Family Hide and Seek in the Wood…

2026-07-28T11:17:18+00:00

Feels free and unexpected and really good! We played in many different ways and had great chats sitting in the shade. First we warmed up with a song Then made our bodies thin and long Round and bouncy Jelly like Strong as giants Feather light Everyone dressed up in different ways We had a fairy who learns how to twirl A fairy who eats bugs We had a bumblebee living in a tree We had a dragon fly and a ladybird turning into a spider with a pink web! Zara the Butterfly and Kim the Butterfly had a rivalry…ooh! Rosy Butterfly liked to EAT caterpillars Then there was the French Chef Marcell who made delicious dishes as well Muhammed the Genie’s friend could ask the Genie for 3 wishes And not far away were Blue Fish Ammar and a Blue Bottle Fly A Larvae that was yet to evolve, wanted to grow into a cricket. Muhammed the Genie’s friend helped her get her wish, and a cricket she became! And finally a Goblin and a French Pirate... Joined us for our games! We danced and made up funny rhymes, with animals stinky and silly and wild! We let loose in the children’s wood, making fries, steak and noodles in the mud kitchen. We climbed on the tightrope and the bouncy web. And played in the sand with [...]

Family Hide and Seek in the Wood…2026-07-28T11:17:18+00:00

Forest Storyplay with Bridgeton Pals

2026-07-23T09:47:44+00:00

Hanging out with pals in the sun, there’s nothing quite like it! While unfortunately a few of our friends weren’t well this week, those that were hopped on the minibus from Bridgeton and joined us for a super Storyplay session at the Children’s Wood. We warmed up, dressed up and suddenly we were joined by Scary Movie - ‘I can eat everybody!’ - a scary monster who moves fast and chases people! A Giant Dinosaur called Risen who lives in 100 countries and likes to eat trees A Scary Cat with sharp sharp claws A Big Dinosaur who eats people Mummy Cat (Scary Cat’s mummy!) Scary Kitten (Scary Cat’s sister, of course) A Happy Bug called Fillipe A Builder Dinosaur who wants to build a tower for the Bug Fillipe A Goblin who likes to eat ladybugs feet for breakfast And Peaches the Fairy who eats plenty of spinach We felt a bit worried about getting eaten. Especially the bugs and beasties who live in the Children’s Wood! So Scary Movie gave the Goblin a lollypop, which helped change his diet. And Peaches the Fairy gave everyone some spinach. It made us all dance! Later on, we met a Robot Dragon a Sad Elephant and Cat, and a Zombie Elephant - in a game of Funky Chicken initiated by the Scary Cat. We were also [...]

Forest Storyplay with Bridgeton Pals2026-07-23T09:47:44+00:00

FOREST STORYPLAY ’26 at THE CHILDREN’S WOOD!

2026-07-21T15:22:52+00:00

Sunshine and outdoor play for all! Another brilliant session at The Children’s Wood… The sun was already shining, and we could all feel that it was going to be a proper hot Summer’s Day in Glasgow! Licketyspit families strolled into The Children’s Wood with big smiles and full of hugs from everyone. Today some families were meeting old friends and also making new ones, as some of the participants haven’t met each other before and Storyplay is a great way to connect with each other! We got active quickly with our Warm-up Rhyme ‘Big as a House’ and with a rather jumpy game of Funky Chicken! Dressing-up was fantastic and being outdoors certainly inspired everyone… Ruby became Diana the Dragon Fly who flies about looking for mushrooms Deon was John the Really Bad Dragon - ‘I do good things though! I get food for people; I live in a flat and I have a dog named Niko and a cat named Peanut.’ Ada turned into Victoria the Nun who likes wildlife and eats cornflakes for breakfast. Zac was Pear Trader from Ninety-nine nights - ‘I live in the forest, and people bring me pearls and I trade them for stuff’ Yasna was Owl the Owl who scares people!  Shanmukha became Chef Shanm who likes to make and eat pizza. Iris was Diane The Dragon who [...]

FOREST STORYPLAY ’26 at THE CHILDREN’S WOOD!2026-07-21T15:22:52+00:00

FOREST STORYPLAY ’26 at THE CHILDREN’S WOOD!

2026-07-21T15:25:49+00:00

Forest Storyplay is BACK and The Children’s Wood looks stunning! Cloudy in the morning, still gorgeous though. Full of life and beauty here at the Meadow. Trees bursting with green leaves. The lovely flowers are all out. You can see the busy bees Buzzing, flying all around! The Children’s Wood is kind to us We love it here and we have fun! Warming up with great wee rhymes, Trying dance steps all the time. Dressing up becomes more vibrant, When the Summer sun shines so bright. Funky Chicken? Ready to jump! Someone became a wee Sleepy cat, Two wobbly giraffes were in the Wood! We met a Happy Sea lion too! The Children’s Wood is kind to us We love it here and we have fun! A great big game of Stuck in The Mud Everyone laughing and running so fast! If you are IT you need to TIG, if you get TAGGED, you are STUCK in the mud! But don’t you worry, here are your pals Ready to free you so you can RUN FREE! Family Hide & Seek is exciting in the Wood. A whole family is IT and they have to be smooth. Other families hide trying not to be found some inside the bushes, others low on the ground… The Children’s Wood is kind to us We love it here and [...]

FOREST STORYPLAY ’26 at THE CHILDREN’S WOOD!2026-07-21T15:25:49+00:00

P&P26 BRIDGETON – Celebration & Zombie impersonation!

2026-06-23T10:20:42+00:00

At the last session of this Porridge & Play block we celebrated 5-weeks of Storyplaying together -  in Zombie Style… In Storyplay you can DO ANYTHING… Bridgeton families love it here Bridgeton families dance and cheer! We love moving our bodies, learning new steps and shapes and rhythms - children and grown-ups all shared their ideas in the Dancing Warm up! Funky Chicken is another old favourite at Bridgeton Hub! Every week we start with a round of Funky Chicken - is such a great game to get your imagination going quickly, by thinking of an animal and how it might move and sound! And so, on this last session - Malak created a Happy penguin Mohammed thought of a Happy Seagull Miriam imagined an Ugly Pig Retaj became a Funny Horse Moira embodied a Singing Cow Amar transformed into a Groovy Lizard Lin was a Sneaky Cat Big Mohammed offered a Dancing Tiger Alan created a Wrestling Alligator Salah showed us a Silly Monkey Abakr was a  Foxy Dadoodee Aleen became a Speaking Cat Girisha was a Fire Lion Lin embodied a Slow Turtle Arafa jumped as a Happy frog Maab became a Naughty Seagull!   At Storyplay you can BE ANYONE… Another ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE game for the Bridgeton families is Dressing Up - they cannot wait for the big Dressing Up bag to [...]

P&P26 BRIDGETON – Celebration & Zombie impersonation!2026-06-23T10:20:42+00:00

P&P26 CASTLEMILK – Forest Creatures & Wolves!

2026-06-19T11:49:18+00:00

It was the last session of this block at Castlemilk Library and we all feel like we are great big family! We get in our circle cause circles are cool, Nerea plays music, we dance and we groove, A twirly fun Conga made with all our pals To get us all started and warm up our hearts! Make yourself big as House or As small as a mouse! As Thin as a pin! Or maybe a string?? As round as a ball, As a tree, very tall! Wobbly as jelly, Buzzy as a bee Have a wee think… What else could you be? Funky Chicken is an old-time favourite, Castlemilk families are so fast at it - They all come up with fantastic ideas, Take a wee look at what we have here… Poppy's Kangaroo was Cheeky, And Kim’s Snake rather Stinky, Haaris brought a Snow Turtle, And Anusha invited a Sneaky Sea lion  Zara’s Horse was Jumpy, And Caroline’s Dog was Dancing, Sayeda brought a Happy Cat, And Ammar’s Penguin was Fast!  Shabana’s Elephant was Angry Rumaisa’s Sealion was Dancing Abu thought of a Naughty Eagle And we also met a Strong Mohammed! Let’s Dress Up as Forest Creatures, And imagine what we can be? Butterflies, midges or rabbits, A squirrel, fox, bat or a flea! Haaris – ‘I am a hacker creeper, and [...]

P&P26 CASTLEMILK – Forest Creatures & Wolves!2026-06-19T11:49:18+00:00

P&P26 MARYHILL – A Monstrous celebration!

2026-06-19T11:16:22+00:00

These Monsters are weird.. These Monster are fun! Are these monsters real? They are all our pals! What a brilliant last session we had at Maryhill Hub! We danced, we Funky Chicken'd, we played Letter to My Love and of course we dressed up! This time as a fantasmagoric collection of Monsters - monsters of all kinds and sizes, with all sorts of favourite things to eat and do, with particular skills and even …secrets! Scott became ZomDaddy – I eat coco pops’  Iris – ‘I’m a dragon, I can fly’  Violet was a Two-tailed Monster – ‘I live at home in the ground. I live on my own, I like living on my own. Sometimes Evie comes to visit.’  Evie – ‘I am an Artist Baker Monster. I like to play in the playground, I play Hopscotch’.  Shriyansh  transformed into the Sky Monster – ‘I jump high and I live in the sky’  Ada was a Baby Monster who couldn’t speak yet!.  Rita – ‘I’m the Gruffalo’  Maya – ‘I’m a ghost, I am 95 years old.’  Zoe – ‘I’m a dragon. I’m a Fire Dragon. I cook with my fire and I cook meat, animals and also people’  Zac – ‘ I am the Blood Gollum and I eat bones! This pair of tights around my neck is lava running down my neck…That [...]

P&P26 MARYHILL – A Monstrous celebration!2026-06-19T11:16:22+00:00

P&P26 BRIDGETON – Monsters, Monsters everywhere!

2026-06-15T12:55:25+00:00

In a deep, cold and dark forest or a warm and sunny one In a cave with bones and cobwebs or in a two-bedroom flat... Monsters, Monsters everywhere Happy, scary and funny ones Monsters, Monsters everywhere Cheery Monsters at Bridgeton Hub! Girisha says - ‘I am a Red Monster and I am really scary. I can make it rain and I can make it STOP!’  Mohammed says - ‘I’m a monster who can make people pause.’  Alan is Larry the lumberjack Monster he says - ‘I live in a cave.’  Aleen says - ‘I’m a Blueberry Cup Cake Monster and I dance with this outfit. I live in a Cup Cake house.’   These monsters love to dance and draw, play Funky Chicken till it’s hot! These monsters may seem scary, But I promise you they’re not!   Monsters, Monsters everywhere Happy, scary and funny ones Monsters, Monsters everywhere Cheery Monsters at Bridgeton Hub!   Mariam says - ‘I’m a Monster Pants and I save food, so I am actually a superhero’.  Mohammed is Super Granny Monster - 'I am here to destroy the other monsters. I live in a hut. I can freeze everyone. I live with another monster’  Summer says ‘I am Monster Teddy Bear and I can fly. I live on a mountain.            It is always sunny’.   These Monsters love fruit! [...]

P&P26 BRIDGETON – Monsters, Monsters everywhere!2026-06-15T12:55:25+00:00

P&P26 CASTLEMILK- A Head Chef and floating to the moon…

2026-06-15T12:29:29+00:00

Poor Bun Brother was a bit preoccupied although you wouldn’t think so when we first met him… ‘Aye, Aye, Aye I’m The Best, I’m the Best clap, clap, clap clap, clap, clap  We are the Bun Brothers; we are like no other! ‘ He was singing and cheering and clapping and he got us all involved in singing about him and his brother and how they are the best and they are like no other when suddenly… Poor Bun Brother realised that he was on his own, without his brother (who couldn’t come) and he was in a right pickle because he couldn’t remember any of his fantastic recipes! But his sadness didn’t last long as soon as he realised he had arrived in Castlemilk Library where he discovered a Delicious Crew of Brilliantly Creative CHEFs!! There was Angel Chef, Cool Chef whose speciality is pizza, Crazy Chef, Pizza Pie Chef, Mean Chef who is a dog as well as a chef, Fairy Chef, Prince Chef, Ninja Chef who specialises in Chocolate Milk, Sad Chef & Happy Chef, Wee Chef, Jamaica Chef & the world-famous Candyfloss Chef!  ‘Marvellous! We can work together and create a sublime recipe for an out of this world CAKE!!’ - the Bun Brother was beside himself. So we got working…we had a massive bowl in the middle. There were so [...]

P&P26 CASTLEMILK- A Head Chef and floating to the moon…2026-06-15T12:29:29+00:00

P&P 26 MARYHILL – A Chef with a very important mission….

2026-06-15T11:57:33+00:00

The CONVENTION of Maryhill Road Chefs was in full swing this week at Community Central Hall... Incredible Chefs were arriving from all over the world for a sensational display of terrific cooking skills! People had gathered from far and wide to meet these incredible Chefs and to learn about their wacky creations… With the power of a Dressing Up Bag - (our bag full of old clothes and imaginings) - our inventive families transformed themselves into characters capable of extraordinary, ordinary and beautiful things! And today they became very special Chefs - with intriguing cooking specialities…. Violet was Cooking McCookson - who cooks sea monsters to perfection! - delish! Xiyu was Chef Sheffle - who makes strawberry doughnuts - yum! Shriyansh was Chef Kippa - who cooks Dinosaur Steaks - wow! Iris was Chef Strawberry - who makes special strawberry jam with lollipops in it - very special! Ada was Chef of Delights, a French chef - she adds her Secret Vanilla that she makes herself to all her baking -watch out for what her vanilla may do to you! Rita was Chef Old - a ghost that can still be seen and can cook - spooky! Thrishitha became Indian Chef - who specialises in Biryani, Chicken Biryani - funky! Sparkle Evie Chef puts sprinkles on top of everything that she makes - cunning! Maya [...]

P&P 26 MARYHILL – A Chef with a very important mission….2026-06-15T11:57:33+00:00

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