Zoey and Lukas explore words that break the rules in the way they're spelled or pronounced. Like pirates, they're rule-breakers. Meanwhile, a stand-up comedian shows how comedy is kind of like being a pirate. Expect the unexpected.
There’s ooey gooey, scrumptious, yummy fun in this episode that’s all about the power of sensory words. Zoey and Lukas explore the many ways words affect how we feel about food and how sensory words can affect all five of our senses. A chef comes by with a fragrant delicacy that Zoey and Lukas aren’t too sure they want to sample. But they do! Things get a bit squishy and sticky in the Touch and Tell game show when kids have to describe and guess what food is inside mystery boxes just by feeling it. Lukas programs Booboo Bot to say sensory words for sounds and it works a little too well.
Zoey and Lukas channel their inner spies as they delve into secret ways of communicating. Ciphers, encryption and codes, oh my.
Zoey and Lukas enter the wacky world of Lewis Carroll to discover palindromes, double negatives, word puzzles, and more.
Why does English have so many words from other languages? Zoey and Lukas stage a Viking "raid" to find out.
While dreaming of musical superstardom, Zoey and Lukas explore all kinds of fun wordplay used in songs, raps and stories. A rapper/singer shares her songwriting tips. Real kids try saying tongue twisters...with hilarious results.
Mummy mayhem ensues as Zoey and Lukas explore the many ways we can communicate with pictures, symbols and pictograms, just like ancient Egyptians. A graphic designer drops by and shows how a simple image can convey a message or idea. Lukas tries to program Booboo Bot to decipher some custom-made hieroglyphics but the bot gets it all hilariously wrong. In the game show, teams of kids have to find pictograms that fit the categories Lukas gives them. Zoey discovers that languages like Chinese and Japanese also use symbols in their writing. It’s mummies versus explorers in the challenge where teams of kids hunt for scrolls in a darkened pyramid and then decode the emoji sentences written on them.
Why aren't words spelled the way they sound? To find out, Zoey and Lukas meet a cowboy named Silent E and a rodeo queen named Onomatapoeia. Along the way, they learn to write their own country songs.
Zoey and Lukas explore how words in advertising can sometimes trick us the same way a magician does. A magician visits and shows the similarities between magic tricks and advertising techniques. Real kids make their own funny ads for wacky products. In the game show, teams of kids have to match items to billboards where the products being sold have been removed. Can they guess what the ads are selling? Lukas programs Booboo Bot to use persuasive advertising words and Booboo Bot gets it all comically wrong. Teams of kids speed through a supermarket shopping racecourse in the challenge.
It’s carnival time and Zoey and Lukas discover the many ways you can say things without saying a word. Through body language, hand signals and other non-verbal cues, you can easily get a message across. Except when dealing with a bot – Booboo Bot! Professional clowns stop by and show how clown gibberish and exaggerated expressions can make for some wacky fun. In the game show, teams of kids play Speed Charades. The Holey-Moley Clown-a-roly challenge is a mash-up of Pictionary and beanbag toss…with wet sponges that just might land on someone’s face!
Why are some words "fancier" than others? And did medieval people really talk in rhyme? Zoey and Lukas go back in time to find out.
Things get punny as Zoey and Lukas dig into "twin" words - homonyms and homophones. Real twins play a game of sound-alike words and run a three-legged race.
Inspired by all the cool books they read at the library, Zoey and Lukas decide to write their own stories, casting themselves as superheroes. Along the way they discover that all stories answer the five W’s – who, what, where, when, why. Lukas programs Booboo Bot with some story beginnings, middles and ends so that Booboo Bot can write his own stories, but the bot gets the order all wrong and his stories are hilariously nonsensical. Kids have to correctly identify the 5 W’s on a big game show board and put them together in wacky story. A video game writer shows how video games tell stories, too. In the challenge, kids are superheroes whose super powers have been stripped. They put together a puzzle while blindfolded and put comic strip panel cubes in the correct order while slowed down by bungee cords around their arms and legs. POW!