Work It Out @ Your Library - Preschool Library Program & PLA Webinar on 7-30-25 About It

 
From: "Sharon Rawlins srawlins@njstatelib.org [NJYAC]" ...@njstatelib.org>
Subject: Work It Out @ Your Library - Preschool Library Program & PLA Webinar on 7-30-25 About It
Date: July 9th 2025

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FYI,

 

I heard about this program recently and am sharing the information with you for informational purposes only.

 

FREE Resources for Librarians and Early Childhood Educators

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Work It Out @ Your Library is a preschool library program that makes it fun for families of young children to learn computational thinking (CT). It builds on Work It Out Wombats! tm, a national PBS KIDS â series that features three energetic marsupial siblings who solve problems in creative ways using CT. What’s special about the Work It Out @ Your Library program is that the learning takes place both in the library and in families’ homes.

 

Designed for adults and children to use together, the Wombats Family App has everything families need to have fun learning computational thinking, including animated stories and songs, hands-on activities with guided instructions, a feature to make music videos starring your kids, and more. Once you download the App to your phone, it works anywhere—you won’t need to use your phone’s data plan or the internet! Available in the App Store and on Google Play.

More information can be found here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:fd12beaf-7d79-4a82-ad90-a3b6a08e30f0.

 

If you want to know more about this program, PLA is offering a free webinar on it as well.

 

 

How Libraries Can Promote Computational Thinking and Learning Among Preschool Families with Work It Out @ Your Library

Free PLA Webinar | July 30, 2025, 2:00–3:00 p.m. Eastern

Work It Out @ Your Library is a new program for librarians and families built around Work It Out Wombats!, the national PBS Kids television series for four- to six-year-olds and the first public media series to promote computational thinking (CT) to preschoolers. Through hands-on activities, library storytime sessions, animated videos, and a family app (all available free of charge), Work It Out @ Your Library is a flexible program that helps library staff guide families through the exploration of CT—a creative way of solving problems in more organized ways.

This free webinar will cover why CT skills are important for young children; how to access these free, multimedia resources; how they have been used to run fun and engaging programs in libraries; and recent research findings that demonstrate significant impact.

Register here: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2GCBo5ChRzikIFjWwWSQPQ#/registration

 

 

~Sharon

 

 

All the best,

 

Sharon Rawlins, MLS (she/her/hers)
Youth Services Specialist

Library Development
New Jersey State Library

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