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Licketyspit’s Winter Appeal
Season’s Greetings from everyone at Licketyspit! As we head into 2026, we know that times are hard for everyone. Any contribution you can to make to this appeal will not only go towards [...]
Why I started Licketyspit
I started working with early years children when I had my own children – Ruby & Iona. Having children reminded me how much I love to play, sing, dance, dress-up, read, explore and make [...]
Licketyspit at the Refugee Festival Scotland!
We went to the Scottish Refugee Festival!! Saturday 18th June We had a wonderful Licketyspit Picnic & Play to celebrate the Scottish Refugee Festival in Elder Park on Saturday 18th June with 14 families [...]
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Forest creatures and a Wolf with a watch in Maryhill?
Week two of Porridge & Play MARYHILL got us all sharing our best moves - warming up our bodies and our imaginations, singing, dressing-up to transform ourselves into Forest Creatures and much more! A very Big Circle to see everyone, Cause our games are [...]
Licketyspit’s Just-So-John Bookplay
Bookplay is a Porridge & Play session where we all listen to a Story and then instead of the Magic Ball we ALL JUMP into the world of a BOOK to have an adventure! The Just-so-John Bookplay stories are by a writer called Rudyard Kipling who [...]
Porridge & Play MARYHILL is back at CCH!
A new block of Porridge & Play sessions has started with a fabulous group of families – some returning friends and many new ones gathering for the first time at the big Reid Hall. Our circle today was BIG and all the families were smiling and ready to use [...]
Licketyspit’s WINTER CEIDLIH
Licketyspit’s Winter Ceilidh 2025 was a HOOT! We had a fabulous gathering with live music, delicious food, hilarious dressing up, high energy dancing and lots and lots of friends! Saturday afternoon in Glasgow was wet, windy, cold and rather dark but the Community Central Hall in Maryhill [...]
Porridge & Play ONLINE goes SPOOKY!!
Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online 2025 blog where we share our stories and adventures! Halloween is hands down one of our favourite times of the Year as we love to dress up and get all mysterious, mischievous and of course, spooky!! [...]
An Autumn Saturday morning and Storyplay Online?
Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online 2025 blog where we share our stories and adventures! We make fantastic shapes and swing about our hips Jump and twist, hop and turn with our Online Peeps! So my friends! We were all ready for an [...]
FOREST STORYPLAY back for October Holiday Week!
We came from Whiteinch, we came from Maryhill. We all live in Glasgow; we love a picnic! And do you know what else we all love to do? We love to Storyplay at The Children’s Wood! At Forest Storyplay October Holiday Week Licketyspit families got [...]
FOREST STORYPLAY back for October Holiday Week!
Be anyone, go anywhere, do anything outdoors at The Children’s Wood! On Wednesday this October Holiday Week some of our friends from Castlemilk came over for a day of imaginary play outdoors, food sharing, friend meeting and campfire action with Licketyspit and Andrea from [...]
ONLINE Porridge & Play gets cheesy!
Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online 2025 blog where we share our stories and adventures! Together at home, together we all We dance, we move, and we have so much fun Do you know the Funny Orca? What did you say? Do you [...]
Porridge & Play Online is BACK for 2025!!
Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online 2025 blog where we share our stories and adventures! Porridge & Play ONLINE is just another way of doing STORYPLAY with friends – instead of meeting in the same place we all meet online using ZOOM and [...]
FOREST STORYPLAY back for October Holiday Week!
Over The Children’s Wood we flew - Up, up, up with our Flying Balloons! We saw a boat going along, we saw small trees, we saw a big dark sea monster and a rainbow snake with a lollipop! The Children’s Wood truly is a [...]
Porridge & Play Bridgeton Week 5
Bridgeton Blog! 3rd October 2025 For our last Bridgeton Porridge & Play we thought we better bake a cake! With Chef Santa’s chicken, Suliman & Mohsin’s chips Niamate’s sprinkles and Maab’s jellyfish! Chef Phillipe from France and Chef Pirate from India, joined many more with [...]
