Episode Descriptions

Episode #101

A. Runaway O

Bear and Sheep snoop around a box delivered to Cat and break it! The letters B-O-X scatter, sending the WordFriends™ on a crazy chase to catch the runaway letter O before Cat wakes up.
Build a Word: BOX

Related Activity:
Going on an O Hunt

 

B. Happy Birthday, Dog!

It’s Dog’s birthday! His friends are planning a surprise party for him, but they don’t have a cake! With a little help from Pig, Frog gathers the letters C-A-K-E…but can he get them to the party without ruining the surprise?
Build a Word: CAKE

Related Activity:
My Very Own Birthday Party Book

Episodes #102

A. There’s an Ant in Every Giant

Ant is tired of being the smallest WordFriend in WordWorld! He always has to avoid being stepped on, and playing basketball is a big challenge. Ant thinks he can solve his problem by adding a G-I to his tiny frame and turning himself into a giant. But he soon realizes that being big isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and that he can be WordWorld’s biggest hero when he’s just tiny Ant.
Build a Word: ANT

Related Activity:
Find the Ant

 

B. Chef Sheep

During his “cooking show,” Chef Pig gets a pot stuck on his face while eating ice cream out of it! Now there is no pot to cook in and no chef to do the cooking! Luckily for Pig, ever-helpful Sheep is there to take over for him. But first Sheep must learn to have confidence in herself before she can save the day!
Build a Word: POT

Related Activity:
My Favorite Foods Book

Episode #103

A. Rocket to the Moon

Frog thinks that in order to build a big rocket he needs big, uppercase letters. But when he gets stranded on the moon with the Little Piggies, he learns that lowercase letters are just as useful as uppercase ones.
Build a Word: ROCKET

Related Activity:
Uppercase-Lowercase Matching Game

 

B. The Birds

Sheep, Bear and Frog go out bird watching and get more than they bargained for: They find an egg! Sheep does her zany best to care for the “energetic” egg until the baby bird is born and is reunited with its mother.
Build a Word: BIRD

Related Activity:
Build a WordThing

Episode # 104

A. The Mystery of the Disappearing Pie

The pie Pig baked for Bear is missing! But have no fear…Detective Sheep is ready to help her WordFriends follow the letter clues and solve the mystery of the disappearing pie!
Build a Word: BEAR

Related Activity:
Looking for Pieces of Pie

 

B. Duck’s Family Reunion

Because they have similar-sounding names, Duck mistakes a truck for a long-lost relative! His best friend Frog is a bit ruffled at the epidemic of silliness going around, but ends up saving the day for Duck and his word ‘family’ when the truck gets stuck in the muck!
Build a Word: TRUCK

Related Activity:
Rhyme Time

Episode #105

A. Sh-Sh-Shark!

Shark is misunderstood. Everyone is afraid of him and won’t even give him a chance to prove he’s friendly. Everyone but Duck, that is, who doesn’t know that the letters S and H together make the ‘sh’ sound and, therefore, doesn’t know who Shark is. When Duck introduces his new WordFriend to the gang, Duck learns a lesson about the ‘sh’ sound, while everyone else learns that acceptance is an important part of friendship.
Build a Word: SHOE

Related Activity:
Fish-SH-SH-ing

 

B. Dog Wants to Play Ball

Dog wants to play ball, but he’s having trouble communicating with his friends. Pig, Sheep and Frog each think Dog wants to do what they want to do. When Bear actually takes the time to listen to Dog, Dog gets his wish…and everyone has a ball!
Build a Word: BALL

Related Activity:
B-Charades

Episode #106

A. Pies, Pies, Pies!

When Pig promises to make a pie for everyone in WordWorld, he learns a hard lesson about keeping promises and sharing. Fortunately, Pig also learns about the letter S and how it can turn “pie” into “pies.”
Build a Word: PIES

Related Activity:
The Magic “S” Game

 

B. Waterlogged

Frog and Pig’s friendship is put to the test when Frog moves in with Pig after his log sinks. After some silly mishaps, Pig and Frog finally come to an understanding – about how important it is to see things from a friend’s perspective.
Build a Word: LOG

Related Activity:
Mixed up Magnets

Episode # 107

A. Dog’s Camping Adventure

Dog is so excited! Pig and Frog are taking him on his first camping trip! While Pig and Frog are supposed to be the brave camping “experts,” it is Dog who overcomes his fear and finds the lost letters to their tent in the dark forest. But who’s that peeking out from behind a tree?
Build a Word: TENT

Related Activity:
Who’s Making that Sound?

 

B. V is for Vacation

The weather is turning colder, and Duck is ready for his yearly vacation (migration). He’s not sure, however, how to go. When Bird tells him he just needs to “find the ‘V,’” Duck doesn’t realize that she means a “V” formation of migrating birds. Instead, Duck is off and running on a wild “V” chase.
Build a Word: VINE

Related Activity:
V Freeze Tag

Episode # 108

A. Snug as a Bug

Bug can’t sleep, and until he does, his favorite neighbor Frog can’t sleep either! Bug knows he has to be "snug as a bug in a..." but he can’t remember the rest of the rhyme. So Frog and Bug head off on a nighttime hunt of words that rhyme with “bug”—and wake up half their WordFriends in the process!
Build a Word: RUG

Related Activities:
Rhyme Ball
My very own UG Book

 

B. Nightlight

Bear won’t go to sleep. Try as her friends might to lull her off to sleep, Bear stubbornly refuses to turn off all her lights and go to bed. It’s not until they venture out into the night that the WordFriends realize Bear is afraid of the dark! But Frog has just the right solution to Bear’s problem, and it comes by joining two words to make a new one.
Build a Word: NIGHTLIGHT

Related Activity:
Two Words Become One

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