Here are complete writings and artwork for the students in Ms. Harding’s 2nd grade classroom. Student ideas were edited for inclusion on episode #41 – Idea Play. Enjoy!
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#41 – Idea Play
Sail in a sieve to the land of ideas with Ms. Harding’s class of 2nd graders at Madison Simis Elementary School in Phoenix, Az. These kids were inspired by the book, “What Do You Do With An Idea?” by Kobi Yamata, illustrated by Mae Besom. The last page of the book says ideas can change the world, so these kids set out to think about ideas to make oceans, lands, schools, playgrounds, and zoos better…they even have ideas for how to make cobras better! What ideas do you have to change the world? –www.buttonsandfigs.com
WWW – Dialogue Play
We’re going to play with Dialogue! – Who’s a hog? – No, Dialogue. – There’s no smog! – No Dialogue! – What’s that? – We have some questions to get you playing with dialogue! Each Wacky Wordplay Wednesday (WWW)episode will feature a wordplay game you can play – with your family, friends, classmates or on your own. Each Wednesday this fall, join us for a wordplay ball.
WWW – Limerick Trick
Have you ever met that flighty Old Person of Phoenix? Our Limerick Trick will show you the patterns of play for making limericks this way! Each Wacky Wordplay Wednesday (WWW)episode will feature a wordplay game you can play – with your family, friends, classmates or on your own. Each Wednesday this fall, join us for a wordplay ball. WWW episodes are brought to you by Buttons & Figs, a podcast for kids about playing with words. Visit www.buttonsandfigs.com to find WWW activities.
WWW – Hoarse Horse
LISTEN! Hoarse horse knows his nose needs blowing! How many homonyms do you hear here?
#40 – Simile Play with Neon Words
On this episode we’re sailing our sieve to the land of Neon Words with some Simile Play! We were inspired by the new book, “Neon Words: 10 Brilliant Ways to Light Up Your Writing.” Our writing play comes from Chapter 1 of this book and we had a chance to interview authors Marge Pellegrino and Kay Sather from Tucson, Arizona, to ask them where they got all of their bright ideas! We hope you’ll play along as we share some of our favorite Neon Words! www.buttonsandfigs.com
Neon Words: 10 Brilliant Ways to Light up Your Writing by Marge Pellegrino and Kay Sather
Kay Sather’s movie about her mud house – MUD
Lovely book review from Pirate Tree
Neon Wordplay 
Neon Wordplay 
Neon Wordplay
