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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 [...]
Volunteer with Licketyspit!
22nd April 2022 We are looking for volunteers to take part in our intergenerational Storyplay sessions across a range of projects. Our play sessions mainly take place on Wednesdays (2.30-6.30), Thursdays (3-7), [...]
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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 [...]
Porridge & Play Castlemilk Week 5
Castlemilk Blog! 2nd October 2025 Do you know Porridge & Play Castlemilk? What did you say? Each week we meet to Storyplay! Games and rhymes and songs and books Click the links and have a look! This week we played Let’s Bake a Cake with Bakers [...]
Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 5
Whiteinch Blog! 1st October 2025 Hey hey who goes there, I’m Big as a Bear and as Fast as a Hare! Hey hey what do you see? The Funky Chicken and he loves to read! The Sleeping Cat and the Tired Pig who went for a [...]
Porridge & Play Castlemilk Week 4
Castlemilk Blog! 25th September 2025 We’re off, we’re off to play outside! Behind a great big tree we’ll hide From sharks that move beneath the waves Under the trees we’ll laugh and play! Out the library, past a bus, over the crossing, cars wait for us [...]
Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 4
Whiteinch Blog! 25th September 2025 This Wednesday was a sunny day, so we thought we’d go outside to play! First we played the Funky Chicken, the Happy Tiger Bunny, the Grumpy Kitten! We danced and sang as we set off, sticking together with all our stuff. [...]
