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Encore WWW: Are you As Playful As a Simile?! 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 these WWW activities written out for classroom play.

Halloween Spirit is a mini-musical treat with three songs that follow the story of a young boy whose favorite holiday is Halloween! Happy Halloween

"Halloween is Coming" is about the excitement he feels at the start of the season!

"What Can I Be?" is about the most monumental decision of the season!

"Halloween Spirit" is a reminder, that no matter how different this halloween season might be, the spirit is always inside you...for free.

Music by Mark Pena

Lyrics by Mark Pena and Pamela Rogers

Voice by Mark Pena

Production by Pamela Rogers

Audio Design and Engineering by Blaise Collins

Happy Halloween from Buttons & Figs

For this episode kids at the Velma Teague Library in Glendale, Arizona wrote and recorded nonsense poems inspired by Eric Carle's "The Nonsense Show". Be warned, this book of nonsense brings forth all sorts of, well, how shall I say, Nonsense! You'll also hear great nonsense book recommends, and a public service announcement about staying hydrated. What? You say poppycock, fiddle-faddle, surreal cereal?! You're welcome.

All nonsense on this episode was written by kids taking part in Buttons & Figs creative wordplay workshops at Velma Teague Library in the Spring of 2020, yup, in the time before. These voices are a nice reminder that we'll gather again. Stay safe, sane, hydrated, and wear a mask.

Poems by Buttons & Figs kids

Music by Pamela Rogers

SFX by Zapsplat

On this episode Buttons & Figs is proud to feature two original ghost stories, for brave kids, (recommend 8+)by Marisol, a student at Independence High School in Glendale, Arizona. In "The Curse" Marisol shares a cautionary tale reminding us we should listen to the stories we are told and in "While I Sleep" she shares a chilling story about a girl who is not there.

These stories are read by Marisol, with voices by Mr. Pena.

Happy, spooky Halloween from all of us at Buttons & Figs, a podcast for kids about spooky stories....Bawhahahaha!

Encore Wacky Wordplay: Spoooooooooky Halloween Vowel Sounds - Which vowels bring your favorite howls? Eeeeeeeeeeeek! I dare you to come up with Halloween sounds for each vowel!

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 - now go play!

We have 3 rounds of the game Fortunately, Unfortunately! Fortunately is an adverb that means to be fortunate...or lucky! Unfortunately...well, that means the opposite (wah-wah-wah-waaah) Each player adds a sentence to a story that evolves and grows, but each sentence must start with either the word Fortunately or Unfortunately. We’ll start each round...then YOU continue the play with friends or family. We’ll tell you when to hit pause at the end of each round. The idea of the game is to continue adding sentences to the story until, Unfortunately, you run out of them! Fortunately, you’ll get the idea once we begin!

visit www.buttonsandfigs.com and look for Wacky Wordplay Wednesdays to see this wordplay written out to share in class or at home.

a little wordplay each day goes a long way!

written by Pamela Rogers

audio produced by Pamela Rogers and Blaise Collins

I'm afraid our Halloween musical has been interrupted by an emergency holiday announcement....but wait, who's that at the door?!

The Spirit of Halloween

written by mark pena

lyrics & vocals by mark pena

audio produced by pamela rogers & blaise collins

sfx by Zapsplat

Well, I received a letter from my Dear Aunt Agnes and it has so many oxymorons in it, so I can’t figure out WHAT she’s trying to tell me! Can you help identify all of the Oxymorons? What's an oxymoron you ask?

Oxymorons are when you place two words next to each other that seem to contradict each other, or have opposite meanings, but when used together, they have meaning! For example, Jumbo Shrimp is an oxymoron….because Jumbo means big and Shrimp means small, but together, it means a something delicious!

You can see this letter by visiting Buttonsandfigs.com and looking for Wacky Wordplay Wednesdays. join us for wordplay when you can, perhaps on Wednesdays.

written by Pamela Rogers

produced by Buttons & Figs

audio engineered by Blaise Collins

On this episode of Wacky Wordplay Wednesday we're going to play with RHYMES! Who doesn't like to have a good time with a mighty good rhyme?!

In this game you'll be listening to our rhyming verse so you can Add A Rhyme when I say it's time! Your challenge…ADD A RHYME. (Wacky, quacky, badacky rhymes get extra points, said I) Get ready to play - ADD A RHYME!

visit www.buttonsandfigs.com and look for Wacky Wordplay Wednesdays to see these rhymes written out, so you can take your time playing ADD A RHYME

written by pamela rogers

audio produced by blaise collins

SFX from Zapsplat

What Can I Be? Now that Halloween is Coming it's time to figure it out! Here's a little treat, with a little beat, about a boy figuring out what he wants to be this Halloween. What Will You Be this Halloween?! Hmmm?

written by mark pena

lyrics & vocals by mark pena

audio produced by pamela rogers & blaise collins

sfx by Zapsplat