"Word World" (2007)TV series 2007-????

Directors:

Olexa Hewryk
Don Moody

Writers:

Craig Carlisle (writer) (2007)
Jill Cozza-Turner (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

3 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation

Awards:

1 win

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 24	10:30 AM	PBS	Rocket to the Moon; The Birds	#1.3
Fri. July 25	10:30 AM	PBS

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Word World

"It's Time to Build a Word..." - Fantastic show for young kids

Wow. I caught this show by chance one day and was so impressed I had to look it up to watch it again. What a wonderful and fun way to teach spelling! In this computed-animated show, all of the animal friends, main scenery, and "props" are made out of the letters of their word. You have to see it to truly appreciate it. There is a dog made out of the letters d-o-g, a house formed from the letters for house, etc. Heck, during a camping episode if you look closely you will see that the flames of the fire are made out of f-i-r-e. The adventures of these animal friends center around building items from the letters that form their word. For example, when the pig is "baking" a birthday cake, he grabs the letters c, a, k and e then when he puts them together, the word animates to form a cake (with frosting!) out of the letters. In another episode, the frog and dog are building a tent, and the tent won't go up until, after several tries, they finally sound out the word and put the letters in the correct order. The animated adventures are split into roughly 10 minute segments, perfect for the very young age group that is obviously targeted.

If the quality of the show stays the same as the few episodes I've seen, I'd buy this series on DVD in a second.