WordWorld
Bit By Bit/Ride 'em Cowbear (#121)
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Frog asks Duck and Bug to take a banana to Monkey's birthday party. Bear practices rope tricks. [28 minutes]
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Information For Teachers
- Grade Levels
- PreK
- Curricular Areas
- Literacy & Languages
- Series Length
- 71 episodes
- Average Episode Length
- 28 minutes
- Record Rights
- Record and retain for 1 year from each broadcast. No duplication allowed.
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Series Description: Each episode of "WordWorld" is a narrative built around a wacky troupe of characters, WordFriends, who are characters first and words second. "WordWorld's" WordFriends go on comic adventures and face challenges that can only be resolved with the right word. Sheep is a shy little girl who loves to pretend; Frog is the cautious brainiac and word "expert"; impetuous Duck is still learning his letters; Pig lives in the moment; Ant is a pragmatic bundle of energy; and Dog is a WordFriend's best friend. A key component of the show is word building, a unique moment when children witness a word "morph" into the thing it is. Word building reinforces the pre-reading concept that letters make words and that words have meaning.
All Upcoming Episodes
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Back On Track/The Rainbow Birthday Cake (#120)
Frog notices that Kangaroo's mail train is headed straight for a broken track. It's Frog's birthday! [28 minutes]
- Thu, June 20, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Bit By Bit/Ride 'em Cowbear (#121)
Frog asks Duck and Bug to take a banana to Monkey's birthday party. Bear practices rope tricks. [28 minutes]
- Fri, June 21, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Duck at Bat/You Can Never Have Too Many Oo's (#208)
Duck loses the letter B to his baseball bat and tries to build other words to hit the ball. [28 minutes]
- Sat, June 22, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
- Fri, July 5, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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The Best Nest/Duck's Family Reunion (#209)
Duck mistakes Truck for a relative! Duck brings his nest to school and it breaks apart into letters. [28 minutes]
- Sun, June 23, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
- Mon, July 8, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Play Ball/M Is for Map (#122)
Robot practices playing baseball and turns into a slugger! Sheep and Bear get lost in the jungle. [28 minutes]
- Mon, June 24, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Flying Ant/The Dancing Duck Bonanza (#123)
Ant tries to be a hit at the Insect Air Show! Shark can dance underwater, but on land he just flops. [28 minutes]
- Tue, June 25, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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The Lost Letter L/Catch That C! (#124)
Duck learns that everyone makes mistakes when he breaks the L off Frog's lamp and tries to fix it. [28 minutes]
- Wed, June 26, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Duck Saves Spider's Web/Caterpillar Gets A Home (#202)
Ducks learns that if you can sound out a word, you can figure out what letters you need to build it. [28 minutes]
- Thu, June 27, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Bugs to the Rescue/Sheep's First Bike Ride (#203)
Ant builds Bear a hot-air balloon for her birthday, but Dog accidentally floats away in it! [28 minutes]
- Fri, June 28, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Bed Bugs/Snug As A Bug (#210)
When the bugs accidentally break Frog's brand new bed, they scramble to put it back together. [28 minutes]
- Sat, June 29, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
- Tue, July 9, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Totally Terrific Duck/A Star Is Born (#211)
Duck is getting his portrait painted and Frog and Sheep help him build a tie, top hat and tutu. [28 minutes]
- Sun, June 30, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
- Wed, July 10, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Duck's Hiccups/A.... A.... Choo! (#204)
Duck gets the hiccups for the first time and his friends try every trick in the book to help him. [28 minutes]
- Mon, July 1, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Get Set for "Et"/Duck Plays The Piano (#206)
While sky-writing in his jet, Duck accidentally makes a cloud that he thinks is a real dragon. [28 minutes]
- Tue, July 2, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Get Well Soon Soup/Mmm-Mmm-Milk! (#205)
When Ant gets sick, Pig makes him a special soup that has all the letters in the alphabet in it. [28 minutes]
- Wed, July 3, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Shark's First Day of School/Shark's First Loose Tooth (#207)
Duck helps Shark when he is afraid to go to school. Shark can't fall asleep after losing his tooth. [28 minutes]
- Thu, July 4, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Dog's Having A Party/Dog Wants to Play Ball (#212)
Dog and Duck learn they can use the letter H to make hotdogs, hats, hula-hoops and a great party. [28 minutes]
- Sat, July 6, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
- Thu, July 11, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Welcome Home, Duck/The Lost Letter L (#213)
Frog makes a "Welcome Home" banner to hang over Duck's nest. Duck breaks the L off Frog's lamp. [28 minutes]
- Sun, July 7, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
- Fri, July 12, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Bear's Bed Sled/Sh-Sh-Shark! (#214)
When Bear hurts her toe, her friends come up with a solution to help her go sledding in the snow. [28 minutes]
- Sat, July 13, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
- Mon, July 15, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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A String's The Thing/J-J-Jelly (#301)
The WordFriends must stop Frog's cake frosting machine from covering WordWorld in tasty frosting. [28 minutes]
- Sun, July 14, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
- Tue, July 16, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Kite Flight/Hide and Seek (#302)
When Frog sails away on a big kite he built, it's up to Duck and Shark to save him. [28 minutes]
- Wed, July 17, 11:00 AM on IPTV
- Sat, July 20, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
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The Really Red Ruby/Firefighters to the Rescue (#303)
When Frog helps Sheep find the Really Red Ruby he discovers that playing pretend is fun! [28 minutes]
- Thu, July 18, 11:00 AM on IPTV
- Sun, July 21, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
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Think in the Rink/X Marks The Spot (#304)
Duck and Dog practice for an ice skating show and get carried away and break the ice skating rink. [28 minutes]
- Fri, July 19, 11:00 AM on IPTV
- Sat, July 27, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
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Race to the Spaceship/Sandbox Surprise (#305)
Frog helps Robot get to the top of a mountain to build a spaceship in time to play spaceship tag. [28 minutes]
- Mon, July 22, 11:00 AM on IPTV
- Sun, July 28, 11:00 AM on IPTV Learns
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Runaway O/Happy Birthday, Dog! (#101)
When Sheep & Bear open Cat's box of Os, one rolls away, sending them on a madcap chase to catch it. [28 minutes]
- Tue, July 23, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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There's An Ant In Every Giant/Chef Sheep (#102)
Ant grows tired of being the smallest WordFriend. Sheep takes over Pig's cooking show. [28 minutes]
- Wed, July 24, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Rocket to the Moon/The Birds (#103)
When Frog rescues the Little Piggies from the moon, he learns to appreciate lowercase letters. [28 minutes]
- Thu, July 25, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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The Mystery of the Disappearing Pie/Duck's Family Reunion (#104)
When Pig's pie goes missing, Detective Sheep follows the letter clues to solve the mystery. [28 minutes]
- Fri, July 26, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Sh-Sh-Shark!/Dog Wants to Play Ball (#105)
Everyone is afraid of Shark and won't even give him a chance to prove he's friendly. [28 minutes]
- Mon, July 29, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Pies, Pies, Pies!/Waterlogged (#106)
When Pig promises to make a pie for everyone he learns a hard lesson about keeping promises. [28 minutes]
- Tue, July 30, 11:00 AM on IPTV
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Dog's Camping Adventure/V Is for Vacation (#107)
Dog overcomes his fear on his first camping trip. Duck doesn't know how to go on his vacation. [28 minutes]
- Wed, July 31, 11:00 AM on IPTV
Past Episodes
These episodes of WordWorld aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- The Race to Mystery Island/A Star Is Born (#119)
- Playing Spies/Wee Little Whale (#118)
- Superhero Sheep/Pirate Ship (#117)
- Shark's First Day of School/Shark's First Loose Tooth (#207)
- Get Set for "Et"/Duck Plays The Piano (#206)
- Castles in the Sea/Get Your Coat (#116)
- Pig's Present/Tick Tock Space Clock (#115)
- Pl-Pl-Plane/Mail Mix Up (#114)
- Robots to the Rescue!/Radio Read-A-Thon (#113)
- Princess Sheep/W Drought (#112)
- Get Well Soon Soup/Mmm-Mmm-Milk! (#205)
- Duck's Hiccups/A.... A.... Choo! (#204)
- Boppin' with the Bug Band/Shuffleword (#111)
- Dancing Dog/Pig's Big Moonlight Feast (#110)
- Duck's First Sleepover/One Hat Fits All (#109)
- Snug As A Bug/Nightlight (#108)
- Dog's Camping Adventure/V Is for Vacation (#107)
- Bugs to the Rescue/Sheep's First Bike Ride (#203)
- Duck Saves Spider's Web/Caterpillar Gets A Home (#202)
- Pies, Pies, Pies!/Waterlogged (#106)
- Sh-Sh-Shark!/Dog Wants to Play Ball (#105)
- The Mystery of the Disappearing Pie/Duck's Family Reunion (#104)
- Rocket to the Moon/The Birds (#103)
- There's An Ant In Every Giant/Chef Sheep (#102)
- My Fuzzy Valentine/Love, Bug (#201)
- The Lost Letter L/Catch That C! (#124)
- Runaway O/Happy Birthday, Dog! (#101)
- Race to the Spaceship/Sandbox Surprise (#305)
- Think in the Rink/X Marks The Spot (#304)
- The Really Red Ruby/Firefighters to the Rescue (#303)
- Kite Flight/Hide and Seek (#302)
- Flying Ant/The Dancing Duck Bonanza (#123)
- Play Ball/M Is for Map (#122)
- A String's The Thing/J-J-Jelly (#301)
- Bear's Bed Sled/Sh-Sh-Shark! (#214)
- Welcome Home, Duck/The Lost Letter L (#213)
- Dog's Having A Party/Dog Wants to Play Ball (#212)
- Totally Terrific Duck/A Star Is Born (#211)
- Bit By Bit/Ride 'em Cowbear (#121)
- Back On Track/The Rainbow Birthday Cake (#120)
- Bed Bugs/Snug As A Bug (#210)
- The Best Nest/Duck's Family Reunion (#209)
- Duck at Bat/You Can Never Have Too Many Oo's (#208)