Hare & Tortoise Audio-Show

2020-11-30T11:00:37+00:00

Hare & Tortoise Audio-Show Online Sunday 10th May 2020 “Hare will be there! Yeah, yeah, yeah!”  “Go Tortoise go! Don’t be slow!" We're very excited to be sharing the audio-show version of Hare & Tortoise in 9 Episodes on our website! 🕖 EVERY NIGHT @ 7pm from 10th-18th May on our Facebook Page. Tortoise challenges boastful Hare to a race, but who will win this famous contest? Adapted from Aesop’s classic fable, Licketyspit’s  Hare & Tortoise is a hilarious, highly energetic and imaginative piece of interactive theatre. Bake the race cake with the Bun Brothers, try and survive a night in the spooky wood with a ukulele and cheer on the contestants! “…wit, resourcefulness, nimble imagination, and a heartwarming attention to the kind of teensy wee details that add magic and surprises to the narrative… nuances of cartoon capers, nursery rhymes, slapstick silliness, and opportunities for vociferous audience participation… with audiences the clear winners all the way.”  “All you need is a washing basket shell and a pair of red tights! Our children were mesmerised.”  LISTEN NOW! Trailer The Audio-Show version is performed by Virginia Radcliffe and Deborah Arnott with music by Tim Brinkhurst. To find videos, games and other activities to do at home during the Coronavirus Lockdown click [...]

Hare & Tortoise Audio-Show2020-11-30T11:00:37+00:00

Molly Whuppie Audio-Show

2020-11-30T11:01:10+00:00

Molly Whuppie Audio-Show Online Tuesday 7th April 2020 We're very excited to be sharing the audio-show version of Molly Whuppie in 12 Episodes on our website! 🕖 EVERY NIGHT @ 7pm from 7th-18th April on the Molly Whuppie Page! There are some pictures to accompany the story, but you can just listen to it too without watching the screen - perfect at bedtime as a #lockdown Easter break treat! Look out for some activities to do after you've finished listening to the story! The episodes will be up to listen and share for free until the end of April. This is Virginia Radcliffe's adaptation of a traditional tale of this amazing Scottish superhero who has captured the imagination of thousands of children since it was first produced in 2000. Performed by Virginia and Rosalind Sydney, with music by Tim Brinkhurst, arranged and performed by Gavin Marwick and Mary McMaster! Find out more in our associate artists page! Molly Whuppie Dance! Molly Whuppie Sing! Molly Whuppie ran through the woods And she went to see the King! LISTEN NOW Molly Whuppie Audio-Show Trailer All Episodes To find videos, games and other activities to do at home during the Coronavirus Lockdown click here. To find out more about Storyplay, click here. To join the Children [...]

Molly Whuppie Audio-Show2020-11-30T11:01:10+00:00

Licketyspit & the Coronavirus Outbreak

2020-04-16T13:26:56+00:00

We are sad to announce that all of our family sessions - including Big Porridge & Play Glasgow and Picnic & Play - are now postponed until further notice ☹️ 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Our play sessions are social gatherings with shared food, dressing up & group play with families from across different communities. Given the current situation, we cannot bring people together in this way. We will be in touch when we can reschedule. 📱Meanwhile we'll be producing increased online resources like the below& email/text communications with cheery activities for families through our  Children & Families Network! Play ideas, stories, games, recipes and more – shared with & between families. We'll be doing lots of VIRTUAL PLAY on our Facebook page and in a new CFN Facebook Group coming soon...! 💌These resources will be open to all – please share! Families can join the network at here or by emailing Ruby at cfn@licketyspit.com or texting 07413 800 342! 📞 We are also very keen to share other family opportunities/resources/support. Please get in touch if there is anything you would like us share via email/ text. Remember, our greatest resources are ourselves and we all have rich imaginations! 🤝🎈🌎 Lickety Guide to the Coronavirus for Children You can watch our video with subtitles on Youtube here. You can also watch & share it on Facebook here or Twitter here. Here is [...]

Licketyspit & the Coronavirus Outbreak2020-04-16T13:26:56+00:00

Take 2: CFN Festive Trips!

2019-12-10T10:01:31+00:00

CFN Trip to Rosemount Development Trust 30th Anniversary Celebrations 01st December 2019 It was great to join the Royston community for an afternoon of Christmassy fun for Rosemount Development Trust's 30th anniversary. Ruby, our Children and Families Network producer, went along with a couple of CFN families from Maryhill and the Gorbals and a few of their friends. It was great to meet lots of new families and join them in a family takeover of Royston Road with a lantern parade featuring fantastic Caterpillar Lanterns decorated by local groups and classes. The Glasgow Playbus was another highlight - a huge double decker bus full of soft play tunnels and obstacles! It was also good to get some hot homemade lentil soup (a bit like our Porridge & Play soup!) made by Julia and her colleagues at North Glasgow Community Food Initiative - thank you! CFN Trip to see A Lad in Maryhill Pantomime 4th December 2019 It was great to be joined by families from Maryhill, Ruchill and Govanhill for our CFN trip to the panto here at the CCH. We're grateful to Halo Arts and the West End Festival for the preview night tickets. It was especially good to play a round of Funky Chicken while we had our mince pies beforehand! Good to see some older children from St Marys Storyplay 2018 still playing [...]

Take 2: CFN Festive Trips!2019-12-10T10:01:31+00:00

CFN Festive Trips!

2019-12-09T10:59:27+00:00

23rd November 2019 Mary Poppins Cinema Trip with the Caravan Project We had a FAB first ever Children & Families Network trip to the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) on Saturday to watch Mary Poppins! 22 families from St Marys Primary Storyplay and Wyndford Nursery Storyplay in Maryhill, and from Ruchill Big Porridge & Play and Whiteinch Big Porridge & Play joined us. 🎬BIG thanks to the Caravan Project and the Glasgow Film Theatre for making it happen! If your children go to a Glasgow Primary you can apply for  Glasgow Kidz Card which gives you one free child ticket + one free adult ticket for every child in your family for the Take Two screening at 11.30am every Saturday! Find out more & apply here or by calling 0141 276 0727. We asked... What have you enjoyed most about the Trip? You said.... Watching Mary Poppins again 😊 spending time with my family and meeting new people (Dad) I enjoyed meeting other families and spending time with my kids, seeing the film and not worrying about everyday stresses. (Mum) Enjoying time with my daughter and other families. She was so excited to meet up & socialise with school friends. (Mum) Spending time with kids, friends and other people. (Mum) Getting to go with friends from school (Gran) The film (Mum) Very funny [...]

CFN Festive Trips!2019-12-09T10:59:27+00:00

P1b Porridge & Play at St Marys

2019-11-18T11:14:58+00:00

02 October 2019 Last month, Primary 1b shared some of the Lickety Playcard games they had learnt with lots of their families! - We played Big as a Bear, Funky Chicken (where we met a Feathery Peacock and a Funny Elephant!), Witches Fingers and Pirates! It was great to get to play outside in the blustery sunshine. Here are some things the children said about their Reflective Drawings in the Gallery... C - A cat or a caterpillar - you have to guess! A lion! I liked the food bit. Banana. S - you have to guess! Mum! I liked the dressing up bit. L & Mum - This is Ls family walking in the park - favourite part was coming in here for the food. O - This is a ninja and this is me and that is the bad guy. Y - It's Y running outside, fave game witches fingers. A - This is me, that's the rainbow and the sun and my dad and mum and my house. R - This is the table where we all have our lovely food - I loved all of the lovely food. We asked...What do you think your child will get from an experience like Porridge & Play? You said.... Confidence Learn to express himself more and build his confidence. Can meet [...]

P1b Porridge & Play at St Marys2019-11-18T11:14:58+00:00

P1a Porridge & Play at St Marys

2020-01-31T16:17:56+00:00

02 October 2019 It was wonderful to welcome so many parents and carers to the school last month for Porridge & Play! The children shared some of the Lickety Playcard games they had learnt with their families - from Funky Chicken (and the Silly Lion!) to Witches Fingers, and especially Dressing Up! Here are some things the children said about their Reflective Drawings in the Gallery... M - Me going up the mountain with dad, dad is everywhere. Fave game - magic ball. Playing makes me feel good. O- lots and lots of heart's desire, I like dressing up T - An apple tree and Ruby in her orchard. I'm tree creeping towards you! A - That's me and Cole and the sun. We are flying around among the hearts desire. My hearts desire is to be a mermaid. I will play at home and feel good! M - Mrs McGinn and me and the hearts desire and this is the water, all on the beach. Fave game, balloons, I feel happy. A - That's me, flying my balloon to the beach with my dog. We asked... What do you think your child will get from an experience like Porridge & Play? You said.... Confidence, communication skills Meet new friends and have fun Learn to use her imagination more Making friends It [...]

P1a Porridge & Play at St Marys2020-01-31T16:17:56+00:00

Letters to Margaret & Margaret – P1A & P1B

2020-01-31T17:22:17+00:00

21st October 2019 Primary 1a and Primary 1b were thrilled to get a letter from Margaret & Margaret last week. Since they went up the Mountain with the children, Margaret & Margaret have been off flying around the world in their balloon. High in the sky! In the letter, they said it was a bit cold in the balloon, but they had their cosy coats and a flask of hot carrot soup! They asked the children for ideas of where to go next...so the children wrote them letters back, with pictures and notes giving them suggestions! You can see some of them below and read what the children said. I wonder if Margaret & Margaret will write back...? P1a   "My dad and Margaret & Margaret and you in Santa land. Go to the city, go to school, go to my home and to Ruby's home. Love, M"   "I've drawn Margaret & Margaret. They're my best friends. Could go to the moon. A rainbow on the moon!" "The beach in Scotland outside Glasgow. You can go on a train. Can play with the sand and make sandcastles!"   "The jungle. A bird's left its nest. The eggs that will hatch and little birds jump out. Me and a tiger. It's a friendly tiger!"   "Go to a castle where a princess lives."   "A beach where [...]

Letters to Margaret & Margaret – P1A & P1B2020-01-31T17:22:17+00:00

LicketyLeap at St Mary’s – Group 5

2021-06-15T13:50:04+00:00

13th & 19th September 2019 The final LicketyLeap group (P1a) was the biggest yet (10 children) and you could tell there was already a buzz about Margaret and Margaret in the classroom! By the time we were with the Oogly Boogly Lady everyone had bought into the story, with M saying "She's gone into the mountain!" when Bold Margaret disappeared. They all told the Fishy Lady the colour of the fish they had caught on the Boat and K saw a rainbow bird in the trees on the Shore. J, D and K went to hide in the Cave and everyone called their name to make an echo. K suggested we pat the Bear and J suggested we could say sorry. M led the rest in patting and feeding the bear. They loved the Bird and M asked it if we could get a lift to the top of the Mountain. S stroked the Bird's face. P, S and T all helped Worried Market jump across! "That was the fish Margaret and that was the other fish Margaret and then they ate the fish. And there’s the rollerskates. Hands. I liked it when they were sliding down the hill. I was on the bird and I was literally flying and then I jumped off it. I wasn’t scared I jumped off and parachuted!" Child, Reflective Drawing In Session 2, [...]

LicketyLeap at St Mary’s – Group 52021-06-15T13:50:04+00:00

LicketyLeap at St Mary’s – Group 4

2021-06-15T13:52:40+00:00

12th & 18th September 2019 St Marys Storyplay We had a lovely LicketyLeap with 9 children from Group 4 (P1a & P1b) and Miss Carty. They were particularly tickled by the Margaret & Margaret Peekaboo entrance. They loved the Oogly Boogly Lady's mini-worlds and were all actively involved. The children independently found lots of things under the Sea. On the Boat we had a lovely sleep - suggested by one of the children! On the Shore we saw crabs, seahorses and everyone was so focused on the burrow when the rabbits came out. T - "My bunny kissed me!" They loved finding their hats. L told Bold Margaret about the Bear and was very chatty. "He was scary and then scared!" T was the first confidently in their to pat the Bear. M asked the Bird for a lift up the mountain and M and F both enjoyed the fact that they "spoke Bird". A huge group of nearly all the children helped Bold Margaret jump to the Top. At the end, L explained what had happened to Worried Margaret exactly - "She was worried then she was brave!" "[I drew] the wind, the grass, the sky, the balloon, the snow all come down and the big rainfall and the river. At the end was my best bit." Child, Reflective Drawing In Session 2, we revisited the story and [...]

LicketyLeap at St Mary’s – Group 42021-06-15T13:52:40+00:00

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