The Incredible Shrinking Forest Animals!

2023-03-08T16:58:47+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Saturday 4th March 2023 Herbert The Hedgehog happily strolled through the forest. It was a cold but sunny Saturday morning and on his way he met the world famous Three Craws! - who love nothing better than to perch on a tree branch under the moonshine. The Three Craws introduced Herbert to a whole new bunch of animal pals; he met Barry The Sheep, Mr. Other Wolf and Crocodile Desire. Also Mrs.Octopus Queen of Octopus, the Queen Of Sharks & Unicorn Mermaid were there visiting!. Mr. Silly Cheetah and Mittens The Pink Cat, Banana The Lion and his Human Friend showed up too. Brian The Tiger, Snowy The Panda, Meely The Dalmatian with the big belly and Oceana The Mermaid Unicorn didn’t want to miss out on the fun! And Rich Dragon and his Bodyguard turned up even though Rich Dragon was sad cause he had lost a scale…such a gathering of fantastic creatures! ‘What’s the time Mr.Wolf? - it’s 2 o’clock - time for a bath!’ 3 o’clock- time to go to the garden to pick flowers! 4 o’clock- time to dance! 5 o’clock- time to go for a walk 7 o’clock- time for DINNER!' Mr. Wolf loves a watch! He has different ones he has collected through the [...]

The Incredible Shrinking Forest Animals!2023-03-08T16:58:47+00:00

Happy International Women’s Day!

2023-03-08T12:34:51+00:00

Wednesday 8th March 2023 Fridays are LicketyMums time! We gather to hang out, play, reconnect with our body and mind and to share our news of the week. LicketyMums sessions were first created because lots of Licketyspit Mums asked us for them. Many mums support their children to enjoy Storyplay and generally put their children's needs first. Mums are very eloquent about the positive impact of Storyplay on their children’s confidence, social skills, language development and happiness. They know that these are positive things we all need!  Licketypit families know they get all that from playing and socialising together like we do in our Storyplay and Porridge & Play sessions. So it made perfect sense to have LicketyMums sessions that are also about sisterhood, feeling connected to each other, supporting each other and sharing knowledge, experience and ideas! We always start with a dance!  We all have busy lives and dancing is a phenomenal way to release stress and helps increasing serotonin, or as I call it ‘the happiness hormone’ and it’s great fun too. A good boogie even in your kitchen can do wonders for your mental and physical health! ‘It says LicketyMums disco ONLY for mums. We could have Massage rooms! Then even if you are a bit depressed you can see some light coming through that tunnel!’  ‘After [...]

Happy International Women’s Day!2023-03-08T12:34:51+00:00

The Wee Penguin who Loved Snowball Fights

2023-03-06T10:08:28+00:00

Porridge & Play Govan is a Licketyspit Storyplay project for families with 3-8 year olds in the area. Find all of Porridge & Play Govan's adventures here! Blog post written by Sarah! Govan was just delightful and packed full of magical adventures! Wednesday 1st March We danced our socks off in the groovy Dance Warm-Up with some mighty fine moves from Bimbo, Toby, Shadda, Sami and Mohammed to get us all warmed up. Then we met some of the Funky Chicken’s new pals. It was just marvellous to meet the two Biggies - Tiger and Hedgehog - and then the Sharp-Nailed Sloth and a very Happy Axolotl. What a treat! We were searching for the Magic Ball and Shadda and Azeem managed to find  different pieces of it which we stuck together. After Ameen and Amir remembered the song, we sang it all together. Off we went to a far off land that was very white and snowy... Where we found a Penguin! Mohammed saw it, in amongst all the mist and the icicles, and fortunately he was able to speak the special Penguin language of this land! He let us all know that this poor wee shy penguin was lost! It looked very worried, so we were so glad when Bayan said she knew the way to her home! We all bravely followed Bayan, trudging [...]

The Wee Penguin who Loved Snowball Fights2023-03-06T10:08:28+00:00

A Mucky Monsters’ Brew!!!

2023-03-02T10:26:24+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Messy play makes for hilarious play! Saturday 25th February We concocted a glorious Mucky Brew covering ourselves with eggshells and soil, crumbled unicorn cookies, honey, flour, a bucket of chocolate pudding, raw eggs, honey on our legs & uncooked porridge in our mouths… Beautifully sticky! Fabulously stinky! Incredibly revolting! HILARIOUSLY MESSY! And out of that fabulously stinky mess, a very messy bunch of Monsters appeared! We met One Leg Unicorn Monster & Bat Monster, Smart Monster & Scary Monster, Smelly Fly Monster, The Hattery Monster with her bag of hats, Spider Monster, Magic Monster & even Hero Monster came along. Worried Monster found a wee ball but all the other Monsters knew that was no ordinary ball but a Magic Ball and so our messy journey began! All the monsters landed in a cave that had a rather weird echo… we tried roaring and Magic Monster played with the echo by making a groovy sound that came back even groovier. A few spiders appeared and as Nest Monster was telling everyone how unsure about them she was, a much bigger spider showed up! The Monsters wanted to chase it away but they discovered the spider was upset- ‘I got many legs but I don’t know what to do with them’. [...]

A Mucky Monsters’ Brew!!!2023-03-02T10:26:24+00:00

Chef Guacamole and the Birthday Pickle

2023-02-21T13:00:42+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! ‘We could make the biggest cake in the world!’ Tuesday 21st February Chef Guacamole & side-kick Chef Octopus Jelly were in a bit of a pickle. The biggest celebration in town was about to take place on Saturday and our chef friends were quite unprepared. You see, all the children of the town share the same birthday and this special occasion definitely needs a bit of flair. ‘But the children are just SO BORED of our recipes!’ said Chef Guacamole ‘Yes! They are no longer so interested in my delicious octopus jellies …' sighed Chef Octopus Jelly ‘We could make the biggest cake in the world!’ The fabulous Storyplay Chefs came to the rescue.  ‘Oh wow! Will you help us? We could do with the help of some very creative chefs from around the world.’ Mrs Purple Chef makes purple food and Rainbow Chef makes rainbow cakes. Tiger Chef cooks chocolate and collaborates with his close friend Ketchup Chef. Chef Junior makes tomato pasta and Colourful Chef makes colourful food. Even the famous Ninja Chef came by to help! ‘Right chefs! Let’s get going!’  The Recipe       A great big egg to start chili sauce and rice and salt, a scary [...]

Chef Guacamole and the Birthday Pickle2023-02-21T13:00:42+00:00

The friendly spider and the 100% Spicy Cake!

2023-02-21T12:57:55+00:00

Porridge & Play Castlemilk is a Licketyspit Storyplay project for families with 3-8 year olds in the area. Find all of Porridge & Play Castlemilk's adventures here! Blog posts are written by Sarah! Back for a winter family meet up! Wednesday 15th February What fabulous adventures we had at Castlemilk Library with all our friends and their families on Wednesday! After a very groovy Dancing Warm-up, a meeting with lots of Funky animals and some very Mucky Brew, we dressed up as lots of wonderful characters. This included the amazing Mrs Silly from Silly-land created by Abdul, who got us to do lots of silly moves that made us feel great. Then suddenly, Ruby spotted the Magic Ball! Of course it was extremely tiny,  so we had to blow it up to fit us all in. Then we stepped inside and zipped ourselves up, ready for a new adventure. We talked of going to Africa, to Birmingham, to Space, to Candy-land and when we did actually arrive, we found ourselves facing a giant spider!  We quickly had to decide what to do next. First we were very afraid and shouted out “Stop annoying us!”, then we considered some bug spray, but the spider did actually seem a bit scared of us, so we couldn’t do that, then Sayeda finally came up with the plan of [...]

The friendly spider and the 100% Spicy Cake!2023-02-21T12:57:55+00:00

Mermaid Ice Cream and a Pool Party!

2023-02-14T11:48:25+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Tuesday 14th February Kick-abouts, meeting Mr Hand, Mermaid ice cream making techniques & a Pool Party? It must be a Magic Ball Adventure! Saturday morning, still cold outside but look over there there's the sun! Get together online with your pals and find that groove is the heart. People are magic, unique yet the same We love to dress up with jelly on our head! Magic Ball Magic Ball tell us where we’re gonna go Football Land with Lady Dragon kick-abouts and Ball Pool fun Swimming down deeper and deeper 'til we meet up with Mr Hand! ‘I am lost! can you help me?’ Ope talked about a map Sam read it for everybody ‘We must all swim-  and quite fast!’ And together we dive deeper til we hit a lovely cave where a Mermaid makes seaweed ice cream and she teaches the best way to mash, crush, flavour and shake! We made fabulous ice creams, we chilled in pink lemonade, we had a glorious Pool Party 'til it was time to go away. ‘Everybody! To my house!’ Victoria said to everyone we popped in and got some cookies We love Storyplay fun! By Taz, Sarah, Andre & The Saturday Pals [...]

Mermaid Ice Cream and a Pool Party!2023-02-14T11:48:25+00:00

Grannies and Dragons? We’re back online!

2023-02-07T10:54:22+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Tuesday 7th February Full house at the first Storyplay City Online session of 2023!!! Our very keen Saturday lot were beaming with expectation and the Licketyspit team couldn’t stop smiling as more and more friends arrived to Storyplay together! Saturdays are even more exciting with friends and family coming together for imaginary play, songs, rhymes, games and whatever surprises we’ll create using the great power of our imaginations. It seemed rather fitting to kick start with a dance to a tune that makes everyone ‘Happy’ and to follow it with our warm up game Big As Bear! Do you know the Angry Dragon? It goes ‘Huff and Puff! Huff and Puff! Huff and Puff!’ We also became Barking Dogs, Funky Bikes, Happy Unicorns and Silly Ducks. We were all very ready for a Dressing Up and we transformed into very special Grannies! We had Granny Leopard who is very fast and makes chocolate chips and white chocolate cookies very fast too. And what about Cool Granny and RockStar Granny? We met Granny Bunny who loves soup in the morning and Granny Doctor who can tell what’s wrong with you in a flash and advise you on the best treatment! Granny Artist loves to draw and Granny Happy Kind lives [...]

Grannies and Dragons? We’re back online!2023-02-07T10:54:22+00:00

A Rollicking time in Ruchill!!

2022-11-24T10:52:45+00:00

Saturday 19th November 2022 We had an amazing time at our Porridge & Play Ruchill & Online celebration! It was so lovely to see all our families together in one big space and wonderful to join up with our online crew too and have so much fun together! We all started with a brilliant boogie which warmed us up ready for an afternoon adventure. As well as the Funky Chicken, we also met the Funky Unicorn, the Cheeky Cheetah and the Funky Dinosaur and many other fascinating creatures! Then, when we dressed up as forest creatures, Sean turned into a fox, Gabby became a squirrel,  Fares was a super spinning animal, Bukky was a cat  and we also had a buffalo, a bear, elephants, deer and a spiritual animal! We all looked for the Magic Ball and Gabby found it very quickly, which was marvellous, and with so many friends, we blew it up in no time at all. Very soon we found ourselves in a forest and as we moved through the trees, we spied a bear who had lost his cave, so we had to help him find it again. When we got there it was very dark, but also nice and cosy and we soon realised that the bear was hungry. Well, we wanted to make the bear happy again and luckily we figured out that Bear liked honey and [...]

A Rollicking time in Ruchill!!2022-11-24T10:52:45+00:00

A Week 6 Whiteinch Celebration!

2022-11-23T10:38:42+00:00

Wednesday 16th November 2022 This week we had our fabulous celebration! It was so much much fun getting dressed up as forest animals! We had lots of birds with one from the bird cave, a bear, a bat and a fox and also some unknown animals from unknown places. The Magic Ball was nowhere to be found until luckily Zofia found it and we climbed inside, zipped ourselves in and decided where we might go? Well, we ended up in a beautiful forest where the bird cave was and we started looking around for wolves until all of a sudden there was a mighty howling and we found two actual wolves! The only problem was, we couldn’t understand them, so Aseel and Ellie did a great job of communicating with them, because we soon discovered that the wolves were hungry and needed some food. We were so glad they were friendly wolves and didn’t want to eat us, so we happily fed them! After a while the biggest wolf started drawing a picture in the air and we wondered what he was trying to tell us, then suddenly, we realised he was drawing a clock-face and he just wanted to play his favourite game, which  was “What’s The Time Mr Wolf?" Well, we didn’t need to be asked  twice, we all love that game and were happy [...]

A Week 6 Whiteinch Celebration!2022-11-23T10:38:42+00:00

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