WordWorld

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WordWorld
Genre	Children's Animated cartoon Comedy
Created by	Don Moody Jacqueline Moody
Opening theme	Sung by the chorus of The Grammar School in Putney, Vermont; written by Billy Straus [1]
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	24
Production
Running time	Approx. 28 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	PBS
Original run	September 5, 2007 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

WordWorld is a computer animated cartoon series produced by WTTW Chicago for PBS Kids, funded in part by the United States Department of Education. It's targeted at pre-school age children, with their main goal being to "inspire a love of words and reading."^[2]

[edit] Premise

WordWorld revolves around WordFriends and WordThings characters and items comprising the letters that spell them in the correct order. So, for example, a barn is made out of the letters B-A-R-N, and a pie out of P-I-E, but in such a way as to actually look like a barn or pie -- with this rule extending to the animals who are the sentient characters in the show. The WordThings can be assembled and disassembled during the show by the characters, who use the items on their adventures and to solve their problems.

[edit] Educational Content

The main focus of the show is literacy, with the shows curriculum being based on the National Reading Panel's 2000 Teaching Children to Read report with input from other groups and experts. The show aims to focus on print awareness, phonological sensitivity and letter knowledge, comprehension (including vocabulary development) and socio-emotional skills.^[3]

[edit] Episodes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• WTTW National Productions
• WordWorld web site
• naway-o_3d WordWorld on Dailymotion

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