Product Description

Pies, Pies, Pies!
Pig has promised to make pies for everyone in WordWorldbut he doesn't have enough letters to make them! Luckily, Dog has a magical way to help Pig keep his promise - It's all about the letter S! Rocket to the Moon
Frog thinks that in order to build a big ROCKET he needs big, uppercase letters. But when he needs to rescue the Little Piggies in outer space, he learns that a r-o-c-k-e-t could work too! Dog Wants to Play Ball
All the WordFriends have a ball trying to guess what Dog wants to play. Can you help? There's an Ant in Every Giant
Tiny Ant is tired of being the smallest WordFriend in WordWorld! When he adds "GI" to his name, he becomes a GIANT and soon learns that being small isn't so bad after all!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8674 in DVD
• Brand: NCIRCLE ENTERTAINMENT
• Released on: 2008-01-15
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, THX
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 60 minutes

Features

• In WordWorld, words come alive, words save the day, and words become a child's best friend. Welcome to WordWorld, the first preschool series where words are truly the stars of the show! Come along for an adventurous romp into a colorful, vibrant world of words with the lovable, legible WordFriends, animals whose bodies are made up of the letters that spell the word they are. The WordFriend

Review
In Word World, set in a lush landscape filled with funny barnyard animals, the messages are clearer: because each animal is graphically spelled out, kids can watch as the letters P-I-G form that porcine creature. Even the scenery gets in on the act- a barn, a tree, a splash in the lake. When animals take time to build a word (always a moment of great expectation and jubilation), you can actually witness the little wheels working in the viewers' heads. After just one viewing, a 4-year-old who's always struggled with her letters volunteered to spell a new word: B-O-X. Presents don't get any better than that. -- --Entertainment Weekly

Review
**PARENT'S CHOICE AWARDS GOLD WINNER 2008** Collected segements from the PBS Kids show World World, Rocket to the Moon contains four 10-minute stories in which animated characters act out vignettes that emphasize spelling. For example, in the Pies Pies Pies episode, Pig is trying to makes pies for all of his friends, but doesn't have enough letters to make them. Throughout the vignette, the letters P-I-E are shown in a variety of formats (i.e. in the pie, in the sky) while the characters verbally spell out PIE and eventually P-I-E-S. The title story demonstrates the impact of upper and lower case letters, and in There's an Ant in Every Giant, young viewers watch tiny Ant make a big impact. In World World, learning is a way of life. In a word, WOW. --Parent's Choice Awards 2008

Customer Reviews

Great Kids Show!
This is a wonderful kids show! My 3 1/2 year old son adores it - he sings along and pretends to build words just like the characters. It is visually appealing with lovable, non-annoying characters. My son loves the stories and being able to pick out many of the letter. Great, educational, program!!

My kids and I LOVE this show!!
This is, in my opinion, the BEST kids' show to come around in a very, very long time. It helps kids recognize their letters, sound out words, and spell, which I appreciate. However, learning aside- this show is fantastic. It is HILARIOUS, the characters are well-developed and lovable, and the quality is fantastic.
I know this show is meant for preschoolers, but my 7 year old loves it too. She is a beginning reader, and she feels very cool being able to recognize all the words in WordWorld. I am preordering both DVDs, and in the meantime we'll continue to catch it on PBS.

This is not a movie- It's episodes
I agree with the other reviewers. Word World is a show that parents can enjoy with their children without going batty. The music is catchy, the subjects of each episode are interesting. My 3 year old learned how to spell stop & several other words after seeing this show only a few times. Yes, he is only memorizing at this point, but it's a start.
***Only one negative here....this DVD is 3 TV episodes. You can DVR this at home if you get PBS. I almost bought this thinking it was a 60min movie, but I see now it is only episodes that we already have on DVR. I won't waste my money. Glad I noticed. Buy it if you don't have a DVR. Great shows