Kindred Spirit
We found this adorable book at Secret Garden Books in Seattle and simply could not resist. The entire sentiment of the adventure play movement is sweetly wrapped up in its pages. A perfect gift for that person organizing pop-up adventure playgrounds, advocating for play at your PTA, your favorite playful teacher or your extra favorite playful KID. Ask for it out at your own local book shop!
So impressed by our friends at play:ground - the incredible team of playworkers, alternative educators, performers, historians and parents who've established a true junk playground in New York City.
Check out the New York Times coverage here.
We wish the team a fruitful summer rich in play and can't wait to hear your reflections at the season's end. Bring on the kids!
Join us in supporting a new adventure playground in New York City! Play:ground's adventure playground at Governor's Island will serve thousands of local children and be a model for countless American cities. Wondering how to get an APG in your community? This helps! Normalizing free play and supporting a standard of professionalism for playworkers is a piece of our shared pie:
Our film THE LAND was launched through a successful kickstarter campaign and we know first hand how small pledges of support from $1, $5, $10, $100 -- whatever you can give -- MAKE the difference.
We believe in and support play:ground and hope you will too! Pledge today and play on!
Play advocates UNITE at the second annual Play Symposium at the Ithaca Children's Garden featured on NPR, Katie Couric's Katie show and, of course, home of The Anarchy Zone adventure playground. Meet and hear from kindred spirits making play happen all over the country.
We'll be there listening and learning and screening the film. Registration is open now!
Hats off to Erin Marteal and her amazing team at the Hands On Nature Anarchy Zone at the Ithaca Children's Garden for their work creating the very first Ithaca Day of Play! An inspiring gathering of smartypants and play aficionados, the curious and determined, all scheming about the future of adventure play in the US.
Thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to the good vibes and great ideas, and who has supported and inspired us along the way (looking at you, folks at The Land & Pop Up Adventure Play!) Onward! #playwork #playrev #anarchyzone
The Pop-Up Adventure Play Playworker Development Course has a couple of spots left in their remote study program! Immerse yourself with fun, smart and experienced playworkers who've worked with kids and families in the UK and the US.
Get $100 off your registration with code FREEPLAYMOVIE while spots are available, deadline Sunday, September 28, 2014. x
Join us on Saturday October, 11 in Ithaca, New York for a gathering of change-makers who want to foster a culture of play. Ithaca is home to the Hands On Nature Anarchy Zone at the Ithaca Children's Garden and THIS is the place to meet and get down with others who are creating successful adventure play projects in the US right now. Many people write asking how they can learn more about creating adventure play sites... The answer: ATTEND THIS EVENT!
Check out the lineup. We'll be there talking about the film and more. Hope you can make it!
(Adorable) evidence that play is an ancient behavior essential to the survival of the species, and getting girls. Featuring a cameo-of-sorts from George Clooney.
Via @NPR. x