![]() ![]() For example, one episode featured words with the consonant blend “sp”, while another had words that rhyme with each other. All of the words in each episode have something in common. Using his magic stick, words come to life. It is a program that was created to teach pre-reading skills to children ages 3-7. It stars Wally Trollman and his friends, who are sprites, ogres, and other mythical creatures. One of the most popular new children’s programs on Nick Junior’s lineup is a program called Wallykazam. From there, you are only limited by your imagination. From my own personal experience, picking a theme makes the planning go even more smoothly, as everything revolves around a particular character, television program or movie. Wally is very creative when it comes to creating magical words using somersault, sandwich, and symphony to get the job done.Planning a child’s birthday party is a lot of fun. Conjuring up magic words that start with the letter "S" are the only way to tire out the rambunctious pet and keep it away from those dreaded purple flowers. Wally tries to follow these rules but his nemesis, and the show's lead comedic element, BobGoblin the hobgoblin does his best to cause havoc. Secondly, and most importantly make sure Borgelorp doesn't eat any purple flowers. Wally is given two instructions, kinda reminds me of Gremlins here, for Borgelorp's care. In "Naptime for Borgelorp" Wally is persuaded to babysit his friend Ogre Doug's hyper and unpredictable pet Borgelorp. I've included a youtube video of the season's first episode below if you want to check out out the show. As parents, I know it is important to limit our children's television exposure especially during the preschool years but I can vouch this is one of the good ones that if you are going to let them watch TV to tune into. Check your cable guide for when Wallykazam! is airing on Nickelodeon or Nick Jr or you can also download the episodes for a fee on iTunes or other digital download sites like. The show was created by producer/writer Adam Peltzman, who also was involved with creating the Emmy Award-winning The Backyardigans and Bubble Guppies television series. Season 1 of Wallykazam! premiered on Nickelodeon on Februand consists of 26 original episodes. My 5 year old twins really get into sounding out, and yelling out, the words as they are being conjured up on the screen and it is nice to see them enthused about learning about words and vocabulary through their interactions with this show. Using this phonics approach helps develop key reading skills by connecting sounds with letters or groups of letters. Beyond just talking about letters and words and showing items that Wally kazams into existence, the show also captions on the screen the letter and words being spotlighted to assist with reading development. In addition to helping children identify letters, the show takes things a step further working on sounds associated with letters, rhyming, vocabulary development and reading comprehension strategies. ![]() Each show begins with Wally selecting a specific letter and than using words that begin with that selected letter to magically create things with the wave of his wand (oops I meant stick) to help him get out of a predicament. Wally has a magic wand, well actually it's a stick that he picked up off the ground but it works as well as a wand from a Harry Potter movie when it comes to hocusing and pocusing, that he uses to make words come to life in each episode's adventure. Wallykazam! follows the adventures of a troll named Wally and his pet dragon, Norville, who live in a mystical forest filled with giants, goblins, ogres, sprites, and other mythical creatures.
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