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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
#32 – An Odcast – Take Away Letter Play
00:14:05 | October 15th, 2018
On this Odcast episode we sail our sieve to the land of letter take aways…wait, did Alex just steal the letter P from Podcast?! Join Alex, Chloe, Olivia, Sophia and Ava as they play with letter take aways. And see if you can help May and Bad solve the mystery of the missing letters. Take away play was inspired by the book, "Take Away the A" by Michael Escoffier and Kris Di Giacomo. Visit www.buttonsandfigs.com for more word play fun.
#31 – Ballyhoo! Hyperbole Play
00:13:41 | October 1st, 2018
Ballyhooooooo!!! You should listen to this episode because it’s the most musical, entertaining, funny and colorful episode EVER! On this episode we sail our sieve to the land of Hyperbole. Join Catherine, Ellie, Lucy, and Sophie as they define, play and plot using as much hyperbole and sound FX as humanly possible, see if you can write a hyperbolic sentence about you, and if you are looking for hyperbole inspiration, check-out Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Paul Zelinsky! Ballyhooooooo!
Nonsensilicious – The Onomatopoeia Man
00:04:16 | September 10th, 2018
On this Nonsensilicious Buttons & Figs episode The Onomatopoeia Man has a challenge for you…to see if you can make some onomatopoeia sounds too. The Onomatopoeia Man is an interactive word play song, so we hope you’ll sing along. We also recommend another great kids podcast that plays with words and sounds – Noodle Loaf. For more onomatopoeia word play, listen to episode #25 of Buttons & Figs.
#30 – Personification Play at the Library
00:13:17 | August 14th, 2018
Buttons & Figs is a podcast for kids about playing with words. On this episode, sail in a sieve to the land of personification at Phoenix Public Library’s Burton Barr Central location! Phoenix Public Library hosted Buttons & Figs for an afternoon of listening to great Kids Listen podcasts and recording kid creations as they played with personification. Visit www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org, www.kidslisten.org and www.buttonsandfigs.com for more wordplay fun.
Nonsensilicious – More Collective Noun Play
00:06:25 | August 7th, 2018
Nonsensilicious episodes are bite-size Buttons & Figs episodes designed to give you a taste, a treat, a wordplay challenge for the classroom, library or wherever you eat. On this short, Kyle Lukoff shares a wordplay challenge inspired by his book, "A Storytelling of Ravens." Listen and play along because a wordplay-a-day keeps the doctor away. Visit us at buttonsandfigs.com for more wordplay fun.
#29 – Punny Puns
00:15:46 | July 11th, 2018
Lettuce sieve we can sail in our sieve to the land of punny puns! Join us for this punny episode and hear opunions and advice from none other than the 2017 O’Henry Pun Champion – Southpaw Jones! He’ll be sharing some tips and tricks for how you can be punny too, and we have Buttons & Figs kids, Sophia and Angelo, sharing some groan worthy puns they found at the library. Be sure to include your podcast listening as part of your summer reading program! For more reading ideas and wordplay punnery visit www.buttonsandfigs.com
#28 – Summer at Imagination Inn
00:18:28 | May 30th, 2018
School’s almost out, summer’s almost here, let’s sail away in our sieve to the land of….oh no, I think we’re lost! Quick, IMAGINE a place – a castle, a cabin, a resort or an inn! Wait, no worries, no fear, Nancy Willard is here and William Blake’s Inn is just beyond that bend. On this episode Nancy Willard inspires us to let our imaginations soar, Buttons & Figs kids imagine places for summer fun, and we’ll share ways for you to have summer reading and listening fun at your library. For more reading ideas and wordplay fun visit www.buttonsandfigs.com
#27 – A Colony of Collective Nouns
00:17:24 | April 29th, 2018
Jump aboard our sieve with this army of ants, troop of baboons, bunch of bananas, swarm of bees and litter of kittens as they set sail to the land of collective nouns. On this episode we’ll define collective noun, hear original collective noun poems read by a bevy of Buttons & Figs kids and we’ll find out whether Inspector Fig solves the case about a misuse of a collective noun…Dunnn-da-dunt-dunt-duuuuun. for more wordplay fun visit 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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