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 #buttonsandfigs #wordplay #techplay #kidcasts #kidslisten #podcasts

Stop your dilly-dallying and jump aboard….we’re sailing our sieve to the land of Ricochet Words! On this episode we’ll explain how to play with ricochet words, we’ll stop in to visit Shim-Sham the Shoe Man and our Buttons & Figs kids travel from Wibbleton to Wobbleton, making up their own ricochet words along the way. Subscribe to play with words at www.buttonsandfigs.com

Check-out “Prime Time for Podcasts” in School Library Journal!  Great podcasts, great ideas, fun ways to listen, record and create with kids!  

Can you figure out the order to this classic Rube Goldberg machine?  make your own machine and share with friends.  see if they can figure it out!