sail in a sieve to the land of Blackhawk nonsense! these 2nd graders have a little fun with the highlights of their school year….enjoy some fushi-sushi and flying fish tales as an army of buttons & figs guys sing along with the smurfs!
#10 – make
there once was a fig in the park
who stole buttons just for a lark
he went running away
yelling, “hip-hip-hooray!”
that nonsense fig from the park
lollygag of limericks! listen! episode #10!
extra – happy valentine’s day
here’s a little nonsense extra, extra….an interview with Patrick the Squink. apparently, his favorite holiday is valentine’s day! capers anyone?!
#13 – Rube Goldberg Machines
Sail in a sieve with the Buttons & Figs kids to the land of Rube Goldberg Machines! Kids find inspiration from Rube Goldberg’s cartoons and design a couple of wacky machines of their own. Can you take a guess at how many cartoons Rube Goldberg drew during his lifetime?! Take a listen to find out the answer to this question and more!
#13 – The Art of Rube Goldberg
Here’s the video announcing this new fabulous collection of Rube Goldberg’s work, hand selected by his granddaughter, Jennifer George. Notice anything familiar?!
#12 – BFG
sail in a sieve to the land of giants to hear a great recommendation for Roald Dahl’s book, “The BFG”.
watch your whizzpopping!
#11 – Sandburg – part 2
sail in a sieve back to Rootabaga Country, to the village of creme puffs…
#11 – Sandburg – part 1
sail in a sieve to the village of liver and onions in the heart of Rootabaga Country!
extra – something
an extra, extra bit of nonsense. it’s something alright. take a little listen…
#10 – limericks
sail in the seive to the land of limericks! On this episode the kids share Edward Lear limericks and have some fun by becoming the characters in the limericks! join the list of great authors, from Shakespeare to Isaac Asimov to Ogden Nash, who love limericks too!