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Buttons & Figs
Buttons & Figs inspires kids to think critically and express creatively through wordplay.
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Created by: CalicoCast
Started: September 8th, 2016
Status: Active, 178 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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Episodes
#46 – Alphabet Nonsense
00:20:02 | February 18th, 2020
Sail in a sieve to the land of Alphabet Nonsense with Edward Lear’s Nonsense Alphabet! On this episode you’ll learn a bit about Edward Lear and you’ll hear Buttons & Figs kids share nonsense letter poems of their own, inspired by Lear. The kids also tell you how they wrote their poems, so you can write them too. And, if you need a little help remembering the letters of the English alphabet, then we got you covered with A BETTER Alphabet song than the one everyone seems to like so much! Jonathon Roberts from Composer Dad podcast and I teamed up with some Buttons & Figs kids to write what we think is a WAY better tune…but you can decide. Be sure to check out "His Shoes Were Far Too Tight" a collection of Edward Lear poems, illustrated by Calef Brown. Now go play with letters…no words…no letters…no words….just go play. buttonsandfigs.com
WWW – Palindrome Play
00:05:10 | February 13th, 2020
Is it a PALINDROME or not?! Listen to 5 words or phrases and YOU decide – PALINDROME or not?! Read forward and backward each and every day. Each Wacky Wordplay Wednesday (WWW)episode will feature a wordplay game you can play – with your family, friends, classmates or on your own. Each Wednesday this spring, join us for this wordplay thing. WWW episodes are brought to you by Buttons & Figs, a podcast for kids about playing with words. Visit www.buttonsandfigs.com to find WWW companion pieces to help you play our way! Now, GO PLAY!
WWW – Silly Syllogisms
00:07:33 | February 5th, 2020
WHAT is the Conclusion?! Play the OTHER game show everyone is talking about – ARE YOU SILLY?! Test your logic, tickle your brain, with 3 Silly Syllogisms! Each Wacky Wordplay Wednesday (WWW)episode will feature a wordplay game you can play – with your family, friends, classmates or on your own. Each Wednesday this spring, join us for this wordplay thing. WWW episodes are brought to you by Buttons & Figs, a podcast for kids about playing with words. Visit www.buttonsandfigs.com to find WWW companion pieces to help you play our way! Now, GO PLAY!
More Wordplay Coming Your Way
00:12:34 | January 27th, 2020
Happy Sorta Not New Anymore Year from us to YOU! This is just a short episode to say, we have more wordplay heading your way! In the meantime, be sure to listen to past episodes, there are all sorts of different ones, with all sorts of different kind of wordplay fun. And, since it’s Lewis Carroll’s birthday, I have a little song I’ve been working on called, "Portmanteaus Are Useful!" Stay tuned for more wordplay fun in 2020…too bad it’s not 2021 yet, it rhymes better. Now, go play!
#45 – Holiday Poem Play at Velma Teague Library
00:15:00 | December 19th, 2019
Sail with us this holiday to the Velma Teague Library in Glendale Arizona where we share holiday play inspired by the classic Christmas poem, "The Night Before Christmas" by Clement Moore. But of course we don’t just read the poem, we play! Listen in as these Buttons & Figs kids come up with their own reindeer names, and using the poem as inspiration, they set sail to write their own original stories. We hope you’ll head to the library this holiday and read The Night Before Christmas so sugar plums will dance and sing in your imagination. May poetry and play come your way this holiday. Till we meet again in 2020, happy new year from Buttons & Figs.
WWW – Synonym Spice
00:05:02 | December 12th, 2019
Play the game show everyone is talking about – Synonym Spice! Play 4 rounds of Synonym Spice and see if you can pick which word is NOT a synonym. Each Wacky Wordplay Wednesday (WWW)episode will feature a wordplay game you can play – with your family, friends, classmates or on your own. Each Wednesday this fall, join us for a wordplay ball. WWW episodes are brought to you by Buttons & Figs, a podcast for kids about playing with words. Visit www.buttonsandfigs.com to find WWW activities.
#44 – Alliteration Play with Brainstorming Bella and her Fabulous Friends
00:17:29 | December 1st, 2019
Sail with Brainstorming Bella and her Fabulous Friends as they steer our sieve to the land of alliteration. Bella, a Buttons & Figs fan, begged and beguiled her classmates at the West End Montessori school in Richmond, Virginia into hosting this episode of alliterative fun. You’ll get to hear them define alliteration, play with alliteration and challenge you to write your own alliteration too. If you’d like to send in your own perfect poem, call 623-282-4080 and leave your little lighthearted lines. No go play. www.buttonsandfigs.com
#43 – Nonsense Play with Calef Brown
00:24:00 | November 21st, 2019
On this episode we’re sailing our sieve to the land of Nonsense with Calef Brown’s latest book, "Up Versus Down: Poems, Painting and Serious Nonsense." Calef’s nonsense verse shook up our minds, inspiring us to gather wacky words and play. Buttons & Figs kids show you how we played with word associations in order to write nonsense verse of our own – we hope you’ll give it a try at home. Calef has great advice if you’d like to write too, be sure to listen to his whole interview. Read all Calef Brown’s books aloud (13 to be exact!)for a super, earlicious treat (not to mention reading 13 books would be a nifty little feat.) www.buttonsandfigs.com
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Created by: CalicoCast
Started:
September 8th, 2016
Status: Active, 178 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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