Work It Out Wombats!

PBS KIDS Video App, Apple Podcasts, Spotify

GBH Kids, Cultural Whispers, PRX, PBS KIDS

Have YOU ever wished you could play along with the Wombats as they zip, slide, romp and tumble through the Treeborhood? Well now you can! Over eight episodes (roughly 8 minutes each) the Work It Out Wombats! Podcast invites YOU, the listener, to a series of mega-fun playdates with Zadie, Zeke, and Malik. Fire up your imagination and get ready for adventure as the Wombats sail a pirate ship through the Crashing Cliffs, fly to the sky in a make-believe Cloud Ship, enjoy a spooky campout, and build a super strong fort that NO wind can blow down. You won’t just be listening to the fun, you’ll be having fun - singing, dancing, jumping, clapping and playing right alongside the Wombats.

From the PBS KIDS show “Work It Out Wombats!,” the Work It Out Wombats! Podcast will get 3-6 year olds, and their parents, siblings and caretakers, thinking JUST like Wombats – noticing patterns, identifying cause and effect, designing, building, testing, and assessing. It’s fun, it’s educational, it’s Work It Out Wombats!

This podcast was a collaboration among many teams. Marcy Gunther and Marisa Wolsky (who are the current Executive Producers of Work It Out Wombats!) were the project leads, developing all key ingredients of the podcast. Kathy Waugh, who has head-written some of the most-acclaimed and beloved kids’ series of the last twenty years, served as writer. Cultural Whisperers was responsible for the audio production on the podcast, including the dialogue edit and placement, immersive sound design, music placement, mixing, and mastering. Pop Sound, an internationally acclaimed music composition and production company, was responsible for the music production of the podcast, including composing original songs and music cues for interactive moments. Spence-Thomas made the Treeborhood come to life, adding sound effects to this auditory experience. Agerenesh Ashagre, an award-winning podcast producer, was a consulting producer. Dr. Marina Bers, a leader in the field of preschool computational thinking, was our educational advisor.

Episode Description
Cloud Ship Playdate
Captains Malk, Zadie, and Zeke have built a top-notch, top-secret Cloud Ship to fly to up to the clouds. Come join the adventure and help them start the ship, stop the ship, and get away before the cloud bursts!

In this episode, kids will practice the computational skill patterns. They will be given the opportunity to identify and copy simple patterns in everyday life by noticing when objects, events, or steps repeat in a predictable way.