We had lots of fun with a very clever bunch of witches too who had marvelous witchy cackles and some very exciting juices including purple poison and large amounts of seagull juice. Very tasty!

Talking of seagulls, we saw some very cheeky ones at the beach who liked sandwiches and muffins. One of them actually swallowed a muffin whole!

We all enjoyed a tasty picnic and some yummy ice-cream which was a real treat.

Then after all the delicious food we went to explore the beach and had so much fun together, paddling in the sea and finding treasure on the beach. We found pools of water in the sand,bright green seaweed, lots of different shells and even a crab skeleton.

It was such a lovely day and just before it was time to go home, we had a game of Olly Olly Octopus which was so much fun! Then it was time to say goodbye to the sand and the waves and the shells and the naughty seagulls and so we all got on the bus for the journey home.

Once we were all on the bus, we started to feel a bit sleepy after all the glorious fresh air, so some of us enjoyed a wee nap! Troon beach was just a brilliant day out!

Sarah, Ruby, Andre and our Cranhill Hub

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Picnic & Play is here and Licketyspit is delighted to go on trips with friends from all our Porridge & Play Hubs across Glasgow. Picnic & Play is an opportunity to Storyplay away from our Glasgow neighbourhoods – visiting public spaces in our city – like museums, parks or galleries or visiting outdoor places outside Glasgow, like Troon Beach or Balloch Country Park and bringing Storyplay to all of them!

The sky above Troon Beach looked dramatic – a combination of greys with occasional rays of light braking through the clouds. The wind was blowing and there were seagulls screeching loudly while circling in the air through a drizzle of rain. Sound dramatic, right?

Well, no drama for our Maryhill Hub friends! – they were full of beans and so very excited about their day out that they almost didn’t feel how fresh it was – one certainly needed a couple of layers on!

Graeme and Andy, our drivers dropped us near the promenade so carrying all our bits and bobs for our picnic wasn’t a huge effort and everyone helped so it was even easier.

We settled and quickly many of our friends were already running around, digging in the sand or checking out the shore!

DANCING ON THE BEACH!

Our dance warm up got the attention of folk who were there also enjoying a day out and many passersby were smiling at us and admiring our moves! Ruby got us all started, and we threw some cool shapes.

Funky Chicken with Andre was hilarious, and seaside infused! We had a Pinching Crab and an Angry Sea-turtle as well as of course, a Naughty Seagull!

We had to make our voices loud for Hello My Name is Joe and after that, running away in Witches Fingers was particularly satisfying running in the sand!

Letter to my Love is a great game to play outdoors! You can make a massive, big circle and friends get turns very quickly – it is also a funny game with everyone trying to pull the least suspicious face they can possibly master!

We also had a couple of rounds of Monsters Footsteps with some really scary looking Monster Trees…

TIME FOR A PICNIC!

We put down some tarps and big cloths to sit down on the sand and have our tasty picnic which it was so delicious that of course it got the seagulls attention. However, we managed to eat peacefully, and we even had some ice cream before heading to the shore to explore, paddle and…SWIM!

Yeah, you read it right.

Some of our wee pals were determined and in they went for a full swim!

Moman made up a game about jumping waves and Shiva said she got a wee bit nervous when something in the water brushed one of her legs…it was just some seaweed! Dan also swam like a fish and Yasna, Amira and Gabbie loved collecting seashells on the seashore.

Shaylin and Gabriella couldn’t make up their minds. One minute they were jumping waves and the next running away from them! Maha decided after a while that she was going to get in the sea too, but Adam was not convinced, and he just decided to look at all the dogs playing around on the beach and feed muffins to the seagulls!

Did I mention that most of the grown-ups also went for a wee dip …..of their toes?

It was a fantastic and action-pack day at the beach so some of our pals had a wee nap on the bus on our way home but others, like Yasna and Amira, decided to make up games to play while travelling. Clever, eh?

The Picnic & Play season is officially open!!

Andre, Ruby & Taz and our Maryhill Hub

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Our bright Cranhill friends brought the sunshine with them to The Children’s Wood last Friday!

Excitement was in the air as we all hugged and smiled delighted to be together again for some Storyplay fun.

Our circle was BIG and our warm-up was BUSY!

We had a very inspired game of Funky Chicken with some fabulous animals popping into our circle. We had a Scary Spider from Silin, Anne Marie‘s Flying Unicorn, a King bird and a Silly Sloth! Shiva was a Lazy Bunny, Ryan was a Whizzing Wasp and Shahd was a Scary Lion! Samuel imagined a Big Elephant and Esme became a Flamingo! Gabriella fluttered like a Happy Butterfly – and so did we! We met Prisca‘s Cheeky Cat, and wee David‘s Silly Dog. Gabbie created a Happy Axolotl……interesting!

We also met a few Mr. Wolves with extremely cool watches and a dangerous appetite for the Forest Creatures we had dressed up as!

Magic Ball! Magic Ball! Take us where we want to go!

Have you ever been to Axolotl land?  Well that’s where our Magic Ball landed on Friday morning with our Cranhill Pals. We unzipped the Magic Ball zipper, stepped out and found ourselves at Axolotl Land where an Axolotl Party was about to kick off!

• And what, we wondered, do you do at an Axolotl party?
• We soon found out that what you eat is CAKE!

Luckily Gabriella and Gabbie had brought some tasty cake with them. We were just about to eat a slice when suddenly a big Axolotl appeared. He was very upset! Gabbie and Esme can speak ‘Axolotl’ so they translated for us and we discovered that the reason he was so upset was because he was SO hungry – and so, of course, we gave him our cake. The big Axolotl was so chuffed that he ate it all up and THEN he invited us …..to explore Axolotl land!

We set off and soon we discovered an interesting looking labyrinth being guarded by a woman called Mollie MooMoo who lived on a tree!

• ‘Be careful! Some parts of this labyrinth are a bit dangerous…it might make you … SHRINK!’

Too late! She was right! Oh No! Suddenly we all found we were shrinking and shrinking into tiny sized us!

Helplessly we shouted –  ‘What can we do Miss MooMoo?’

She replied –  ‘The solution is a potion! The ingredients you need are a unicorn hair, a weed and snot from a caterpillar!’

We quickly found the weed and the unicorn hair and then we set off to look for a caterpillar who might be willing to give us some snot!

Well! We soon met a rather peculiar caterpillar who took us on a mad journey. The caterpillar was quite bossy. It kept shouting orders at us.Eventually we arrived in a clearing where the Caterpillar asked us if we had any clothes he could had to help his cold get better. Then he suddenly sneezed the biggest sneeze ever! AaaaaaChoooooo! and Ahmad managed to catch the snot! HUZZAH!!

We mixed together all our ingredients to make the potion and just by touching it we all grew big again! What a relief!

Then we came to the Mud Pool.

This pool belonged to a dragon who insisted we all had showers before we went in. So, we did and then we plunged into the Mud Pool – Oooooh! AND we had the most spectacular mud fight!

After that we asked the Mud Pool Dragon if he would be so kind as to dry us with his fire breath:

-‘Oh no! I’m not that kind of Dragon!’ he said… ‘But my cousin is’…

So, off we went to meet his Dragon Cousin who said:

-‘What? Oh no! I’m not that kind of dragon!!!… But My cousin is!’

Finally, the Mud Pool Dragon confessed that he did indeed breathe fire, and that he would! So he dried us all up just in time for us to get back to the Magic Ball to transport ourselves back to the Children Wood for our picnic.

What an action packed Forest Storyplay day!

It’s good to know what adventures you can have in a Wood! I wonder what other woods and parks we know to Storyplay in!

Sarah, Andre, Taz, Taiwo, Emmanuel & our Cranhill friends!

 

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Forest Storyplay is a new collaboration with our friends from The Children’s Wood!

After last year’s fantastic Picnic & Play sessions and Storyplay Festival 2024 at The Children’s Wood we all wanted to go back there for more Licketyspit fun! The Children’s Wood are very happy to have us back and so this Summer we will bring families from across all our Hubs to enjoy more fantastic Storyplay outdoors.

Click on the logo to go to The Children’s Wood website!

At Forest Storyplay sessions this Summer we’ll have our Licketyspit games, a nice wee picnic and we’ll also get to learn a bit more about how to enjoy and look after The Children’s Wood!

Did you know that they grow food as well as beekeeping?

And that they have a labyrinth?

Did you know that not only they grow new flowers and plants but they also help the land recover by allowing different parts to grow wildly?

And do you know about the fairies? And the giant? And the dragon?!

I wonder how many characters and stories we can come up at the magical Children’s Wood…

We cannot wait to see you there very soon for FOREST STORYPLAY!

Taz, Andre, Sarah, Virginia & all at Licketyspit

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Find out what we all got up to at the Storyplay Festival 2024 at the Children’s Wood!

Saturday 13th July

Sunshine, Storyplay & a Family of Families!

Our second ever Storyplay Festival was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who came. It was a beautiful day and didn’t rain until the festival ended – lucky us!

In the morning, the Licketyspit team met at the Children’s Wood and quickly set-up for the festival. It took a lot of effort, but it was so worth it! Not long after we set up, we had the pleasure to welcome families from Bridgeton, Castlemilk, Cranhill, Maryhill & Govan as well as our families who join us for Licketyspit Online! We hosted over 125 people who all have one thing in common – they all love Storyplay!

The families arrived and we created an enormous circle and got started! To warm-up, we did the biggest ‘Big As A Bear’ I’ve ever seen! But we weren’t warm enough because then we did a massive Dancing Warm-up! The energy was high and so before we split up, we sang ‘Ickerickeroo’.

After some Storyplay as a huge group, we blew up our balloons and flew to our hub dens. We had families from 7 hubs, but for the festival we combined them into 5 – Bridgeton, Cranhill, Maryhill, Online & Govan and Castlemilk & Whiteinch. Each hub had their own actor-pedagogue who helped the group decorate their own space in the wood! Other hubs travelled around the wood visiting the other hubs dens! The other families were so happy to meet each other and play together! We also had a craft area which included arts & crafts materials as well as a dressing up space and a wishing tree! We had some lovely wishes, fantastic characters and a lot of artists making some incredible things!

The families played together then were treated to a delicious picnic! Since it’s our big Licketyspit celebration, we went all out with the food! We had samosas, pakoras, pasta salad, potato salad, jollof rice, Nigerian masa (bread balls made from rice) with a spinach dip, hummus, tzatziki, cheese, bread and a huge selection of fruit! It was so tasty, and we saw a lot of happy faces and a lot of full bellies!

Once everyone was fed, we got together again in a big circle to play a legendary game of the Funky Chicken! It was so funny and we had so many amazing suggestions from children and their grown-ups! We then played What’s the Time Mr. Wolf then we did the Magic Clap.

Thanks again to everyone who came. It was a wonderful day and we had so much fun in the Children’s Wood. We have some photos from the event but Eoin (The Capturing Cameraman) has loads more for us. We will share them with you all very soon. Until then, enjoy your holiday!

Lots of love,

Virginia, Steven, Taz, Andre, Sarah, Cami, Ruby, Iona, Paul, Colette & Catherine!

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Find out what the Online & Govan Group did during our Picnic & Play session at the Children’s Wood!

Monday 8th July

Making a fire & cooking on it with Andrea & The Online & Govan friends at Meadow & Children’s Wood!

Another Picnic & Play, another set of fabulous friends gathering for a Summer day out with Licketyspit. This year we are delighted to bring all our lovely families to the beautiful Meadow & Children’s Wood where we are hosting the Licketyspit Storyplay Festival in a few days!

This Saturday July 13th many Licketyspit families from all across Glasgow will come together for a day of imaginary play, food, fun and community! Licketyspit will welcome them all at the Meadow & Children’s Wood for a Storyplay extravaganza where everyone is host and participant at the same time because all we need to play is each other!

And so today our Online & Govan friends came along to Picnic & Play and enjoyed a warm and sunny Summer day with the Licketyspit team!

We had a great warm up and a round of ‘My Name Is & I Like’ with Glory & Goodness having us trying our best at cartwheeling! Then ‘Funky Chicken’ was full of very exuberant creatures doing very peculiar things!

It was easy to choose the right spot to place the Online & Govan Den for the upcoming Storyplay Festival this Saturday! This Den will be near the big Meadow and there may be some interesting characters there for everyone to meet…

After playing in the big circle we had our nice picnic and just after that Andrea – who takes care of the Meadow & the Children’s Wood – brought a big metal fire pit to teach us all how to safely make a fire to cook on it!!

We used flint to make sparks to start the fire with nice dry wood and some cotton wool soaked in vaseline. Andrea gave us a few simple rules to remember so we could enjoy sitting or kneeling around the fire and cooking on it safely.

Andrea had made a big bowl of bread dough. She twisted some around the sharp end of a stick and showed us how to bake it over the fire: too close to the flame and it would go black but hold it for long enough at the right height and it will bake into delicious bread!. We all got sticks and the Licketyspit bakery was in full swing!. By the time the marshmallows came out we were all experts!.

The fire excitement got everyone ready for a bit of self-portrait painting and the Online & Govan friends created beautiful bunting to decorate their Den for the festival.

What a fantastic day outdoors playing, running, climbing, meeting friends old and new, learning, cooking, painting and enjoying a bit of nature in our dear green city Glasgow!.

Hope to see you all soon on Saturday for an even bigger day out with more friends from Whiteinch, Castlemilk, Maryhill, Cranhill & Bridgeton!

Catch you at the Storyplay Festival!!!

Andre, Steven, Virginia, & Taz with Andrea & the Online & Govan friends.

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Find out what the Bridgeton Group did during our Picnic & Play session at the Children’s Wood!

Saturday 6th July

A sunny Picnic & Play for our Bridgeton friends at The Meadow & Children’s Wood!

Saturday morning shone dry and bright for our Bridgeton families who came to Picnic & Play with Licketyspit and the Meadow & Children’s Woods looked even more beautiful and full of life.

Sarah, Andre, Virginia & Taz had everything ready for any weather changes so we could all have shelter and Steven went to Bridgeton to meet all our friends and bring them over to the place where we will also host our Licketyspit’s Storyplay Festival next Saturday 13th of July! We can wait to see the Meadow & Children’s Wood bursting with families, imaginary play, food, fun & laughter! Many friends of Licketyspit from all over Glasgow will gather and hang out in celebration of play & community!

But back to the Bridgeton Picnic & Play…

Our circle was so big!.

We had an energising warm up and then Alison told us about the Children’s Woods and how the local community campaigned to keep it from being turned into houses so people could enjoy a beautiful green space in the city. After that we had a Funky Chicken massive!.

The time to explore arrived and so we marched at the tune of Miss Mary Mac and found the perfect spot for the big Bridgeton group to locate their Bridgeton Den for the upcoming StoryPlay Festival!

The Bridgeton Den will be decorated with photos and bunting made out of self portraits that everyone created right after a nice and much needed picnic and a drink!

The self portraits looked fantastic hanging together on a line and made the most striking bit of bunting fit to be displayed in any festival!

There was time for tree climbing, exploring, running around and catch up with friends and all along the sun smiled and kissed our cheeks. We even had time for William to share a new game with us all about hiding and being found only by following the sounds that the people hiding make! Very exciting. And we also played a big round of ‘I Sent A Letter to My Love’ that everyone enjoyed very much.

It was yet another great day out with our Bridgeton friends who were really taken by how lovely and welcoming the Meadow & Children’s Woods are. And guess what? We get to visit all over again next Saturday 13th of July for an even bigger Storyplay extravaganza.

Cannae wait to see yous all there!!

Lots of love,

Sarah, Steven, Andre, Virginia, Taz & our Bridgeton Friends!

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Find out what the Cranhill Group did during our Picnic & Play session at the Children’s Wood!

Thursday 4th July

Sunny with showers? Not a problem for Licketyspit and our CRANHILL Families!

Sarah, Andre, Virginia and Taz got together to put up some tarpaulins to keep off the rain and a gazebo for our picnic to stay dry because we were determined to have fun at the Meadow & Children’s Woods with the brilliant Cranhill families even if it rained!!

Steven went to Cranhill on the CCH Buses to collect everyone to travel to The Children’s Wood – the beautiful natural space where our Storyplay Festival is happening this Summer.

On Saturday 13th of July Licketyspit’s Storyplay Festival will welcome many families from across Glasgow to meet, play and eat together and to share the fun that imaginary Storyplay brings to us all! Families from Govan, Maryhill, Castlemilk, Whiteinch, Cranhill and even families who play with Licketyspit Online are invited to spend a fantastic day together at these beautiful woods.

When our Cranhill friends arrived at the Children’s Woods today the excitement was way bigger than any worry about the rain!

‘We need a fire’ – Joy shouted when she saw our camp, – ‘It reminds me of my country in Africa and how we used to gather in tents like this around a fire to welcome each other, roast corn and be together!’

We made a big circle in a lovely clearing in the Meadow and we had a good old warm up and game of ‘My name is …. and I like …’ which it was perfect for reconnecting with each other. After that we were ready to explore!

Virginia took us into the magical places among the trees, where each of our Porridge & Play groups will have a DEN at the festival to host visitors from all the other groups for some STORYPLAY!

We played Witches Fingers and Monsters Footsteps and sang Grandma, Grandma really loudly and then the Cranhill friends took a vote and decided where exactly their den will be at the Festival.

Each Den at the Storyplay Festival will be decorated with bunting painted with self-portraits of the Licketyspit families so the Cranhill families all drew marvellous drawings of themselves after having a nice picnic in the tent!

We had sunny moments and showers but thanks to the shelters we kept dry and happy.

There was even time for some running around, tree climbing, gallivanting and a big game of ‘I Sent A Letter To My Love’ and also to decide what games the Cranhill Den will share with everyone next Saturday…

It was a fabulous day outdoors we felt like a big brave family playing outside whatever the weather!

Thanks to our lovely Cranhill friends for joining the Licketyspit team today! We can’t wait to see you again on Saturday 13th of July at Licketyspit’s Storyplay Festival!!

Lots of love,

Steven, Andre, Sarah, Virginia, Taz & The Cranhill Families!

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Find out what the Cranhill Group did during our Porridge & Play Session at Cranhill Development Trust!

Thursday 23rd May

Goodbye for now – not forever!

We had such a fabulous time at Licketyspit this week!

Our adventures took us deep into the forest, where we found a sunny glade full of marvellous creatures! Pela the Rabbit was hiding under a big old oak tree and Stella, a fluttering butterfly, sat on a beautiful sunflower and seemed to know all the creatures in the forest! We listened as the birds sang a joyful song when suddenly we heard a loud howling sound. At first, we didn’t know where the sound was coming from. Then, a very fancy Wolf appeared with a very fancy watch! It was Genesis the Wolf who lived in a cave at the edge of the forest and it turned out her wolfy friend had given her the gold watch.

Wolfy Genesis told us she liked to dance in the afternoon, so we had a good old boogie with her and then helped her clean her cave in the evening. She had a beautiful cave lined with red velvet and gold brocade and lots of soft cushions. It was so exciting to actually see inside a real wolfy cave! As we made our way along the path at the edge of the forest, we bumped into Tiger Wolf Jack, who was just leaving his huge volcano house which looked very hot, but Tiger Wolf Jack said he loved the heat and when we asked what he was having for his dinner, he said he normally likes to eat zebras and he was off to find one! As if there hadn’t been enough Wolfy excitement, we then found Amber Wolf as we headed back through the forest and she showed us a very sparkly watch she’d been given by her Wolfy stepmum. Amber Wolf liked to eat mice and humans and also Wolfy potions. It turned out she lived right next door to Wolfy Adam who much preferred fruity snacks like apples,melons, rainbows and bananas. He liked to swim in the afternoon, but at 5pm, he said it was dinnertime, so we all munched on fruit salad, then headed back toward the sunny glade.

Andre wanted to go for a trip in the Magic Ball, but I couldn’t find it! Luckily the forest creatures all helped and when we found it, Ryan suggested we go to Paris, Amber thought Disneyland would be good and Genesis fancied going to a cafe. Stella suggested the beach and after singing the magic song, we actually ended up on the beach! It felt so wonderful to bury our toes in the warm sand and build so many sandcastles, that it looked like Sandcastle Land!

While we were digging, Virginia found a mysterious door which ended up taking us down a tunnel to Disneyland Paris. The first thing we saw were some fabulous waterslides, so we all climbed the ladders and went flying down together! As we splashed into the water we discovered Jack the Jellyfish who had somehow got stuck in the swimming pool and was unable to get home! Poor Jack, he looked so sad! Luckily, Ryan was able to speak Jellyfish language and after giving him some cake to eat, Amber flew us to Treasure island on her special plane so we could release Jack back into the sea with all his jellyfish friends. He looked so much happier in the sea! No sooner had Jack wobbled back into the water than Pirate Smelly Socks suddenly appeared and announced she liked to eat jellyfish! Virginia had an idea to make a fire and we all collected wood, even Captain Smelly Socks, when suddenly Captain Stinky Boots appeared and had some pirating jobs he needed done. He enlisted the help of Captain Ryan and Captain Solin and we all scrubbed the decks, walked the plank, climbed the rigging and managed to survive multiple shark attacks! By this time, we were quite tired, so we all lay down and had a nice rest in the soft sand. I don’t know how long we slept for, but we suddenly realised we needed to get back home to Cranhill and fortunately Yasna knew where the Magic Ball was, so she threw it up high for us all to catch. We flew across many far off lands until finally we unzipped the Magic Ball and found we were safely back in Glasgow! Of course after such an adventure, we were all very hungry travellers and really glad to have such a lovely selection of delicious food to eat with all our family and friends.

Lots of love,

Sarah, Andre, Steven, Virginia & Iona

 

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• Funky Chicken
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Find out what the Cranhill Group did during our Porridge & Play Session at Cranhill Development Trust!

Thursday 16th May 2024

Sunshine and good times!

We had a marvellous time last week at Cranhill Porridge & Play! It was a beautiful sunny day and we really enjoyed having a good dance together and showing each other all our cool dance moves! We had some new friends who came along and we all sang Icker-Ickeroooo at the tops of our voices too!

Then, in the lush green grass we spied a bag of marvellous dressing up clothes and all got dressed up in some amazing colourful outfits. Steven got a great photo of us all before we began our exciting adventure heading off into the magical forest. I say magical because, pretty soon, we met some fabulous grannies in the middle of the forest! There was the wonderful Granny Genesis, who lived in a forest cave, she said she didn’t do much, just worked and ate porridge!

Then as we walked, under the cherry blossom trees we heard the sound of singing and looked up to see the flying Granny Solin. She was soaring across the rainbowed sky surrounded by butterflies! She told us she loves to eat burgers and actually lives on the sun! Which she said was actually quite cold! (Amazing!)

Then from behind a huge willow tree appeared Ahmad, a big strong wolf who told us he lives in a cave & he likes to eat pizza! It turned out he lives He lives next-door to Granny Shahd – we just caught a glimpse of her busily cooking her favourite Fishfingers on her fire from between the trees!

This was turning out to be such a brilliant day and the forest seemed to hold so many exciting surprises, we wondered who we might bump into next! We adventured on, passed a fast flowing river that curved and snaked through the trees, further and further into the forest until we found a strong wood house which we discovered belonged to Granny Mohammed! Granny Mohammed told us how much she likes eating chocolate cake, but definitely not porridge!

By this time we were all very hungry from our travels. We were hoping for a wee snack of some kind, fortunately there was plenty of chocolate cake to go around as Granny Mohammed seemed to have a huge supply – so we all had a piece and it was just delicious!

Full and happy, we thanked Granny M and journeyed on over the bridge and into a glade of orange flowers where Granny Bunny Carrot sat peeling carrots. She had recently met Granny Silin, a lonely granny in the woods and invited her round for soup. She welcomed us into her garden. She explained she preferred to eat carrots and broccoli soup and I noticed she had a huge store of them in a large shed behind her bamboo chair!

By this time it was getting late, so we waved goodbye to the two kind soup-loving grannies and started to head back across the bridge and through the forest where Stella spied the rainbow again and Jihad loved smelling the flowers. Pela saw a Daddy Lion fish in the water and Jan found a Nerf football! When we were nearly home Ahmad told us that his favourite part was meeting a new friend on our adventures – which we all thought was just wonderful. What a great end to a great day!

Next week is the last Cranhill Porridge & Play for a while so hope to see you there for the exhibition & a nice feast! See you next week!

Sarah, Andre & Steven

See you soon!

There’s lots of ideas and activities to get you playing at home. Try our interactive videos! Including…

• Making with Iona
• Cooking with Taz
• Exploring with Jack
• Funky Chicken
• Grandma Grandma

and many more!

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