4320 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400 en-us Welcome to WordWorld, a colorful, word-rich place where friends have fun and meet challenges through word play. Each episode of WordWorld is a fun narrative built around a wacky troupe of WordFriends, who are characters first and words second. Shy Sheep loves to pretend; cautious Frog is the brainiac and word "expert"; impetuous Duck is still learning his letters (and social skills); gregarious Pig lives in the moment; pragmatic Ant is always on the go; affable Dog is a WordFriend's best friend. WordWorld's WordFriends invite the preschool viewer to join them on comic adventures, where problems can only be resolved by "building" the right word. Word building is a unique moment when children witness a word form and then morph into the thing it is! Word building reinforces the pre-reading concept that letters make words, and that words have real meaning ? and power. Words come alive, words save the day, and words become a child's best friend in this 3D animated series. Learning to form words has never been this fun! © 2009 Rocky Mountain PBS http://www.rmpbs.org/resources/files/programs/100x100/17400.jpg http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400 100 100 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-106/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-106/rss Fri, 20 Nov 09 12:30:00 -0700 Bit by Bit: It is Monkey's birthday, and a sick Frog entrusts Duck and Bug to take his present-a banana-to Monkey's birthday party for him. In their enthusiasm to get to the party, Duck and Bug accidentally break the banana into letters...and they don't know how to rebuild it! It's just too big a word. Fortunately Elephant knows a thing or two about big words, and teaches them to build the banana back, bit by bit, based on the three syllables in the word. Ride 'em CowBear: Pig, Dog and Duck are playing cowboys. Bear wants to join them, but gets frustrated when she learns she's not very good at rope tricks. Dog went let her sulk, though, and after much practice Bear is a rootin'-tootin' CowBear! And just in time-Pig and Duck have herded Cow into the mud! http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-121/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-121/rss Mon, 23 Nov 09 12:30:00 -0700 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-104/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-104/rss Tue, 24 Nov 09 12:30:00 -0700 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-107/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-107/rss Wed, 25 Nov 09 12:30:00 -0700 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-109/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-109/rss Thu, 26 Nov 09 12:30:00 -0700 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-110/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-110/rss Fri, 27 Nov 09 12:30:00 -0700 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-119/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-119/rss Mon, 30 Nov 09 12:30:00 -0700 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-202/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-202/rss Tue, 01 Dec 09 12:30:00 -0700 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-203/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-203/rss Wed, 02 Dec 09 12:30:00 -0700 Pig's Big Moonlight Feast: When Pig is too sick to cook the Moonlight Feast, his friends step in, but they find that if you don't follow the recipe you may end up "in the soup." Shuffleword: When Pig and Ant get into an argument while playing Shuffleword, Pig storms off with the consonants and Ant storms off with the vowels but they soon realize that not only do they need each other's letters to make words but they also need each other to have fun! http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-111/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-111/rss Thu, 03 Dec 09 12:30:00 -0700 Princess Sheep - Bear and Sheep want to play princess, but they only have one crown. Although Sheep promises to take turns wearing the crown and being princess, she gets royally carried away playing her role. It is only after she hurts Bear's feelings that Sheep learns that a true princess isn't selfish, but kind and generous instead. Build a Word: CROWN W Drought - It's a hot summer day and all the WordFriends are using water to stay cool. But all the letter Ws start to disappear, and you can't have "water" without the letter W! Sheep leads the gang in the hunt to discover just who's causing the W drought. Build a Word: WATER http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-112/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-112/rss Fri, 04 Dec 09 12:30:00 -0700 The Christmas Star - It's the night before Christmas and Frog needs a star to hang on his Christmas tree. Duck thinks this will be the perfect present for Frog, and tries to lasso one out of the sky for him. Try as he might, Duck is unable to catch a star for Frog, and cries himself to sleep. But while he sleeps, someone leaves him a wonderful present: the letters S-T-A-R... A Christmas Present for Dog - It's Christmas morning, and all the WordFriends are excited by the presents Santa has brought for them! Pig has a sled, Bear has a doll and Ant has a cookie. But not all the letters for Dog's present came down his chimney. All he has is a B-A-L. Bear gets filled with the Christmas spirit and makes a sacrifice to ensure Dog's Christmas will be merry! http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-125/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/17400-125/rss Mon, 07 Dec 09 12:30:00 -0700 Robots to the Rescue! - When Frog discovers that you can make a word "more than one" by adding the letter S to the end of it, he becomes a mad scientist of sorts, making more and more of everything! Frog learns that while having a lot of stuff might seem like a good idea, too much of anything soon leads to chaos. Frog fortunately has a robot who likes to clean up! Build a Word: ROBOTS. Radio Read-a-thon - Duck asks Frog to read his favorite book on Ant's radio station because he can't read it himself. But when Frog's tongue gets tangled in knots, Duck realizes that he doesn't need to know how to read to be able to look at pictures and tell a great story. 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