Aug 31, 2017 | Canada, Children, loose parts, Morgan, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, swings, tape, Tour, video
We stopped at Laurier Heights Out of School Care to meet with our host Sherri. She 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. We assured her that wasn’t...
Aug 20, 2017 | adults, Canada, Children, loose parts, Morgan, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, risk, teenagers, Tour
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. It is navigated by small boats with outboard motors,...
Aug 14, 2017 | Canada, film, loose parts, Morgan, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, The Land Documentary, Tour, workshop
We 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 lay between them, along with string and fabric squares. A clearing brightened the air, revealing...
Apr 9, 2017 | Adventure Play, adventure playground, campference, Guest Writer, loose parts, Play, Playwork, playworkers, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Reflections
Mischelle reached out to us in 2016, sharing her passion for play. In 2017, we met her at the Playwork Campference — it was inspiring to hear her perspective and learn about her exciting plans for her community and upcoming adventures. Here are some of her...
Apr 2, 2017 | adventure playground, energy, junk, Junkyard, loose parts, musical, playworker, Zan
Sitting in my seat next to Andy, I felt really excited. I hadn’t thought about the set for Junkyard the Musical and now that I was looking at the silhouette of it on the stage before the show. It had real pallets, and barrels, and planks and rope…...
Dec 5, 2016 | Children, Guest Writer, loose parts, moments, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
Julia 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 excitement and...
Nov 22, 2016 | Adventures, loose parts, moments, Play, playworker, Playworking Auntie
She noticed the fallen leaves on the ground and crunched over them as we walked along. Then suddenly she stopped dead and picked one up by the stem. She studied it briefly before picking up a second by the stem with the other hand. Waving them about like some sort of...
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
David 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 trained nurse. In...
Aug 15, 2016 | Children, Guest Writer, independent organisers, loose parts, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Singapore, weather, Zan
The ladies at Chapter Zero warmly welcomed Pop-Ups Zan to Singapore when she visited in June 2016. They have since joined the Playworker Development Course and are trying their hand at putting theory into practice. Here is an account of their first ever pop-up! We...
May 30, 2016 | Adventure Play, adventure playground, campference, car, loose parts, Play, Playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, Tour, tree, US
By Zan We have talked a lot about our focus for our Playwork Campference, about the focus on practice, and the emphasis on you. We haven’t yet told you much about where we will be doing this, and the delightful hosts of our event. Ladies and gentlemen, Pop-Up...
Apr 5, 2016 | adults, Cardboard, Children, loose parts, Playwork, Playworker Development Course, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
We are excited to be welcoming Jess to write on our blog about her first-ever pop-up adventure playground, hosted at her place of work. She is one of our Playworker Development Course students, using the skills from our course to complement the work she is doing at...
Nov 27, 2015 | Children, family, Hong Kong, loose parts, moments, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, world, Zan
Reaching the 6th country on this epic world tour felt a little bit like going home. I had somehow forgotten that simply going to “see my family” in Hong Kong also meant that 8 people would come and pick us up at the airport, and that tiny cousins would...
