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. You can also read the post...
Dec 24, 2018 | box, Community, donation, fund raising, Just Play MCR, loose parts, Manchester, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, support, video, Volunteers
It has been an amazing year for me at Pop-Up Adventure Play. Not only have I managed to travel to two new countries with this little charity, but I have also started embedding play into my own community. I’ve been in the field for over 10 years now but have...
Sep 1, 2018 | box, Children, loose parts, Play, Playwork, playworker, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Reflections, stories
“In our community pop-up events, what I find particularly attractive about storytelling is that no one has to teach us how to tell a story. It is a way we make sense of our experiences. It is inclusive and open to all playworkers irrespective of their setting,...
Apr 22, 2018 | car, Children, Community, friends, Library, loose parts, Morgan, Play, playranger, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
This is part 3 of a multi-part blog series about the pop-up adventure playgrounds we create in our own communities throughout the year. This is an example of how our pop-up adventure playgrounds work, and us using our namesake model and our own resources to work...
Mar 24, 2018 | Children, loose parts, Morgan, Play, Playwork, survey
We have a slow but steady trickle of requests coming in from other organisations. They want to use Suzanna’s photographs of children at play, get a quote or opinion. It’s very rarely promoting something specific, and usually about creating shared content...
Nov 13, 2017 | Board of Directors, Canada, Guest Writer, loose parts, Photos, Play, Playwork, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, The Land Documentary, Tour, workshop
It 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 that I never thought that I’d have the chance...
Nov 11, 2017 | Children, loose parts, Play, Playful Schools Online, Pop-Up Adventure Play, recess, risk, school
“When you begin to imagine and act as if you live in the world you want to live in, you will have company.” ~ Berenice Johnson Reagon Children spend a majority of their time awake in school, and that’s not including any extra tutoring or wraparound...
Sep 29, 2017 | Canada, Children, loose parts, Photos, play conference, play frames, Playwork, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, presentations, Tour, video, workshop
After nine weeks, 10,000 miles, and 18 stops, our Pop-Up Adventure Play team reached the final destination of our Canadian tour. Along the way, we met thousands of people in big cities and small towns, on mountains and prairies, in schools, lecture halls and community...
Sep 18, 2017 | adults, Canada, Children, dens, forts, loose parts, parents, Play, play frames, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour
For our 17th stop we were invited to the small towns of Foremost and Bow Island in the Forty Mile Region. This stop was brought together by Terri-Lynn and Corinna from FCSS who had been following our Canadian tour and asked us to bring our Pop-Up Adventure Playground...
Sep 17, 2017 | Adventures, Canada, loose parts, Play, play conference, Playwork, playworkers, presentations, Tour
This article was originally written in 2017 to recap the Calgary Play Symposium. While the event is in the past, the discussions and ideas shared by playwork pioneers continue to be highly relevant. We have updated this post to reflect on how those insights have...
Sep 9, 2017 | adults, box, Canada, Children, dens, loose parts, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour
During our Canadian tour, we received an invitation from Jade, representing a local Chinese immigrant family group in Richmond. Their message confirmed our fourth stop in the Vancouver area. This event would fall between a community gathering in East Vancouver and a...
Sep 8, 2017 | box, Canada, Children, family, loose parts, moments, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour
At pop-up adventure playgrounds, we meet children in public spaces, usually alongside their parents and caregivers. Every event offers us a window into their world. Sometimes that means laughter and hope. Other times, it raises conversations about freedom, time or...