SpelenmaaR

For three weeks, as part of the KIndercultuurzomer, SpelenMaaR can be found every Wednesday from 15.00 to 17.00h in the De Nude neighborhood on the playing field on the Groen van Prinstererstraat in Wageningen. New this year is that every Wednesday has a different theme. On Wednesday, July 27, the theme was “From marble track…

Do you work with children and would you like to learn how to create exciting play leads with ropes yourself? Then this SpelenMaaR basic training is for you! In the training you will learn how to tie play climbing constructions like suspension bridges and swings without damaging trees. You will also gain initial experience in…

It is almost becoming tradition that during the vacations you can play with SpelenMaaR in playground Tuindorp :-). Wednesday afternoon, February 21, about 50 children found their way to SpelenMaaR in Tuindorp. SpelenMaaR was this time inside and outside. (Grand)parents could drop the kids off and pick them up later or just stay. The team…

SpelenMaaR was asked by Eigenwijzer, The Children’s Culture Winter, to organize a SpelenMaaR Winter edition. Great idea!. On January 3, max 40 children could come play “Winter Building with SpelenMaaR” in the large hall of the local playground Tuindorp – Wageningen. It was the first time for us to organize SpelenMaaR inside. The children had…

Sunday, August 28 is the exciting play finals of the KinderCultuurZomer 2022 in the Torckpark!  The children will make their own play finals with stuff from both SpelenmaaR and Emmaus-Wageningen. A lot of children and (grand)parents in Wageningen got t know  SpelenmaaR this summer.  SpelenmaaR is an inclusive pop-up loose-parts playground. Wherever SpelenmaaR pops up,…

If you ask an adult “What can you do with a car tire?” your answer will probably be “roll, sit” . It turns out that the tires at SpelenmaaR can do much more than serve as seats or roll around. Watch and be amazed. With every SpelenmaaR there is another surprising application. With all the…

SpelenmaaR is on tour in Wageningen. Little by little people know us. How we know? Some children come to play for the second or sometimes even third time! These experienced Playmates know what we have in the trailer, grab what they need and get to work right away.  We ourselves are also getting the hang…

On Sunday 3 July 2022, part of the market square in Wageningen was the domain of children. SpelenmaaR had descended on it for the Leeffestival. The market was littered with all kinds of loose items. Cloths, boxes, planks, tyres, sticks, pots and much more. All these items were accompanied by the sign “Children are the…

Saturday 18 of June was the official kick-off of SpelenmaaR at playground Tuindorp. The playground was the scene of the annual midsummer festival that day.A lot of children started working with the loose materials. Huts appeared and disappeared again, an elephant was let out, inventions were made, sword fights were held and much more. Besides…

On the 30th of June, there will be another meeting of the “Samen Speel Netwerk”. The theme of the meeting is “From play equipment to inclusive play”.In preparation for this  I ‘m researching this interesting proces. This picture of a  a child crawling out of a box was taken during the May 5th liberation festival…