Jan 30, 2019 | campference, play, play conference, playwork, playwork conference, playworkers, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Professor Fraser Brown, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, workshop
****** Dear Campference 2019 attendees, Why do we attend conferences? To paraphrase the 20th Century poet, T.S. Eliot: ‘information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom’. In other words, it is possible to have lots of information in your memory about a...
Mar 5, 2017 | campference, children, connections, fire, photos, play, play advocates, playwork, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, weather, Zan
By ZanThe five of us sat smiling at one another as we reaffirmed for the umptheenth time that organising our first ever conference would be a fabulous idea. It was a year before the proposed date and our many play connections combined with our passion for play could...
Feb 26, 2017 | adventure playground, campference, children, Morgan, photos, play, playwork, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play
By MorganSo, I don’t know if you’ve heard, but we hosted a Campference with Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play in Val Verde, CA.It went pretty well.Welcoming folks at the Pacific Oak.Children played as we talked about playwork.Learning about ropes and knots.Playwork...
Jan 18, 2017 | adventure playground, campference, free, playwork, Professor Fraser Brown, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, screening, The Land Documentary
By ZanTeam Pop-Up Adventure Play and Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play are extremely excited to be having a free film screening as part of the Playwork Campference 2017. It will feature The Land documentary, about Plas Madoc Adventure Playground in Wrexham, Wales,...
Dec 31, 2016 | Andy, photo, play, playwork, presentations, reflection, risk, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, US
By Pop-Ups AndyAs 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 ruled out...
Oct 25, 2016 | adventure playground, blog, child-directed, children, play, playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play
Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play dream of creating a space to allow and encourages vibrant, exciting, self-directed play opportunities for the children of Los Angeles, both now and as a future legacy. They dream of bringing their community together with play, and...
Oct 18, 2016 | adventure playground, Andy, photos, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, vote
By Pop-Ups AndyAfter an epic 12 year playwork journey from an un-sure 17 year old volunteer, through the stages of front-line playworker, playwork graduate and Children’s Centre Manager in the UK, I have landed here, starting a new adventure with the fine people of...
Jul 19, 2016 | campference, playwork, registration, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, Zan
By ZanWe are ridiculously excited to be announcing that registration for our Playwork Campference is open! It is of huge excitement and joy that we invite you all to register for the Playwork Campference which will take place on 16th-19th February 2017 in Val Verde,...
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 ZanWe 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...
May 23, 2016 | adults, adventure playground, campference, Morgan, play, playwork, practice, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, theory
By MorganYears ago, I visited an adventure playground. It was a place that once was rich and thriving, but in recent years something had shifted. The children were bored, the site seniors were raising funds to have builders come in and create some new equipment… It...
May 16, 2016 | campference, Morgan, play, play conference, playwork, practice, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play
By MorganSo, Suzanna and I have been to about 3,412 conferences over the years, mostly on the subject of play. It’s always good to meet with friends, and be introduced to new ideas and new advocates for children’s freedom. Plus, there’s usually...
