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Radio Read-a-Thon/Robots to the Rescue!
Word World empowers children as early readers by making the important connections between letters, sounds, words and meaning that are necessary for reading. The animated Word Friends go on adventures and face challenges that can only be resolved using the correct word. <br/> <strong>Ages:</strong> 3-5<br/> <strong>Educational Goal:</strong> Language and Literacy
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Radio Read-a-Thon/Robots to the Rescue!
Season 1 Episode 13 | 24m 31s | CC
Duck asks Frog to read his favorite book on Ant’s radio station because he can’t read it himself. / When Frog discovers that you can make a word “more than one” by adding the letter "S" to the end of it, he becomes a mad scientist of sorts, making more and more of everything!
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