WordWorld is the first preschool series where words are truly the stars of the show. Duck and his lovable, legible WordFriends–animals whose bodies are made up of the letters that spell the word they are–go on comic adventures and face challenges that can only be resolved with the right word. That word is built letter by letter, or sound by sound, during the funky “Build a Word” song at the end of every episode. Once the word is built, it “morphs”–comes alive–into the thing it is!

Word building reinforces the pre-reading concept that letters (and their sounds) make words, and that words have real meaning…and power. WordWorld also introduces essential emergent literacy concepts such as sounding out letters, “chunking” words, and rhyming that all children encounter as they learn to read.

WordWorld is an innovative, independently tested and proven television program that facilitates interactive parent and teacher work with early literacy. 

While you may be familiar with the television show, you may not know that WordWorld also offers free online resources for parents and teachers at WordWorld.com. Parents can read interactive eBooks (http://wordworld.com/ebooks.php) with their children, play fun literacy games (http://wordworld.com/ducksalphabet.php) or download coloring pages and activity sheets (http://wordworld.com/forkids.php). 

To enter this contest, first, of course, you have to like Smart Spending Spot on Facebook. (Sorry for all you non-facebookers, but I promise, as soon as my web company hooks up e-mail subscriptions, there will be options for you!)

Then, visit the various Word World activities listed above in the links. Leave a comment here with your first name, last initial, and which activity looks most interesting for you & your child, or which one you plan on doing.

This contest will run until Sunday night, April 17, 11 pm est. I want to make everyone’s tax day a bit brighter by announcing all my giveaway winners that day.