GRANDPARENTS: Woogi World™ is Your Teaching Tool!

We’ve said more than once, “I’m so glad my kids are raised. Boy, I wouldn’t want to be faced with that challenge today!” Of course we understand once a parent, always a parent, but you know what we mean—the day-to-day of it all.  

That said, here’s the reality: There actually ARE almost three million grandparents, for whatever reasons, raising children today (their grandkids)—dealing with that day-to-day grind. Thank goodness there are resources in our digitized environment to help them with this challenge. It’s in our roles as grandmas and not just as Children’s Way/Woogi World™ employees, that we can say with confidence, that one of the BEST resources for a grandparent IS Woogi World™ ! 

For instance, let’s look at just one aspect of raising children—their education and the demands that implies. And let’s get specific: reading—teaching kids to read and to LIKE reading in the process. Tall order. With the help of the WoogiReaders Club starting in September, learning and liking happen naturally. Woogi  World  provides the tool and all grandparents need do is participate:

• A child is assigned a “Reading Buddy”—who’s reading the same book. Both children earn watts (Woogi World™ currency) when they finish the book.

• While reading the book, kids are admitted into the WoogiReaders Club House where their book is featured in games and activities—all designed to enhance the learning and create excitement around the reading.

• Throughout their reading, they will be comparing their progress with their Reading-Buddy and getting or giving help as necessary.

• They can participate in engaging online and offline activities (to name a few):

P      chat authors and others in the club, learning more about the background of the story and the writing process,

P      get a “job” in the WoogiReaders Club (Word Wizard, Illuminator, Questioner, Character Shrink, Statesperson, Game Warden, Biographer),

P      win prizes and trips,

P      watch videos from the book or those that other children have created (based on books to be read),

P      submit book reports and reviews to the WoogiReaders Club House as well as email their review to their local media outlets (done through the WoogiMail emailing program),

P      make a movie or write a sequel to the book,

P      participate in the Parent/Grandparent Reading Challenge: everyone reads the same book as the children and plays online Woogi Jeopardy together. 

Come September the WoogiReaders Club will be launched nationwide. We think grandparents will appreciate not just the academic boost this tool can give kids, but the tutorial Woogi World™ can be for the computer remedial—we know we sure appreciate that aspect of the site. The techie side of life isn’t going anywhere, so we all may as well get up to speed!  Meanwhile,“hats off” to these wonderful grandparents who are mustering the energy and grit to take on the responsibility of raising their grandchildren today.  What do you think of this program?  Drop us a note and give us your feedback!

Meanwhile, this has been your “Palace Perspective” reminding you: We’re all in this together, and together we make great things happen!