About Work It Out Wombats!

"Work It Out Wombats!" is a new animated series for children ages 3 to 6. The series stars Malik, Zadie, and Zeke — three energetic and creative marsupial siblings who live with their grandmother in her treehouse apartment complex. The playful trio demonstrates computational thinking for preschoolers, a way of thinking that enables them to solve problems, express themselves, and accomplish tasks using the practices, processes and ideas at the core of computer science.

The series takes place in the Treeborhood, the biggest treehouse in existence! It has secret passageways, gondolas, and rope swings. The residents of the Treeborhood — wombats, snakes, moose, kangaroos, iguanas, fish, tarsiers, and eagles—bring varied skills and abilities, assorted ways of thinking, and different family structures and traditions to this diverse and vibrant community of neighbors, a place where even the adults join in the play.

In each story, the Wombats demonstrate computational thinking for preschoolers, learning as they go. Their aspirations sometimes exceed their proficiency. But, eventually they’ll stop, take a breath, put their heads together and figure out a fix—using the design process, sequencing, debugging, and other key elements of computational thinking.