sail in a sieve to the land of scat singing. The great jazz singer Annette Lowman travels along sharing tips for how kids can start scat singing too. Maya, Avery and Chloe share examples of how they started singing scat. Visit buttonsandfigs.com for a free downloadable activity to help you shoo-bop-shoo-bop-shoo-bop-bop-bow!
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#22 – Wacky Waffle nonsense – Shel Silverstein inspires
sail in a sieve to Ms. Weck’s class of Wacky Waffles, 3rd graders from the Horace Mann School in Oak Park, Ill. the Wacky Waffles LOVE Shel Silverstein and so do we at Buttons & Figs! using Shel Silverstein poems as inspiration, these kids wrote their own nonsense poems to share with our listeners! be sure to visit a library near you for some Shel Silverstein inspired wackiness!
Happy Halloween!!!
spooky, spoooky, spoooookkkyy!
Happy Halloween!
listen to our spooky halloween episode and read “Black and Bittern Was Night” by Robert Heidbreder, illustrated by John Martz. and then…..see if you can figure out the meaning to all of the nonsense this Halloween!!! Bah-ha-ha-ha!!!
#21 – Funny Girls – Interview with Betsy Bird
sail in a sieve to the land of Funny Girls! Our funny girls interview the funny librarian, author, and fellow podcaster, Betsy Bird. Be sure to check out “Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. EVER.” edited by Betsy Bird, a fabulously funny middle school anthology with more than 25 female authors.
#20 – Tongue Twisters at the Library
sail in a sieve, with this last bit of summer nonsense, back to the Oak Park Public Library! using inspiration from “Dr. Knickerbocker and Other Rhymes”, a Canadian collection of over 100 rhymes, riddles, jump rope rhymes, taunts, tongue twisters and nonsense verse, selected by David Booth, illustrated by Maryann Kovalski, the kids at the library wrote some great tongue twisters…try saying them faster than your friends!