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...
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...
Dec 28, 2015 | Adventures, Book, Community, flight, Play, play advocates, Playworker Development Course, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Tour
Our 2015 was a big Pop-Up year. Even before the year draws to a close, the action doesn’t stop! I am sitting at my desk having just recovered from a 36-hour power outage as a result of local floods. That alone seems to set the tone for our year of adventure!...
Dec 15, 2015 | Children, Guest Writer, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, world
When Pop-Ups friend Louise found out that we were going to Hong Kong as part of our #PopUpsWorldTour2015, she got in touch immediately to ask us where we would be. She came to have lunch with us before our Saturday Pop-Up and stuck around to see all the action. Here...
Dec 13, 2015 | Adventures, Community, moments, PhD, Play, playful, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Reflection, Tour, world, Zan
By Zan Since arriving back in the UK, things have been go go go. Morgan and I are both working towards a PhD in Playwork. But sadly, being on the road does not often lend itself to the most ideal study environment. So we’ve been studying hard in the last couple...
Dec 4, 2015 | adventure playground, Children, Community, fire, Play, Playwork, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, stories, Tour, UK, world
We are standing in a circle, facing a fire in the perishing cold. My face is hot and dry while sleet seeps through ill-considered jeans and trickles into my shoes. So it is for our End of the World Tour. On a hill, with a steel slide to one side and a view of brick...
Nov 27, 2015 | Children, family, Hong Kong, loose parts, moments, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, world, Zan
Reaching the 6th country on this epic world tour felt a little bit like going home. I had somehow forgotten that simply going to “see my family” in Hong Kong also meant that 8 people would come and pick us up at the airport, and that tiny cousins would...
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...
Nov 2, 2015 | adults, Australia, blog, Photos, Play, playworkers, Tour, workshop, world, Zan
At every workshop, we ask participants a question that almost always stumps them: how do you play? There’s always an awkward pause. No one makes eye contact and the whole room seems to think. Is it really that difficult to answer that question? To us, it seems...
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...
