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Buttons & Figs
Buttons & Figs inspires kids to think critically and express creatively through wordplay.
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Episode One: #1 – The Jumblies
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Created by: CalicoCast
Started: September 8th, 2016
Status: Active, 178 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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Episodes
#13 – Rube Goldberg Machines
00:12:51 | April 11th, 2017
Buttons & Figs is a podcast for kids about nonsense. Sail in a sieve to the land of Rube Goldberg Machines! Inspired by Rube Goldberg’s cartoons, some Buttons & Figs kids design a couple of their own machines. How many cartoons do you think Rube Goldberg drew during his lifetime?! Find out the answer to this and more @ buttonsandfigs.com.
#12 – BFG
00:10:45 | March 19th, 2017
Buttons & Figs is a podcast for kids about nonsense. Sail in a sieve to the land of giants to hear a great recommendation for Roald Dahl’s book, "The BFG". Recommended by kids in the Horace Mann Elementary School Book Club. buttonsandfigs.com
#11 – Sandburg – Part 2
00:16:16 | March 14th, 2017
Buttons & Figs is a podcast for kids about nonsense. On part 2 of our Sandburg episode the kids, inspired by Rootabaga Stories, create some wacky characters of their own. be sure to check out Rootabaga Stories from a library near you, America’s own fairy tales. buttonsandfigs.com
extra – fog
00:03:07 | March 7th, 2017
Buttons & Figs is a podcast for kids about nonsense. this is a little extra, extra nonsense to go along with our exploration of Carl Sandburg’s works. here is a little extra poem by Sandburg, read by Luna & the Rarin’Sharin’Librarin’, with background music by Christian VanCampen. we hope you’ll share a little extra nonsense with us @ buttonsandfigs.com
#11 – Sandburg – Part I
00:15:36 | March 3rd, 2017
Buttons & Figs is a podcast for kids about nonsense. On this episode the kids, inspired by Carl Sandburg’s Rootabaga Stories, create some wacky characters of their own. be sure to listen in for more Carl Sanburg inspired nonsense on Part II! be sure to check out Rootabaga Stories, America’s own fairy tales. buttonsandfigs.com
extra – something
00:02:46 | February 12th, 2017
Buttons & Figs is a podcast for kids about nonsense. this is a little extra, extra nonsense. this piece was created by makai, recorded by makai, joaquin, & hannah. we hope you’ll share a little extra nonsense with us @ buttonsandfigs.com
#10 – Limericks
00:14:34 | January 30th, 2017
Buttons & Figs is a podcast for kids about nonsense. On this episode the kids share Edward Lear limericks and have some fun by becoming the characters in the limericks! be sure to download this episode’s activity sheet to learn a limerick or two and write a limerick of your own, so you can join the list of great authors, from Shakespeare to Isaac Asimov to Ogden Nash, who love limericks too! buttonsandfigs.com
#9 – Over the Button and Through the Fig
00:11:53 | January 17th, 2017
Buttons & Figs is a podcast for kids about nonsense. this first episode of the new year features kids making a little nonsense out of the song "Over the River and Through the Woods." be sure to download this episode’s activity sheet so you can write a nonsense version of your own! 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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