Nov 2, 2015 | adults, Australia, blog, Photos, Play, playworkers, Tour, workshop, world, Zan
At every workshop, we ask participants a question that almost always stumps them: how do you play? There’s always an awkward pause. No one makes eye contact and the whole room seems to think. Is it really that difficult to answer that question? To us, it seems...
Oct 28, 2015 | adults, Australia, Children, Marc Armitage, Morgan, Play, Playwork, Reflection, Tour, vocabulary, workshop, world
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 Gully...
Oct 17, 2015 | Adventures, Australia, Costa Rica, flight, Morgan, Photos, Play, Tour, US, world
After Costa Rica, we travelled north for a brief visit with Erica, Jeremiah, and their son Dallas. We had visited them during the US tour in 2014 and recently saw their presentation in Ithaca on recent developments. They’ve been fighting hard against a proposed...
Jul 1, 2015 | Adventures, Australia, photo, Play, Playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Tour, US, world, Zan
By Zan A couple of years ago, I declared to Morgan that we would go on a tour of the USA. I’m not sure that she took me seriously. I’m not even sure I took myself seriously. But around 6 months later, we were sat in a tiny yellow car in snowy Massachusetts...
Apr 28, 2015 | Australia, Guest Writer, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Reflection, Tour
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 locality....
Apr 17, 2015 | Australia, box, Children, families, Guest Writer, loose parts, parents, Photos, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, tree
By Joelle Whiting We met Joelle in Swan Hill when we were on tour in Australia. It was boiling hot during the days we were in Swan Hill, so we are really pleased that these folk paid attention even in the uncomfortable weather and decided to do a Pop-Up Adventure...
Mar 31, 2015 | Australia, Children, Guest Writer, Photos, Play, Playwork, Tour, training
Justine was one half of Journey into Play, an Australia based Professional Development group that worked with Malarkey. We had just finished touring together. She was a student in our Playworker Development Course and spent a lot of time with us during our visit to...
Mar 24, 2015 | adventure playground, Adventures, Australia, Child-Directed, Children, Photos, Play, Playworker Development Course, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Zan
Morgan and I had been home from Australia for exactly two weeks. Life had quickly returned to normal. I often found myself daydreaming about the warmth and wondering what it would be like if the UK were always sunny. If the weather were better, I’m sure people would...
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...
Nov 29, 2014 | Adventures, Australia, Children, children's day, Play, sponsor, Tour, UK
By Morgan What will you be doing, on the 17th of May? In case you haven’t heard, that’s the official National Children’s Day in the UK. Their theme this year is “the Science and Magic of Play” and we are proud sponsors of it. So, the UK...
