development Course students and has been working steadily through the 12 modules. She has been reflecting recently on her practice, and, with her permission, we’ve decided to share some of her thoughts on our blog....
Apr 9, 2017 | adventure play, adventure playground, campference, guest writer, loose parts, play, playwork, playworkers, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, reflections
By Mischelle BrownMischelle reached out to us in 2016, telling us of her passions for play and in 2017, we met her at the Playwork Campference! It was wonderful to hear her perspective and learn of her passion. She has big plans for her community, and some big...
Dec 5, 2016 | children, guest writer, loose parts, moments, play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
By Julia KroekerJulia is one of our independent organisers who got in touch with us in October 2016 wanting to organise her own Pop-Up Adventure Playground. We sent her our free information pack for hosting her own event and 2 months later, we were able to enjoy her...
Oct 8, 2016 | child-led, children, guest writer, play, Playworker Development Course, playworkers, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Singapore, tour, world
By Louise WarkWhen we met Louise in Singapore on our World Tour, we were a little humbled to be meeting such a wonderfully connected and passionate advocate who was looking to us for advice. Louise has been working towards a more playful life a long time now and we...
Sep 19, 2016 | children, experience, guest writer, loose parts, photo, play, play cycle, playday, Playworker Development Course, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Zan
By David StonehouseDavid is one of Pop-Up Adventure Play’s wonderful Playworker Development Course tutors. First as Pop-Ups Zan’s PhD friend and now as a colleague, David has been working hard to take playwork into hospitals using his specialism as a...
Sep 5, 2016 | adventure playground, cardboard, children, guest writer, photos, play, playwork, Playworker Development Course, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
By Erica QuigleyErica came to us with her background in Landscape Architecture hoping to take more of a playwork approach to her work. Pop-Ups Morgan has been her Playworker Development Course tutor since January, and was able to meet her at the adventure playground...
