Dec 23, 2014 | Cardboard, Child-Directed, Children, Guest Writer, loose parts, NYC, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Reflection
Pop-Up’s friend Alexander Khost is a parent, educator, painter, and web developer living in Brooklyn, NY with his two children, James and Oliver and his partner, Amanda. Alex has been active in mutual respect, child-led learning environments in various ways,...
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...
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...
Jun 3, 2014 | 2014, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, special guests, thank you, Tour, video, Zan
Quite some time had passed since we finished our ‘Pop-Up Adventure Play and Special Guests 2014 Tour.’ I have been very careful not to constantly talk about the adventure. I really can’t help it though. The scale of our adventure and the things we...
Apr 4, 2014 | adventure playground, Morgan, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, risk, special guests, Tour
Greetings from the Pop-Up Adventure Play and Special Guests Tour! We’re thrilled to share the highlights of our journey across the USA, a trip filled with passion for play and exciting encounters. In March 2014, we embarked on a remarkable adventure,...
Jan 25, 2014 | Anna, Beaches Resorts, downtime, Jamaica, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Sesame Workshop
We were thrilled to announce agreements with Sesame Workshop and Beaches Resorts. We supported child-directed play and learning at their Luxury Included Resorts in Jamaica and Turks and Caicos. Temperatures dropped quickly in Boston, but my balcony at Beaches Resort...
Jan 10, 2014 | Adventures, Child-Directed, fund raising, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, US, workshop, Zan
Here’s an update on the Pop-Up Adventure Play and Special Guests Tour 2014. Also to tell you about our Indiegogo campaign. I’m going to make use of some driving puns to help me along the way too. I might spin my wheels a little, so I apologise in advance....
Dec 31, 2013 | Anna, Global Network, Mini Pop-Up, Morgan, photo, Play, Playworker Development Course, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Tour, Zan
It’s been a great year at Pop-Up Adventure Play. We just wanted to take a few moments to reflect on the year and to look back on where we were last year to fully appreciate what we have achieved in the last 12 months. This year as a team, we have travelled to 5...
Nov 7, 2013 | high street, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-Up Play Shop, survey, UK, Zan
By ZanWe have been working very hard with Adrian Voce to bring Pop-Up Play Shops to the high streets of the UK but we need your help. A few months back we were able to gain Big Lottery funding to work on an exciting project to find out how much demand there is in the...
Oct 31, 2013 | Community, Play, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, US, Zan
Our mission has always been to provide opportunities for child-directed play within a supportive community of adults. This means offering support and training to parents, professionals, and community members around the world whenever they reach out to us. After a few...
Aug 26, 2013 | adventure playground, Community, Morgan, parents, Play, Playwork, Playworker Development Course, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, tutor, Zan
We’ve been making pop-up adventure playgrounds, and helping others make them, for 3 years now. Our original idea was that they be a lightweight model for community-based playwork, focusing on playing and learning for parents and professionals, that they could...
