Oct 29, 2014 | blog, Book, Children, Morgan, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, US
By MorganOver the last few years, you’ve seen us grow. You’ve read about the projects we’ve done (here, here and here) and seen guest posts highlighting the work of independent pop-up adventure playground organizers around the world. Perhaps...
Jun 8, 2014 | Children, Global Network, parents, Playwork, Playworker Development Course, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, US
By Morgan If you’re a regular reader here, you’ve been hearing quite a bit about our recent US tour (blogposts here and here). It was an amazing way for us to meet many of the people we’ve been corresponding with for years – independent...
Apr 23, 2014 | car, Cardboard, Morgan, Photos, thank you, Tour, US, workshop
By Morgan We were taught to write thank-you notes after people had been kind to us, and one thing this tour has proven is that extraordinary kindness isn’t really extraordinary after all. In fact, we met it in every stop, in every state, and before we’d...
Mar 21, 2014 | Morgan, Photos, Play, Playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Tour, US
By Morgan Is it the halfway point already? When we set off in our little yellow car exactly a month ago, we had a list of scheduled stops and the fervent belief that this trip might accomplish a set of very exciting things. By visiting people who’d contacted us,...
Mar 8, 2014 | photo, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Tour, US, Zan
By Zan Just a quick note from the West Coast of the USA. We’ve passed through 4 time zones with 3 playworkers in the car, with 2 main drivers of 1 little yellow car: the Pop-Up Adventure Play and Special Guests Tour is going strong! This is a photo from one of...
Jan 10, 2014 | Adventures, Child-Directed, fund raising, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, US, workshop, Zan
By Zan I’m writing today to update you on the Pop-Up Adventure Play and Special Guests Tour 2014, and also to tell you about our Indiegogo campaign. I’m going to make use of some driving puns to help me along the way too. I might spin my wheels a little,...
Oct 31, 2013 | Community, Play, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, US, Zan
By Zan Our mission has always been to give opportunities for child-directed play within a community of supportive adults. In a practical sense, it means that we provide support and training for parents, professionals and community members around the world, whenever...
Jan 22, 2013 | Adventures, event, fund raising, Global Network, Mini Pop-Up, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, UK, US
By Zan We at Pop-Up Adventure Play are getting excited! It looks like 2013 is going to be another awesome year for us, and here are a few hints about what you’re going to see us doing. Already, are planning on going to a school in the UK to do a mini Pop-Up...
Dec 30, 2012 | Belgium, Charity, Global Network, Largo, MoMA, photo, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Reflection, street party, UK, US, Zan
By Zan At the end of every year, the holiday festivities always gives us a moment to look back on the last 12 months and reflect. For Pop-Up Adventure Play, this really has been some year! In the US: We did training in Largo, Florida which amounted to a city-wide play...
