Work It Out Wombats!

New series premieres February 6 9:30 a.m./1:30 p.m. weekdays on WETA PBS Kids; 10:30 a.m. weekdays on WETA PBS

WEEKDAYS ON WETA PBS, 8 AM – 3 PM

• W ild Kratts, 8am

• Cur ious George, 8:30am

• Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 9am

• Rosie’s Rules, 9:30am

• S esame Street, 10am

• Work It Out Wombats!, 10:30am

• Donkey Hodie, 11am

• Pinkalicious & Peterrific, 11:30am

• Elinor Wonders Why, 12n

• Nature Cat, 12:30pm

• Hero Elementary, 1pm

• X avier Riddle and the Secret Museum, 1:30pm

• Molly of Denali, 2pm

• Alma’s Way, 2:30pm

SUNDAYS ON WETA PBS, 6 AM - 9 AM

• Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, 6am

• Ar thur, 6:30am

• Molly of Denali, 7am

• W ild Kratts, 7:30am

• Hero Elementary, 8am

• Alma’s Way, 8:30am

The new WETA PBS Kids animated preschool series Work It Out Wombats! follows an energetic trio of marsupial siblings — Malik, Zadie and Zeke — who live with their grandmother (named Super) in a fantastical treehouse apartment complex called the Treeborhood (below). The residents of the complex — wombats, snakes, moose, kangaroos, iguanas, fish, tarsiers and eagles — bring varied skills, abilities, traditions, assorted ways of thinking, and different family structures to this diverse and vibrant community of neighbors. The playful trio demonstrates computational thinking (CT) 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. In each story, the characters learn while discovering an exciting new challenge that puts their creativity and problem-solving skills to the test. Their aspirations will sometimes exceed their proficiency, but they 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.

Major funding for Work It Out Wombats! is provided by a Ready To Learn Grant from the U.S. Department of Education; the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American People; and public television viewers. Additional funding is provided by the National Science Foundation, the United Engineering Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and the GBH Kids Catalyst Fund.

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