Nov 14, 2014 | Children, experience, junk, Morgan, PhD, Play, Playwork, playworker, Playworker Development Course, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Reflection, right to play, stories, training
Anyone who’s spent much time playing with children has had practice believing two seemingly-contradictory things simultaneously. This is a stick but also a sword for killing zombies. This is a striped grey rock but it’s also a prized treasure. There are a...
Oct 29, 2014 | blog, Book, Children, Morgan, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, US
Over the last few years, you’ve seen us grow. You’ve probably read about the projects we’ve done and seen guest posts highlighting the work of independent pop-up adventure playground organizers around the world. Perhaps you’ve been moved to...
Oct 18, 2014 | adults, Children, Play, Playwork, Playworker Development Course, Reflection
We can’t quite believe it, but the Playworker Development Course has been going for over a year! Our course aims to provide tools to play advocates and gives a chance to use the playwork approach. Since the start of the course, we have worked with over 60...
Sep 5, 2014 | adults, box, Children, Guest Writer, parents, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Seattle
By Sara Mirabito Sara left an urgent message on our guest book a couple of weeks ago when she found out that she was helping to run a Pop-Up Adventure Playground for Hopscotch CD festival. She had never heard of Pop-Ups before and needed a little help. After we talked...
Aug 4, 2014 | Adventures, blog, Children, Guest Writer, parents, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
By Wendy Garcia We’re delighted to have Wendy guest write this blogpost, giving us the highlights of a Pop-Up Adventure Playground she hosted on 19th July in New Haven, Connecticut. Wendy approached us to help her run a Pop-Up and we provided her with guidance...
Jul 25, 2014 | Children, Photos, Play, Playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Zan
It has been some time since I hosted a Pop-Up in my community so when my church friends approached me to help out with a cafe style event, I jumped at the idea of having a Pop-Up Adventure Playground. It’s new and unfamiliar territory to these folks, but I...
Jun 8, 2014 | Children, Global Network, parents, Playwork, Playworker Development Course, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, US
If you’re a regular reader here, you’ve been hearing quite a bit about our 2014 US tour (On the Road and Highlights from Tour). It was an amazing way for us to meet many of the people we’ve been corresponding with for years. People such as...
May 12, 2014 | announce, Cardiff, Children, city centre, Morgan, parents, Play, Pop-Up Play Shop, Reflection, self-directed, toolkit
We used to hear a child screaming and grin at each other, knowing they were headed our way. When they arrived the child would be clawing at the straps in their pushchair, desperate to run around. The mother would drop her bag and head for the sofa, equally desperate...
Apr 27, 2014 | Children, hosts, loose parts, Morgan, Photos, Play, playworkers, thank you, Tour, video
By Morgan Playworkers make a point of going where invited. With children, this usually means waiting to be asked to join in play, rather than blundering over with our own ideas. This tour is one extension of that idea. We’d had emails of interest from people all...
Jul 16, 2013 | Anna, child development, Children, language, Play, role play, thought, voice
It must be summer: Long days, humid nights, more bug bites than we can count and lots of great stories. I had the pleasure of snuggling with my 4-year-old daughter, Eliza, in her bottom bunk while reading one of our favourite books, Falling Up by Shel Silverstein. On...
Jul 10, 2013 | child-centric, Children, playful, Playwork, playworker, Playworker Development Course, Reflection, share
By Zan Pop-Up Adventure Play has recently created its very own Playworker Development Course. It’s a course where student playworkers have the space to nurture their instincts for playwork and learn more about the theory behind the practice. We encourage...
Jun 13, 2013 | Anna, Childhood, Children, comfort, mom, Play, play affordances, power, role play
Soon after the Boston Marathon attacks, I wrote a post called How Play Development Shapes a Child’s Voice. That day, my husband, our two young daughters and I spent the day in lockdown. This experience reminded me of how much solace we can find in play – not...
