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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
The Spirit of Halloween
00:04:01 | October 15th, 2020
I’m afraid our Halloween musical has been interrupted by an emergency holiday announcement….but wait, who’s that at the door?!
WWW – Oxymorons
00:03:45 | October 14th, 2020
Well, I received a letter from my Dear Aunt Agnes and it has so many oxymorons in it, so I can’t figure out WHAT she’s trying to tell me! Can you help identify all of the Oxymorons? What’s an oxymoron you ask?
WWW – Add A Rhyme
00:06:03 | October 7th, 2020
On this episode of Wacky Wordplay Wednesday we’re going to play with RHYMES! Who doesn’t like to have a good time with a mighty good rhyme?! In this game you’ll be listening to our rhyming verse so you can Add A Rhyme when I say it’s time! Your challenge…ADD A RHYME. (Wacky, quacky, badacky rhymes get extra points, said I) Get ready to play – ADD A RHYME!
Halloween is Coming – What Can I Be?
00:03:00 | October 6th, 2020
What Can I Be? Now that Halloween is Coming it’s time to figure it out! Here’s a little treat, with a little beat, about a boy figuring out what he wants to be this Halloween. What Will You Be this Halloween?! Hmmm?
WWW – Noun Town
00:05:40 | September 29th, 2020
What’s in Noun Town you ask?! Well, Noun Town has people and animals, places, and things! Noun Town always has ideas, but only on Tuesdays. You are about to hear actual headlines read from the Noun Town Newspaper archives. Your challenge is to write down all the Nouns in each headline! Ready to learn a bit about the goings on in Noun Town? Are you sure?
Halloween Is Coming!
00:03:54 | September 27th, 2020
Orange & black and black & orange, You know what this all means!
extra! Super Hero Jokes for National Comic Book Day
00:05:02 | September 24th, 2020
extra! extra! It’s National Comic Book Day and to celebrate we have SUPER HERO KIDS telling SUPER HERO JOKES! Kids selected a joke from the "DC Super Friends Joke Book" to share with you! We recorded these jokes at the Velma Teague branch of Glendale Public Library during their LibConWest Festival. A Free Festival dedicated to celebrating comics and pop culture! Mark your calendar for this year’s event…Sat Dec 5, 2020…we hope! Visit www.libconwest.org or glendaleazlibrary.com to learn more! Wakanda forever, comic books always!
extra! – Woke – poems about justice with poet Mahogany Browne
00:14:02 | September 21st, 2020
Before Buttons & Figs heads back into the school year with more wacky wordplay…we have an extra! episode about social justice. On this episode you’ll hear three amazing poems read by Mahogany Browne from the new poetry picture book titled, "Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice." You’ll also get to hear from some Buttons & Figs kids sharing their thoughts about justice. We hope hearing these poems and conversations will prompt you to talk about social justice with your family.
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Created by: CalicoCast
Started:
September 8th, 2016
Status: Active, 178 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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