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Rocket to the Moon/The Birds
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. <br/> <strong>Ages:</strong> 3-5<br/> <strong>Educational Goal:</strong> Language and Literacy
Rocket to the Moon/The Birds
Season 1 Episode 3 | 24m 32s | CC
Frog thinks that in order to build a big rocket he needs big, uppercase letters. But when he gets stranded on the moon with the Little Piggies, he learns that lowercase letters are just as useful as uppercase ones. / Sheep, Bear and Frog go out bird watching and get more than they bargained for: They find an egg!
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