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Category Archives: episodes

#11 – Sandburg – part 1

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Pam

sail in a sieve to the village of liver and onions in the heart of Rootabaga Country!

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extra – something

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Pam

an extra, extra bit of nonsense.  it’s something alright.  take a little listen…

 

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#10 – limericks

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Pam

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!

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#9 – over the button and through the fig

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Pam

sail in a sieve Over the Button and Through the Fig…to the Podcast they go!  ho!

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#8 – alliteration

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Pam

Buttons & Figs sails in a sieve to the land of alliteration…alright?!
btw…has anyone seen a woodchuck around here?!

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sing! – Justin Roberts sings about being bored

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Pam

Buttons & Figs sails in a sieve to the land of…what?!  NO! Not that!!!  oh, fine…the land of boredom.

On this special sing! episode, hear a great nonsense song about boredom from the musician Justin Roberts titled, “Me and My Kangaroo” and guess what?!  Justin Roberts decides to climb aboard our sieve for a sail….take a listen

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