Storyplay is Back at St Mary’s Primary!

2020-01-31T17:22:40+00:00

26th August 2019 We are very excited to be coming back to St Mary's R.C. Primary in Maryhill next month for another Storyplay Schools residency! Ruby, one of our lead actor-pedagogues, will be in this week to meet with the Primary One teachers ahead of LicketyLeap starting on September 11th, with our artistic director Virginia, and lead actor-pedagogue Taz. Every child in Primary One will take part in LicketyLeap and parents and carers will be getting a letter about this unique immersive theatre experience soon. Parents and carers will also be invited to attend Session 2 of LicketyLeap with your child(ren), on September 17th, 18th or 19th in the morning or afternoon. Your child's teacher will let you know which day to come. The LicketyLeap experience can have a very positive impact on your child's learning and development and it is really great for them if you can share the experience with them in Session 2, so we really hope you can come. To find out more about Storyplay, click here, and visit the St Mary's Storyplay page to see what we did last year, and find photos and drawings from Storyplay at St Mary's. We'll also be doing Playcard Play and Porridge & Play later this year. Parents and carers are warmly invited to take part in Porridge & Play so look out for a letter home inviting you [...]

Storyplay is Back at St Mary’s Primary!2020-01-31T17:22:40+00:00

Holiday Play – Week 6

2019-08-12T15:45:59+00:00

Final few days of the Summer Holidays…!! A good chance to play a few more games, craft a few more artworks and enjoy family play time together before you go back to school! To kick you back into action, this week we are singing our funny action song - Jelly on His Head, making puppets from old socks and turning & twisting our heads with some very fun word games! Read about them below. Tell us HOW YOU GET ON with these games and crafts and we would love to see PHOTOS & DRAWINGS of your family play time & creations to share with other network families! You can send them to us by email at CFN@licketyspit.com or through our social media pages on Facebook or Twitter! Lickety Play Card Game You can make great props for this song out of junk! A painted Egg Box can be a Jelly on your Head! You can cut up an old cereal box to make Doughnut Glasses or a Fried Egg for your face or Bananas for your hair! You can paint the cardboard or stick paper on it and paint that if the paint won’t stick! But you can probably think of lots of other ways to make these props! We’d love to hear about how you get on or see a photo! (Don’t put real Jelly on your head will you! [...]

Holiday Play – Week 62019-08-12T15:45:59+00:00

Holiday Play – Week 5

2019-08-09T10:44:37+00:00

A week and a half left until the school term starts??! How did it come around so quick??! Not to worry, Licketyspit is here to keep the summer spirit going! And so this week we are DRESSING UP!! Have you been somewhere new this summer – park, gallery? Made new friends? Read a new book? Anything can be used as an inspiration when dressing up & creating characters! We are also making our very own RAINBOWS and setting off on an INSECTS & BUGS discovery adventure! Read below to find out more! Lickety Play Card Game Did you know that in Lickety games we NEVER use specially made costumes? We believe that all you need to create a limitless array of wonderful, fascinating & unique characters is your imagination and some old clothes – tights, tops, scarfs, hats, skirts, bags, glasses, blankets or whatever you can get your hands on! It’s amazing what you can create! Here are some wonderful creations by our network families: We would LOVE to see what you do and share it on our website! Just email photos to CFN@licketyspit and tell us you’re happy [...]

Holiday Play – Week 52019-08-09T10:44:37+00:00

Holiday Play – Week 4

2019-07-29T15:22:56+00:00

For the fourth week of joyful Summer Holidays, we have decided to play The Bear & The Honeypot! Can you sneakily creep up on the Bear and steal the Honey Pot without being caught??! This week we are also very excited to be sharing crafts & activities kindly suggested by some of our Children & Families Network families! Read further to find out more. Tell us HOW YOU GET ON with these games and crafts and we would love to see PHOTOS & DRAWINGS of your family play time & creations to share with other families! You can send them to us by email at CFN@licketyspit.com or through social media – Facebook or Twitter! We can’t wait to hear from you! Lickety Play Card Game Activity of the week Painting Did you know that you can use various household items to make fascinating artworks?! You can use anything from sponges, straws, yarn, crumpled up tin foil to cotton balls or tied-up earbuds! Anything you like, simply dip into some paint & let your imagination run wild! Weeeee! If you don’t have any items handy you can simply FINGER PAINT which creates some unique patterns & prints! Check out these wonderful finger & earbud tree paintings by Piyanshu! Tips & Handy Hints Your children will never be bored if you always take [...]

Holiday Play – Week 42019-07-29T15:22:56+00:00

Holiday Play – Week 3

2019-07-22T11:14:28+00:00

Pirate Joke: Why pirates are awesome? Because they just AAARRR!   (he he he!) This week we are playing PIRATES! And showing how to build your own SELLOTAPE WORLD & make a musical INSTRUMENT out of JUNK! (LICKETY TIP!  If you can find an old box and keep it under a table or somewhere out of the way, you can collect junk for making things like models or collages with a bit of tape or glue to stick things together & maybe some paint! Things like cereal boxes, empty plastic bottles, cardboard tubes, tooth-paste lids & boxes! Almost anything! Then one day if you’re looking for something to do you can get put your box of junk and make something!) Please tell us HOW YOU GET ON with these games and crafts and SEND US PHOTOS & DRAWINGS of your family play time & creations so you can inspire other families! We can’t wait to hear from you! Children are the EXPERTS at play! Please email us at CFN@licketyspit.com or send it through social media – Facebook or Twitter! Lickety Play Card Game It’s a good idea to dress up as a pirate for his game! Licketyspit doesn’t buy costumes. We just collect old clothes – tops, skirts, jackets, trousers, scarves, hats, old sunglasses! - for a Dressing-Up bag or box. This kind of dressing up can let you create hundreds of different costumes [...]

Holiday Play – Week 32019-07-22T11:14:28+00:00

Holiday Play – Week 2

2019-07-15T11:10:45+00:00

This week we have some special recommendations for all ages! We are reminding you of how to play the Duck, Duck, Goose Lickety PlayCard game, showing you how to build a WORLD from paper scraps and make FUNNY ANIMALS from picnic food to make it even more delicious! Please tell us HOW YOU GET ON with these games and crafts and SEND US PHOTOS & DRAWINGS of your family play time & creations so you can inspire other families! We can’t wait to hear from you! Children are the EXPERTS at play! Please email us at CFN@licketyspit.com or send it through social media – Facebook or Twitter! Lickety Play Card Game This is a brilliant outdoor game especially good with lots of people! The bigger the circle the better the game! Who could you invite to play it with you in the park? You could invite children you see and make new friends! Activity of the week Scrap paper sculpture By Sally Price at North Edinburgh Can you build a world using just paper? Yes! Absolutely! Like lots of community spaces this Summer North Edinburgh Arts (where Licketyspit has an office!) has a Summer Programme of fun activities for children. This Wednesday we found the artist Sallie Price making PAPER WORLDS with 5 to 7-year olds. Sally has invited the Licketyspit Children & Families Network families to think [...]

Holiday Play – Week 22019-07-15T11:10:45+00:00

Holiday Play – Week 1

2019-07-09T12:24:28+00:00

We start our holiday play programme with one of children's favourites - The Funky Chicken! Do you know the Funky Chicken? Tell us HOW YOU GET ON with these games and crafts, and SEND US PHOTOS & DRAWINGS of your family play time & creations! We can’t wait to hear from you! Email us at CFN@licketyspit.com or send it through social media - Facebook or Twitter! Lickety Play Card Game Activity of the week Build a castle or a fort Do you have a spare cardboard box? You might be able to get one from a supermarket or a local grocers shop, if not! A cardboard box can easily be made into so many things - a Castle? Or a House? a Space-ship? or a Boat? Or a Bus? A Cave for a bat Or a Kennel for an imaginary Dog! You can draw or paint on the outside however you want to and cut out some windows and doors! You can use anything to be the people or animal's who live inside it! Clothes pegs? Spoons? OR Teddy’s? Dolls? Toy animals? You can cut out the front to make a TV and then you can put it on your head and read the news! If you’re lucky enough to find a giant box you can Get inside it and [...]

Holiday Play – Week 12019-07-09T12:24:28+00:00

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 7

2022-07-13T15:55:08+00:00

15th June 2019 The final session in Ruchill was the last Big Porridge and Play 2019 and we were really moved and delighted to have so many people join us to send the project off in style. We had to add and extra table to fit all 44 people - plus Virginia, Rita, Jack and Ruby round the table when it came to the meal, and it was lovely to share our games, songs and story with our guests. That included loads of your great Funky Chicken animals, like the Dancing Tiger, the Shy Butteryfly and the Slithering Snake. We also played a great game of Witches Fingers, with confident cackling witches of all ages sending us from quiet suspense into laughter and joyous running off. It was clear at the beginning that having guests and a videographer there made a difference, but any shyness was soon forgotten as we got swept up in the worlds of the games. Our Grannies in Monsters' Footsteps were all very keen to tell us about the castles and caves they lived in, even the youngest ones! And everyone was focused on the game together as the grimacing trees crept towards the Grannies and they admired their un-treelike expressions! After the meal, where we enjoyed trying Emma's Jollof rice and plantain, as well as tucking into Edie and Nikki's cakes, we had another go at On Off, which never fails [...]

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 72022-07-13T15:55:08+00:00

Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 7

2022-07-13T15:56:22+00:00

13th June 2019 Our last session at the St Francis Centre was a wonderful celebration of what Porridge & Play can be, with families bringing countless delicious things to share in the meal, guests dressing up with the same gusto as everyone else, and big, collective games together in the circle. We started with Big as a Bear, during which we could hear several people joining in with the whole thing word for word. Then we played Funky Chicken, with lots of people revisiting their favourite invented animals one last time, and everyone joining in the actions - like the Happy Lion, the Sneaky Fox and the Slithery Snake.   There was an incredible level of focus on what the funny witches would say when we played Witches Fingers,and it was fantastic to have our wonderful Lickety Volunteer Saliha becoming a brilliant first witch! We sang Grandma Grandma, which was particularly enjoyed by the visitors as it's such an inclusive, feel good song for joining in the first time. Much the same could be said for Letter to my Love, kicked off by Arush and Jack, which could have gone on for hours before anyone got bored. And we finished with our story, Anoo the Alien and Jack the Deer, with a dozen people reading a line or two each round the circle. The story is a real achievement that everyone should feel so proud of, and it was lovely to end the play session with this before we sat down to eat. What a treat we had [...]

Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 72022-07-13T15:56:22+00:00

Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 7

2022-07-13T15:59:11+00:00

12th June 2019 The last Big Porridge & Play 2019 at the Whiteinch library was the biggest yet - with nearly 60 of us singing, playing and dressing up together, before sitting down for a meal. It was very characteristic of the project as a whole, with a lot going on but a wonderful, vibrant energy - just like a big family party! It was great to introduce our guests to Jelly on his Head and Grandma Grandma. With loud enthusiastic singing across the circle, encouraging grandparents, neighbours and friends to join in. Lots of people took the floor to lead us in different Funky Chicken animals - like Rhiannon's Naughty Unicorn, Yu's Silly Dinosaur and Ava's Cheeky Snake. We had fun remembering the body-part names in Ickerickeroo,with even the youngest in the group joining in and concentrating intently from our Toe Pointers to our Brainboxers! Letter to my Love was really fun, with those dropping the letter taking great delight in guessing who had picked it up. Everyone really went to town with their Dressing Up - the best yet - gathering into a huddle for a quick group photo before we played our final game, Monsters' Footsteps. Here, we met Granny Carson and Granny Jennifer, and Granny Frankey and Granny Sofia, before everyone else turned into brilliant Monster Trees, dancing and creeping their way towards them. We were so thrilled that so many people wanted to bring something to share at the meal - we were certainly not short of food! From Anzelika, Frankey and [...]

Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 72022-07-13T15:59:11+00:00

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