Aug 27, 2017 | adventure playground, Canada, children, Morgan, parents, photos, play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, tour
By MorganThe first family arrived 10 minutes early at our North Battleford SK pop-up, and sat on the grassy hill to wait. Workshop participants and staff of BECIP carried out materials from the library basement, armfuls of cardboard, piles of shoe boxes, tubs of tape...
Aug 21, 2017 | adults, Andy, Canada, children, families, photos, play, playworker, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, tour
By AndySince we started our Canadian tour just over a month ago, we have started each day full of curiosity as to what the next location will bring. Our only disappointments have been in not yet seeing a moose, and hearing that our chances get slimmer the further west...
Aug 20, 2017 | adults, Canada, children, loose parts, Morgan, play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, risk, teenagers, tour
By MorganWe 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 ON – is a vast aquatic wilderness of densely wooded islands, navigated by small boats with outboard motors,...
Aug 18, 2017 | adults, Andy, Canada, children, photos, play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, swings, tour, workshop
By AndyAfter a long drive from Vaughan, we made it to Englehart, with just minutes to spare. We quickly shuffled into our ‘fancy’ clothes, wiped the sweat from our foreheads and jumped on stage before a packed-out room of friendly parents and professionals, many local...
Aug 14, 2017 | Canada, film, loose parts, Morgan, play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, The Land Documentary, tour, workshop
By MorganWe 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 had been set up between them, a length of string and squares of fabric. There was enough...
Aug 10, 2017 | Canada, Morgan, photos, play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, tour, workshop
By MorganBlenheim, ON has a population of 4,563. Between the pop-up adventure playground and workshop afterwards, we saw about 200 – a significant proportion of the local residents. They welcomed us into the Growing Together Family Resource Centre and...
Aug 4, 2017 | Andy, Canada, children, photos, play, play advocates, playful, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, tour, workshop
By AndyAfter a series of unfortunate mechanical happenings, were arrived in London ON from Ottawa ON, just before midnight. We were kindly greeted by Alan, our local contact and play advocate who had started a conversation about this very visit many months ago.Our...
Jul 31, 2017 | adventure playground, Canada, children, photo, play, The Land Documentary, tour, tree
By MorganThe good people of The Lion and The Mouse run a summer camp in public green space that runs behind their building. It’s filled with tall grass, with little paths curling through and train tracks behind a border fence. Margaret and Gabby led us through to the...
Jul 27, 2017 | Canada, children, fund raising, Morgan, photos, play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, risk, The Land Documentary, tour, workshop
By MorganWell, we’ve had an awesome start to the tour.First, you marvelous individuals brought us over the line of our crowdfunding goal. One person was a particular friend to Pop-Ups, and we’d like to thank Queenie for her incredible generosity. Now we...
Jun 5, 2017 | Canada, child-directed, fund raising, play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, press release, screening, tour, UK, workshop
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pop-Up Adventure Play empowers play programmes across Canada ahead of 20th IPA Triennial World ConferencePop-Up Adventure Play have confirmed workshops and hands-on practical sessions with organisations and play enthusiasts across eight...
Dec 13, 2016 | adventures, call for hosts, Canada, photo, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, roadtrip, team, tour, workshop
By ZanI can remember standing in the sun with my friend on a quiet beach in Vancouver, surrounded by purple sea shells and thinking to myself, “If I ever get the opportunity, I’d like to come back and spend more time in a country with purple...
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 WarkWhen 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 a long time now and we...
