Sep 12, 2017 | Canada, Children, Morgan, parents, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, risk, Tour, workshop
Well, we were on the final stretch of our Grand Canadian Tour! Our last stop in BC was Surrey. It included both a pop up adventure playground and a screening of The Land. These two events were hosted by Child Care Options and gave us the chance to meet folks in quite...
Sep 9, 2017 | adults, box, Canada, Children, dens, loose parts, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour
Midway through our tour we received an email from Jade from a local Chinese Immigrant family group. They were based in Richmond, on the outskirts of Vancouver. This confirmed our fourth stop in Vancouver. It would be sandwiched between a first-time community Pop-Up at...
Sep 8, 2017 | box, Canada, Children, family, loose parts, moments, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour
At pop-up adventure playgrounds, we get to meet children in public space. Nowadays, that means meeting them within the circle of their parents and caregivers. When we’re supporting play, we sometimes get a peek into a child’s world or the world of their family....
Aug 31, 2017 | Canada, Children, loose parts, Morgan, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, swings, tape, Tour, video
We stopped at Laurier Heights Out of School Care to meet with our host Sherri. She led us out from the parking lot and into the field behind the school. Loose parts were stacked out there already, waiting. “I can bring out more,” she said. We assured her that wasn’t...
Aug 27, 2017 | adventure playground, Canada, Children, Morgan, parents, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour
By Morgan The first family arrived 10 minutes early at our North Battleford 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
Since we started our Canadian tour just over a month ago, we have started each day full of curiosity. We were wondering what the next location will bring. Our only disappointments have been in not yet seeing a moose. We were hearing that our chances get slimmer the...
Aug 20, 2017 | adults, Canada, Children, loose parts, Morgan, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, risk, teenagers, Tour
We 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, Ontario – is a vast aquatic wilderness of densely wooded islands. It is navigated by small boats with outboard motors,...
Aug 18, 2017 | adults, Andy, Canada, Children, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, swings, Tour, workshop
By Andy After 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...
Aug 4, 2017 | Andy, Canada, Children, Photos, Play, play advocates, playful, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Tour, workshop
After a series of unfortunate mechanical happenings, we 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 landing in...
Jul 31, 2017 | adventure playground, Canada, Children, photo, Play, The Land Documentary, Tour, tree
The 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 Maples, a...
Jul 27, 2017 | Canada, Children, fund raising, Morgan, Photos, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, risk, The Land Documentary, Tour, workshop
Well, we’ve had an awesome start to the tour. First, you marvellous 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 can sleep indoors...
Jun 2, 2017 | box, child-led, Children, festival, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, right to play, robot, Zan
After much organising and some epic geometrical loose parts stuffing into our cars, Pop-Up’s Andy and I found ourselves in the middle of a field and under a giant tent. This would be the site of our 3-day pop-up adventure playground at the Geronimo 2017...
