Nov 26, 2015 | blog, Children, Morgan, Photos, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Tour, world
By Morgan Time on the road goes faster than in other places, and our stories are running a little bit behind, but here they are for you now. We were in Singapore for only 6 days, delivering one full-day workshop and 4 pop-ups. The first 3 were in partnership with...
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...
Oct 13, 2015 | Adventures, Bellelli, Community, Morgan, Photos, Play, Playwork, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, workshop, world
Hasta Luego, Costa Rica! I was typing this on our flight from Panama City to LA, in between stops 3 and 4 of our grand World Tour. We three were thrilled about this stop, allowing us to visit Carolina and tour Bellelli Educación. Carolina has been a friend of Pop-Ups...
Oct 7, 2015 | adventure playground, Morgan, Play, Playworker Development Course, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Tour, US, world
This post took a few days to write. This was partly because we’re officially on tour now (next stop, Costa Rica!). Also partly because our last stop was a little overwhelming. Suzanna and I spent 6 hours in a rental car afterwards, discussing detail and...
May 29, 2015 | adults, Children, Community, free, independent organisers, Morgan, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, register, support, training
We started hosting pop-up adventure playgrounds in 2010. Since then, they’ve been held in Australia, Bogota, Cairo, New York and in more than 14 countries all around the world, by Pop-Ups staff and by independent organisers. The response to these events and...
May 19, 2015 | Community, Morgan, Playwork, playworker, Playworker Development Course, Pop-Up Play Shop, tutor
As you know, we’re super excited about the Playworker Development Course. We’ve been running it for 2 years now with 82 students from 12 countries. In March, we were shortlisted for the Playwork Training Provider Award at the UK National Playwork...
Feb 23, 2015 | adventure playground, Book, interviews, Morgan, Play, play advocates, Playwork, Reflection, stories, Tour, US, Zan
Over the past couple of weeks, Suzanna had often told people that we had a new book coming out and then looked over to me with a grin. That was because every time I thought about this work being public, out there and available, I would start to blush and panic....
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...
Dec 31, 2014 | Adventures, Beaches Resorts, Book, Morgan, Play, Playworker Development Course, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Pop-Up Play Shop, Reflection, thank you, Tour
It was time to say so long to another year – and what a year it had been! Thank you, everyone, for helping to make new adventures possible for children all around the world, whether you lead a pop-up adventure playground, helped fund our tour, or joined...
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...
