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...
Apr 26, 2018 | Children, Community, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Reflection, risk, tape, Zan
This is part 4 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...
Dec 31, 2016 | Andy, photo, Play, Playwork, presentations, Reflection, risk, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, US
By Pop-Up’s Andy As I headed down the jet-bridge onto the plane, something hit me. Not physically, but emotionally. I had to take a moment to check-in with myself and regroup my thoughts. Through a deductive soliloquy of ‘been there, done that’ I...
Feb 20, 2016 | Adventures, Children, Play, playworker, Playworking Auntie, Reflection, Zan
By Zan Last year was a busy year. Not only was I buzzing around the world with Morgan, but I was also preparing my heart to have an upgrade in status: I was no longer in the youngest generation within my family. Yes, 2015 was the year that I became an auntie to two...
Dec 13, 2015 | Adventures, Community, moments, PhD, Play, playful, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Reflection, Tour, world, Zan
By Zan Since arriving back in the UK, things have been go go go. Morgan and I are both working towards a PhD in Playwork. But sadly, being on the road does not often lend itself to the most ideal study environment. So we’ve been studying hard in the last couple...
Oct 28, 2015 | adults, Australia, Children, Marc Armitage, Morgan, Play, Playwork, Reflection, Tour, vocabulary, workshop, world
By Morgan I am writing on another place, from seat 26F gazing out on the rust-red earth far below. We are somewhere in the air between Brisbane and Perth – Justine, Suzanna and myself all in a row. Our last workshop and pop-up were in a town called Robina. Whispering...
Sep 20, 2015 | Guest Writer, loose parts, Pop-Up Adventure Play, preparations, Reflection, weather
By Nicole Wulff Nicole approached us a couple of months ago to ask if she could do a Pop-Up Adventure Playground. Before she knew, she had a location and occasion to run one and we talked her through some of the things she would need for it. She kindly agreed to write...
Apr 28, 2015 | Australia, Guest Writer, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Reflection, Tour
By Nicole Burke We met Nicole when we were on tour in Australia and had a great time with her and Justine, together known as Journey Into Play. They have just started a new side project called Frolic where they are hoping to run Pop-Up Adventure Playgrounds in their...
Mar 7, 2015 | Adventures, awards, Children, children's rights, Director, Play, play conference, Playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Reflection, workshop
By Andy Hinchcliffe Andy is a member of Pop-Up Adventure Play’s wonderful board of directors. He has been working in the playwork field for many years and has many stories to tell. We are very pleased today to have him re-post his reflections on our blog about...
Feb 23, 2015 | adventure playground, Book, interviews, Morgan, Play, play advocates, Playwork, Reflection, stories, Tour, US, Zan
By Morgan Over the past couple of weeks, Suzanna has often told people that we have a new book coming out and then looked over to me and grinned. That’s because every time I think about this work being public, being out there and available, I start to blush and...
Feb 20, 2015 | Australia, Morgan, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Reflection, workshop
By Morgan Melbourne, Echuca, Swan Hill… Next Stop, Tamworth! We are 11 days and 6 sessions into our great Down Under Tour, arranged by the fabulous Malarkey and shepherded for this leg by Justine (of Malarkey/Journey into Play). I’m writing this by the...
Dec 31, 2014 | Adventures, Beaches Resorts, Book, Morgan, Play, Playworker Development Course, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Pop-Up Play Shop, Reflection, thank you, Tour
It was time to say so long to another year – and what a year it had been! Thank you, everyone, for helping to make new adventures possible for children all around the world, whether you lead a pop-up adventure playground, helped fund our tour, or joined...
