WordWorld is a children's educational television show that is shown on PBS. WordWorld revolves around WordFriends and WordThings, characters and items made of 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, shaped so that they actually look like a barn or pie — with this rule extending to the animals who are the sentient characters in the show. The WordThings c...
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WordWorld is a children's educational television show that is shown on PBS. WordWorld revolves around WordFriends and WordThings, characters and items made of 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, shaped so that they 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 in their adventures and to solve their problems.
WordWorld has won three Emmy Awards. In 2009, WordWorld won for Outstanding Children's Animated Program and for Outstanding Writing in Animation. In 2008 WordWorld won for Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Design "
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...
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