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...
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...
Dec 27, 2018 | campference, Community, Morgan, photo, Play, Playful Schools Online, Playworker Development Course, Playworker Travelling Fund, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, support
By Morgan As I write this, it’s the little gap of time between Christmas and New Year, when the world seems cold and quiet. My notes say to talk about how Suzanna and I spent this year apart – no tours, no shared events, but instead focusing on home and local...
Sep 15, 2018 | adventure playground, Call for Presentations, campference, Community, Playwork, Playworker Development Course, presentations, stories
As part of Playwork Campference 2019, we would like to invite folks to tell us about their own projects, their communities, and their playwork perspective, so we put out a Call for Presentations. Since then have heard some whispers that we’d like to gently...
Dec 25, 2017 | campference, Canada, Children, Play, Playful Schools Online, Playwork, playworker, Playworker Development Course, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Tour
Since founding Pop-Up Adventure Play, we’ve worked in two main arenas – to share playwork ideas as widely as we can, and to help both new and dedicated playworkers connect with one another. This year, those efforts felt at times more important than ever....
Dec 12, 2017 | play conference, Playworker Development Course, Prioritizing Play, US
We are pleased to announce that together with our friends at Kid Owned and Operated Play (KOOP), we organised a play conference which was held during 3rd-5th May 2018. Naomi and Kelsey of KOOP are both students of ours on the Playworker Development Course and we were...
Nov 7, 2017 | adventure playground, Children, Guest Writer, Play, playground, playworker, Playworker Development Course, Reflections
Erica 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. She has written...
Feb 7, 2017 | campference, Children, Play, Playworker Development Course, students, US, workshop
By Zan We are very pleased and excited to be hanging out very briefly with our friend and PDC student Yulia in Evanston. It’s going to be a short stop where Pop-Ups Morgan and I will be presenting an interactive talk entitled “Let The Children Play:...
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 Wark When 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 for a long time now and...
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 Stonehouse 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...
Sep 5, 2016 | adventure playground, Cardboard, Children, Guest Writer, Photos, Play, Playwork, Playworker Development Course, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
Erica 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 on Governors...
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...
