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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
WWW – Dialogue Play
00:03:56 | October 16th, 2019
We’re going to play with Dialogue! – Who’s a hog? – No, Dialogue. – There’s no smog! – No Dialogue! – What’s that? – We have some questions to get you playing with dialogue! 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 – now go play!
WWW – Limerick Tricks
00:04:01 | October 9th, 2019
Have you ever met that flighty Old Person of Phoenix? Our Limerick Tricks will show you the patterns of play for making limericks this way! 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.
WWW – Hoarse Horse
00:03:34 | October 2nd, 2019
Hoarse horse knows his nose needs blowing! How many homonyms do you hear here? 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.
#40 – Simile Play with Neon Words
00:21:12 | October 1st, 2019
On this episode we’re sailing our sieve to the land of Neon Words with some Simile Play! We were inspired by the new book, "Neon Words: 10 Brilliant Ways to Light Up Your Writing." Our writing play comes from Chapter 1 of this book and we had a chance to interview authors Marge Pellegrino and Kay Sather from Tucson, Arizona, to ask them where they got all of their bright ideas! We hope you’ll play along as we share some of our favorite Neon Words! www.buttonsandfigs.com
WWW – As Playful As a Simile
00:04:20 | September 25th, 2019
Are you As Playful As a Simile?! 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.
WWW – Alphabet Circus
00:03:42 | September 18th, 2019
At the Alphabet Circus – A Hurt His Arm as he fell from a flying trapeze! What will happen next? 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.
More Wordplay Heading Your Way – Reprise with Story Pirates
00:12:00 | September 17th, 2019
Buttons & Figs has set sail for another season of wordplay! We have a fabulously full fall of wordplay fun for everyone! We’ll be playing with similes, nonsense poems, nature, ideas and more. We’ll be interviewing authors of wordplay and showing you our way to play….so stay tuned. If you’re looking for literary listening – try on these for size – The Good Words Podcast, KitLitTV, Book Power for Kids, The Book Club for Kids, and of course….The Story Pirates! In the meantime, enjoy this Reprise of episode #39 featuring the song Backstroke Raptor from the Story Pirates album of the same name. Play, play, play with words. www.buttonsandfigs.com
Summertime – Creativity
00:07:02 | August 12th, 2019
Summertime is a time for summer, but summer has come to an end. Summer is at The Beach with an exclusive interview with Pamela Rogers and Mark Pena, the creative minds behind this Summertime series. Can Pam and Mark figure out a way to say goodbye to summer? Tune in and find out. Then, go back to school and play, cuz we don’t care a button, we don’t care a fig. www.buttonsandfigs.com . [sound fx courtesy of Zapsplat and a casio keyboard.]
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Created by: CalicoCast
Started:
September 8th, 2016
Status: Active, 178 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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