Mini Worlds With Ali

2021-11-24T12:48:29+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to join. 19th, 20th and 21st October We had a fantastic third week of Family Art Voyage with our guest artist Ali Maclaurin who taught us how to make our own mini worlds using whatever we could find around our house… or in our garden!  Ali read us a poem called ‘The Island’ by A. A. Milne which made us think about what our own mini world might be like.. What colours would we see? What could we smell? What could we hear? What did the ground feel like? What animals could would live there? With all of these brilliant ideas and images in our heads, we set to work to MAKE our mini worlds! And what brilliant worlds they were! With Ali to fire our imaginations we got to creating our own Mini worlds! Using cardboard, glue, paint and colour we managed to create and explore our very own Mini Worlds. Ali helped us to unlock all the potential our Mini worlds had to offer and what worlds they are! We used... Upside down yoghurt pots make wonderful hills! Pencils stuck in lumps [...]

Mini Worlds With Ali2021-11-24T12:48:29+00:00

Musical Theatre with Caitlin

2021-11-24T12:48:45+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to join. 6th, 7th, 9th October We had a fantastic second week of Family Art Voyage with our guest artist Caitlin Forbes who joined us on zoom from Caithness, in the north of Scotland. We learned all about Musical Theatre in her workshop all about chefs! First of all we had to come up with our chef CHARACTER! What did our chef look like? What kind of food did we cook? What was our personality like?  We met many chefs like ‘Chef Bunny Bun who was lovely and made cakes!’  Then we were ready to play a game of ‘YES CHEF!’ In this game we took turns being the ‘head chef’ who gave instructions to everyone else in their kitchen!  'Yes Chef' Game ‘Clean the kitchen!’ ‘Stir the Soup!’ ‘Chop the peppers!’  ‘Sweep the floor!’ After ‘YES CHEF,’ we used chefs instructions and tasks to come up with a dance routine! Caitlin taught us that anyone can make up a dance just by thinking of actions. For example: if the action is [...]

Musical Theatre with Caitlin2021-11-24T12:48:45+00:00

Dancing & Drumming with Adie & Thomas

2021-11-24T12:48:52+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to join. I love my ice-cream I love my ice-cubes (Injeela) sugar and butter! I love my school, I love my life and I love everyone at Licketyspit! (Emmanuel) sugar and butter! ‘LET’S ALL PLAY THE DRUM, LET’S PLAY THE DRUM!’ We had such a FANTASTIC time at last week’s sessions with Thomas and Adie. They joined us on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday for the most brilliant and exciting workshops where we learnt a Kpanlogo drumming rhythm, some Ghanaian dancing and the ‘Sugar & Butter’ song! Thomas and Adie had great big Djembe drums from Ghana, but they told us that to learn drumming all you need is a mixing bowl or cooking pot from your kitchen! Everyone made brilliant drums from bowls, Tupperware boxes, and even great big yoghurt pots! Thomas showed us how to hold our bowls between our knees and which parts of our hands to use to make different sounds. Then we learnt a Kpanlogo’ rhythm which went along with these words: ‘LET’S ALL PLAY THE DRUM, LET’S PLAY THE DRUM!’ We them learnt a whole dance routine [...]

Dancing & Drumming with Adie & Thomas2021-11-24T12:48:52+00:00

Jelly Catwalks around the World

2021-09-28T12:00:18+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to join. Jelly Catwalks around the world With a cast of characters to behold! Meet them all and don't be shy Or you might get donuts in your eyes! The Canada Jelly Catwalk Thursday 23.09.21 After an energetic and very creative round of Funky Chicken we all dressed up with magnificent gusto and displayed the most fabulous skills in becoming characters. We hopped in the Magic Ball and ended up in Canada where Fred With Jelly On His Head was in a bit of a pickle and needed to recruit a team of misfits to attend the world famous Canada Jelly Catwalk with him… ’I drew the Magic Ball cause I like to go in it. It’s a multicolour one, that’s how I imagine it.Today I didn’t have anywhere specific really to go so I’d like to see where other people would like to go’ 'This is about the Magic Ball because I liked it and the dressing up and me and my friend were dressed up as a ninja’ ‘Here I have me, of course and this is my [...]

Jelly Catwalks around the World2021-09-28T12:00:18+00:00

Storyplay City is Back!

2021-09-22T11:43:03+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to join. Magic Brews at Witches Convention Wolves, Mermaids, Sharks  more than I can mention! Read on to find out what where we've been The tales we've heard and the things we've seen... The Magic Bee Hive 11.09.22 This Bee House, this Bee Hive is magic, you know? Just have a wee taste of this honeycomb delicious and juicy and sweet and sticky just take a wee drop and you might feel so lucky  Buzzzzzz   Buzzzzzzz      Can you hear us?  We are BUZZING! We are now Honey Bees and our flight is so dazzling! We make lovely patterns high up in the air, We explore all the flowers, the trees and the heather! And thanks to the Transformer sweet that we had we are now back to Humans for some sliding fun! Look how huge and high this enormous chute is! If you get stuck …  we will help you up … you will feel so brave … as if you could fly … Now here at the top we must flex and twist get our bodies ready for the exciting WHEEEEEEEEE! Can you [...]

Storyplay City is Back!2021-09-22T11:43:03+00:00

New Porridge & Play Hubs!

2021-11-24T16:34:45+00:00

7th September 2021 We are thrilled to announce that Licketyspit has been funded by the New Scots Integration Fund to set up two new Porridge & Play Hubs in Glasgow!  Porridge & Play Hubs - Castlemilk & East End will be delivered in partnership with Storyplay Champion partners, parents/carers and children from these communities, with open sessions starting in the new year. The project has been designed in consultation with the Licketyspit Children & Families Network and draws on Licketyspit’s highly successful and well-evaluated intergenerational imaginary play project Big Porridge & Play Glasgow. We chose Castlemilk and the East End for this expansion because of the high numbers of asylum-seeking families living in and around these areas who have joined Licketyspit’s Porridge & Play Online sessions and further, because of the enthusiasm of our local partners to learn about and use Licketyspit’s Storyplay approach. Thank you very much for the opportunity to learn and play with my child. It has been a magical experience. They're like your best friends Like a big family round a table! Don't know where we'd be without this...no one's judging there's lots of acceptance, feels like we're being brought into the community. We learned a lot of new games and we keep on playing them during daytime as well and we both enjoy it. We are [...]

New Porridge & Play Hubs!2021-11-24T16:34:45+00:00

Family Art Voyage

2025-03-31T15:52:10+00:00

30th July 2021 Exciting opportunity for Artists to deliver workshops for Licketyspit Children & Families Network Licketyspit children’s theatre & play organisation seeks 6 artists to deliver 3 online workshops for 3-12 year olds and their parents/carers. Developed in close consultation with our Children & Families Network (CFN), Family Art Voyage seeks to take families on a shared voyage of creative discovery, in the familiar, supportive setting of their Licketyspit Porridge & Play group. We are looking for artists from a wide range of disciplines who have exuberance, strong social skills, a commitment to children’s human rights and a passion for social justice and equal access to the arts. CFN Children have expressed a particular enthusiasm for rap, chalk art, collage, dance and music but we are open to all artforms & workshop proposals that can be delivered effectively to this intergenerational age-group via Zoom. Successful applicants will receive a 2-hour training session in Licketyspit’s Children’s Rights-based ‘Storyplay’ approach to child and family engagement and Licketyspit’s Children’s Rights Guide for Artists. Session delivery must be rights-based and you will be supported by 2 of Licketyspit’s experienced Actor-Pedagogues. Please email shona@licketyspit.com for full job description & application. Deadline for applications, Monday 30th August at 11pm. Funded by Awards for All. Previous Feedback Feedback from Family Art Voyage [...]

Family Art Voyage2025-03-31T15:52:10+00:00

Margaret & Magnus at the Museum!

2023-05-02T16:27:27+00:00

Watch the film and join Margaret and Magnus on an adventure round the National Museum of Scotland!They are joined by intrepid adventurers Mahek, Franky, Zofia, Shullamite, Simon, Jessica and Lily Rose. What animals will they find? What places will they discover? Will they travel back in time?These Storyplay champions helped us make the film via Zoom.Watch it now and remember to play along at home! 10th January 2022 Film Premiere on Friday 21st January 2022 at 4.30pm! We held a live premiere of our very first Margaret & Magnus Film. We watched the 15 minute film together on Zoom before meeting Margaret & Magnus for a Q&A and some play! We also heard from the museum team about how to have your own adventure at the National Museum of Scotland! Trailer 28th July 2021 In May 2020, we were meant to be running a Picnic & Play session at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Unfortunately, when the Pandemic hit, this was one activity we couldn't take online...at least not immediately. Ever the innovators, the Licketyspit team starting to hatch a plan with the Engagement Team at the Museum of Scotland to create a virtual alternative. After some time (and a few more lockdowns) at the start of July 2021 we finally got to the museum with Aaron Films [...]

Margaret & Magnus at the Museum!2023-05-02T16:27:27+00:00

Wild Adventures of the Wednesday Crew

2021-07-13T10:21:11+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to join. We have spoken the language of seagulls, And eaten our way out of jelly, We’ve rocked our way out of the teacup house, And soared on the back of our Lily! We’ve sipped the juice of the Ugly Bug Fountain, That tasted a lot like pizza and pie, We met Bella Spears, And John Mackay, Who go to bed with strange things, On their noses and eyes!! We are the Wednesday crew, WOHOO! We go on the wildest adventures! So sit tight and we’ll tell you the tale, of 3 weeks of extraordinary fantasticosical ventures!! Big Wednesday June Blog In the MAGIC BALL we fly, And fall, Into places you might never find….. In Week 1 we landed on the longest beach we’d seen in our whole life! A flock of seagulls appeared out of nowhere and pecked at our feet! Shoo! Felicia spoke in Seagull language to get them to fly away! ‘Caw caw!’ She cried as we ran and ran until we jumped in the sea - it was lovely and calm, yippee! But [...]

Wild Adventures of the Wednesday Crew2021-07-13T10:21:11+00:00

Porridge & Play in Kelvingrove Park!

2021-07-02T08:23:53+00:00

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to join. Saturday 26th June Do you know what to do if you ever find yourself stuck inside a dinosaur’s belly? Tickling it until it burps you out usually works a treat! And if you are at this side of the Seine river in Paris and fancy a snack after a refreshing swim, we very much recommend you visit the great wee cafe run by this brilliant lady who does French bread sandwiches, milkshakes and the best ever cake! The sky's the limit with a magic ball Have you ever been caught up floating in the galaxy but needed to move faster instead of slowly?Then you should have a shot at Adesiree’s fast flying shoes to move fast in space! And you may be interested in visiting Magic Land were unicorns can make you big and fast dancing, or turn you and your friends into unicorns or where, as Tobi discovered, there’s a science fair run by fairies who talk and bake tiny cake and brew tiny tea that makes so tiny you could take a lift on the back of a butterfly! All [...]

Porridge & Play in Kelvingrove Park!2021-07-02T08:23:53+00:00

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