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Word World

Race to the Spaceship/Sandbox Surprise

Word World empowers children as early readers by making the important connections between letters, sounds, words and meaning that are necessary for reading. The animated Word Friends go on adventures and face challenges that can only be resolved using the correct word. Ages: 3-5 Educational Goal: Language and Literacy

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Race to the Spaceship/Sandbox Surprise

Season 3 Episode 5 | 24m 32s | CC

Frog helps Robot get to the top of WordWorld's highest mountain and build a spaceship in time to play spaceship tag. By adding one word to another, the WordFriends learn how to make a car, boat and bike go faster. / Duck and Dog become curious about compound words when they discover the word "sandbox" is made of two words. How many words can they pull apart in WordWorld before chaos breaks loose?

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