Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Feature #5: WordWorld



WordWorld https://www.wordworld.com is designed for preschoolers to learn to read and have fun at the same time! Through this site, preschoolers can learn to read by practicing the pre-reading skill letter sounds.  Preschoolers will learn to sound out letters, chunk, and blend them to make words.  
WordWorld’s curriculum is designed to introduce, support, and foster emergent readers ages 3 to 5.  The curriculum focuses on print, awareness, phonological sensitivity and letter knowledge, comprehension to include vocabulary development, and socio-emotional skills.  With print awareness, children will learn the characteristics of print, what it looks like, and how to organize it.  With phonological sensitivity and letter knowledge, students will recognize, identify, and manipulate the sequence of sounds represented in a word.  With comprehension, children will strengthen their thinking skills, thinking strategies, and content knowledge.  With socio-emotional, children will learn to work cooperatively, learn effectively, and interact successfully. 
The site features 5 animal friends the kids will love- duck, sheep, pig, ant, and dog. These animal friends will surely catch the attention of the children and help them learn to read through videos, apps, and games. 
WordWorld is featured on the PBS kids channel and they even have a YouTube channel.  These are 2 additional ways to access WordWorld on top of their website and app.  WordWorld is truly a great literacy site.  It is so great they’re award winning!  WordWorld has been receiving awards since 2008.  They’ve won 2 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children’s Program and Outstanding Writing in Animation. 

*Contribution by Tanya Tanaliga

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