Feb 7, 2017 | campference, Children, Play, Playworker Development Course, students, US, workshop
We were very pleased and excited to be hanging out very briefly with our friend and PDC student Yulia, in Evanston. It was going to be a short stop. Pop-Up’s Morgan and I were presenting an interactive talk entitled “Let The Children Play: workshop on the...
Jan 18, 2017 | adventure playground, campference, free, Playwork, Professor Fraser Brown, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, screening, The Land Documentary
Team 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 and also...
Sep 28, 2016 | adventure playground, campference, connections, Morgan, play advocates, Playwork, playworkers, Tour
On my first playwork assignment, I was lucky to join an existing team that worked together well. We made eye contact frequently during the sessions and pulled one another aside during slow moments to observe together and swap little funny anecdotes. We checked in on...
Sep 20, 2016 | campference, Playwork, playworker, press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 9/20/2016 Val Verde, CA – February 16-19, 2017 – UK based Pop-up Adventure Play is teaming up with Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play to host a first time Playwork Campference in Val Verde, CA February 16-19th 2017. The...
Jun 22, 2016 | Adventure Play, adventure playground, campference, interview, Photos, Play, Playwork
Jill Wood is one of our favourite people. We first met her on the 2014 tour – she hugged us tight when we left, and has been a tremendous Friend to Pop-Ups ever since. Most recently, she put me up in her spare room for months while we worked together at the AP...
Jun 14, 2016 | adventure playground, campference, Children, Erin, Morgan, photo, Play, The Land Documentary, video
In 2013, Erin Davis arrived at The Land with a film crew. Suzanna drove over for a visit, and put Erin and I on the phone to say hello. We didn’t get long to talk though, as Erin had to go suddenly as the children were “launching the boat.” The...
Jun 6, 2016 | Book, campference, interview, PhD, Play, Playwork, Professor Fraser Brown, Zan
Although we are both British, Fraser and I actually met in Atlanta, Georgia at the IPA/TASP conference in 2010. I presented about playrangers and he was one of the people who joined my audience. Soon after, I enrolled at Leeds Beckett University to study Playwork as a...
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 Zan We 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
Years 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 had lost...
May 16, 2016 | campference, Morgan, Play, play conference, Playwork, practice, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play
By Morgan So, 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...
