Category Archives: Bogin Project

September 22- House Concert for the Playscape project Invitations went out today for a house concert/ fund raiser for the Bogin Playscape project, set for 6:00 on Saturday October 20, at the home of Charlie Parham and Roxanne Schneider in … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I’ve updated the blog, and it’s time to put out some good news! The Bogin Playscape Project has received a $7000. grant from the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. We had been waiting for a … Continue reading →

We met in Holyoke again for our last class, and each student received a “ball stomp” and a beach ball as a farewell token to remember this year of play and fun with kids. We talked about what worked and … Continue reading →

Elissa and I met at the Holyoke preschool and were available as the parents dropped off their kids, with Elissa’s iPad showing the videos we’ve been taking the last few weeks. This gave parents a chance to see what we’ve … Continue reading →

The class met at the Holyoke preschool, and we started with a meeting to discuss the end of the semester; I was a bit surprised to find that next week (May 1st) is the last class date, as I thought … Continue reading →

We met at Children’s House today, and after talking with the class about what everyone was doing, we decided to go outdoors with the children. This was mostly in response to the unseasonably warm (and inviting) weather, and it gave … Continue reading →

Today Elissa and I traveled to the South Hadley Network for Children office, and spoke about the Playscape Project to a group of early childhood directors and administrators. I had met with this group once before last year before the … Continue reading →

Today we met as a group and began the process of gathering the new permission forms that need to be signed by parents. This is the “internal review board” (IRB) permission form generated by Smith and Springfield College, and will … Continue reading →

We met again at the Holyoke preschool, and heard about everyone’s plans for the next few weeks. Megan is ready to buy some material for building, and several students are ready to buy low cost (under $50.) toys for the … Continue reading →

We met at the Holyoke preschool today, and this was the largest group of students so far; we were glad to see Wambui Kabochi from last semester, and we have added Elissa Maruca, who was part of the management class … Continue reading →