Words & Reading
Word Workshop
Suggested ages 5–9
Build 30 English words and use your creations to help Pip across 36 workshop levels.
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Word Building Games for Kids
Play with letters, build words, and make something useful!
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Explore robot plans in Robo Builders, simulated evidence in Sprout Lab, or open-ended art in Little Art Studio through age 12. Fox Trail is suggested through age 10; Word Workshop and Feelings Town through age 9. All games stay open.
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What children can practice
Letter knowledge, spelling, vocabulary, and understanding short clues. Sound awareness, phonics, and extended reading comprehension are distinct broader goals.
What children do
Word Workshop has 36 levels using 30 English words, including six two-object projects. Choose partial-letter help, independent spelling, or a reading clue. Make an object, pick it up, and use it to change the scene.
Why we designed it this way
Connecting a word to its use gives spelling a purpose. Phonological awareness means noticing speech sounds; phonics connects sounds to written letters. Vocabulary concerns meaning, while comprehension concerns understanding text. This game is not a systematic phonics course or reading assessment.
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