Things to See:: Word World

We've been watching PBS a lot now (since our newly discovered obsession with Curious George). There are only a few shows that catch Baby's attention and this is one of them. I think it's pretty cute too.

Word World is a show all about, you guessed it, words. Every character is spelled with letters, such as the frog seen to the right. The barn they play in and all their homes are also built like that. The scenery too.

In every episode they have a problem to overcome and they need at least one object to do it. With the letters and letter combinations they find, the team has to come up with the 'thing' they need by putting them all together. They sound out the letters and as they do, the letters squish together to make the object.

I have never seen such a fun way of learning how to spell and read. Not only are you seeing the words come together but they stay together so you can see the letters as the word. I'm a huge advocate for teaching your child how to read and spell by reading books. But this is a fun and imaginative way to aid in learning.

Here's an episode to check out: