Latest Adventures
Play Free VT – A New PUAP Project
“We need opportunities to practice skills of play and play support, and build up our own reserves of patience, flexibility, creativity of thought and lightness of heart.”
End of Year Reflections: 2022
“Thank you… for allowing us to tell us our stories, for trusting us to connect you with one another, and for helping us to build a community in playwork in multiple languages and multiple platforms. We don’t take this for granted because we know play advocacy is hard, and building trust can be a vulnerable process.”
Meet the Keynote Speakers – Playwork Virtual Campference 2022
“We are very pleased to announce our keynote speakers for the Playwork Virtual Campference 2022.”
Playwork Virtual Campference 2022 – The Internationality Of Playwork
“Campference is just about the biggest thing we do, and this year it’s virtual.” Find out more about Campference 2022 here!
Guest Writer: “A Hamlet of Humans and a Kaleidoscope of Castles”
“The pop-up event is set up around a lithe tree, almost invisible as its hard to tear ones eyes away from the play in sight.”
How Much is Enough? – Blog Thoughts by Pop-Up Adventure Play
“Start with what’s available, we say. Whatever is cheap or free, as long as it won’t shatter dangerously or break your heart when destroyed.”
From Zero to Pop-Ups: how we got from there to here
“Pop-Up Adventure Play was born from a desire to bring playwork ideas to a larger audience, and to support anyone interested supporting play. That introduced us to so many passionate and dedicated adults – parents and teachers and architects, summer camp directors and youth librarians, all hoping to ‘do something’ in their own neighbourhoods and communities.”
“Why Play?” – Blog Thoughts by Pop-Up Adventure Play
“Playwork is about showing up for children (and others) in a very particular way. We try to bring our most compassionate, balanced, generous-hearted selves to every interaction”
Celebrating a Decade of Play Advocacy: 2021 Reflections
“It’s been over a decade of Pop-Up Adventure Play and we are thankful to be reflecting on another year of play advocacy.”
Reflections: Playwork Virtual Campference 2021
Pop-Ups Morgan reflects on our Playwork Virtual Campference 2021 – an online event featuring attendees from 20 different countries, in 6 languages.