When you want children to learn problem-solving, you immediately think “wombats,” right?
Actually, the folks behind “Work It Out Wombats,” looked at a variety of animals and settled on one that hadn’t been overexposed.
“Preschoolers are not naturally systematic in their thinking,” Gunther says. “So we take a big idea – like computational thinking and break it down.” To engage a younger audience, producers have designed the show so the characters are involved in an adventure. “In this ecosystem of the Treeborhood, there are plenty of problems to solve and plenty of intergenerational opportunities,” Kareem Edouard, the creative producer says.
To play Zeke, the youngest wombat, producer auditioned a number of young actors. Rain Janjua, who got the part, says he just tried to remember how he sounded at 5 and latched onto a voice.
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