| | |  | DVDs | Home » » WordWorld: Welcome to WordWorld | | | | | | | Description: | | In WordWorld, words come alive, words save the day, and words become a child's best friend. Welcome to WordWorld, the first preschool series where words are truly the stars of the show! Come along for an adventurous romp into a colorful, vibrant world of words with the lovable, legible WordFriends, animals whose bodies are made up of the letters that spell the word they are!
The WordFriends go on comic adventures and face challenges that can only be resolved with the right word. That word is built letter by letter, sound by sound, during the funky "Build a Word!" song at the end of every episode. Once the word is built it "morphs," or comes alive into the thing it is!
Word building reinforces the pre-reading concept that letters (and their sounds) make words, and that words have real meaning...and power. The series also introduces literacy concepts that preschoolers will encounter as they become readers, such as sounding out letters and rhyming. But most of all, WordWorld helps children get excited about reading and see words as their friends. Includes these Episodes:
Happy Birthday Dog! Dog's friends are planning a surprise birthday party for him, but they don't have a cake! With a little help from Pig, Frog gathers the letters C-A-K-E...but can he them to the party without ruining the surprise? Sh-Sh-Shark! When Duck befriends a Shark, he learns that the letters S and H make the "sh" sound, and everyone else discovers that you can't judge a shark by his sharp-toothed cover. The Mystery of the Disappearing Pie Pig's pie for Bear has gone missing! Have no fear Detective Sheep is ready to help her WordFriends follow the letter clues and solve the mystery of the disappearing pie! Snug as a Bug When Bug can't sleep because he needs to be snug, he and his favorite neighbor, Frog, have to figure out the end of the rhyme: "Snug as a bug in a..." Can YOU guess the end? | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Word World | | Format:
| Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, THX | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| NCircle Entertainment | | Run Time:
| 66 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| January 15, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 44 reviews |
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31 of 32 found the following review helpful:
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderfulNov 10, 2007
By C. McGuiggan
"Homeschool Mom"
My 5-year-old son is a 3-D learner (dyslexic) and I was having trouble getting him interested in reading or writing. Since he's started watching Wordworld he and his 3-year-old sister run around the house shouting and dancing "It's time to build a word". Next we run and get our letters and build words. Now words and letters are fun and exciting to him. The most valuable aspect to this show for my son is that it gives him a 3-D view of letters and words and at the same time gives him the picture to go with it.(most Dyslexics think in pictures only - if there's no picture for it they're stumped) Aside from that the characters and stories are very entertaining. I find myself clearing my schedule to watch Wordworld. It is also good for me to watch it with them because then later we go over the concepts taught and re-build the words. They don't even know they're "learning"
23 of 24 found the following review helpful:
Amazing, WONDERFUL showOct 09, 2007
By A. ries
"ALR"
This is, in my opinion, the BEST kids' show to come around in a very, very long time. It helps kids recognize their letters, sound out words, and spell, which I appreciate. However, learning aside- this show is fantastic. It is HILARIOUS, the characters are well-developed and lovable, and the quality is fantastic.
I know this show is meant for preschoolers, but my 7 year old loves it too. She is a beginning reader, and she feels very cool being able to recognize all the words in WordWorld. I am preordering both DVDs, and in the meantime we'll continue to catch it on PBS.
17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Really terrific kids show!Oct 25, 2007
By M. Musselman
This is a wonderful kids show! My 3 1/2 year old son adores it - he sings along and pretends to build words just like the characters. It is visually appealing with lovable, non-annoying characters. My son loves the stories and being able to pick out many of the letter. Great, educational, program!!
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Best toddlers' show everSep 18, 2010
By Sophie
My 23-month-old daughter stunned me one day by correctly identifying every single letter on the jacket of my book. I asked her father if he ahd been teaching her the alphabet - his reply was something along the lines of "she can't even speak properly yet - how can she learn the alphabet?!" I took out a set of alphabet blocks and she casually recited every letter from A-Z. She doesn't have any siblings, and back then she didn't even have any friends. A few weeks earlier, I had added a few episodes of WordWorld to her DVD archive (along with Maisy Mouse and a couple of sing-a-long DVDs). Apparently this was all it took for her to "absorb" the entire alphabet!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Best show going...Aug 18, 2008
By MARAH MACKAY
We love WordWorld! This program is wonderful! We watch it everymorning on television and then my daugther will watch it on the weekends on dvd! She is starting Kindergarten and she knows all her letters and sounds and can already write in sentences. I will recommend this DVD collection to anyone who asks.
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