Word World Review

My 4-year old and 3-year-old love this show. We don't watch it on TV, but we have 3 DVD's that we picked up at Target with 4 episodes each. Of the 12 episodes we have, they are allowed to watch 9 or 10 of them. There are a few that teach or encourage subtle lies, so we skip those. The ones that are good are very good, though. All of the characters in the show are animals that are made out of their letters. Many things in the show, like dog's house and frog's log are made out of letters as well. There is always at least one word "built" in each show and there's a catchly little song and dance the animals do when they're building a word. The letters are read and then they morph into the object, made out of the letters. It really doesn't teach phonics or even basic letter sounds, so I don't think this really teaches anything. I think it could be helpful for spelling for a child that can already read - my daughter has remembered how to spell 'pie' since she was tiny.