This webinar will introduce you to Work It Out @ Your Library! a new program for families in your community, built around Work it Out Wombats!, a national PBS KIDS television series for 4- to 6-year-olds. Through hands-on activities, library storytime sessions, animated videos, and a family app, this flexible program helps library staff guide families through the exploration of computational thinking. Computational thinking is a creative way of solving problems in more organized ways. When children make believe they're running a restaurant, they explore sequencing by figuring out the steps for serving a customer a meal. When they play with blocks to make a castle, they can practice the design process by creating, testing, and improving the structure. Library staff are uniquely suited to promote this learning with their library families. The webinar will cover why computational thinking skills are important for young children, how the free resources have been used to run fun and engaging programs in libraries, and how you can, too.

Presented by: Mary Haggerty, Director of Media Engagement, GBH; and Nicki Sirianni, Outreach and Marketing Manager, GBH

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Webinar attachments

• View slides (pdf)
  
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• Learner Guide (doc) Use alone or with others to extend your learning.

Related resources and links

• Work it Out @ Your Library resource collection on PBS LearningMedia, with video and Work it Out @ Your Library - Introduction (pdf)
  
• CT Corner Digital Toolkit (including booklists, coloring and activity sheets)
  
• Work it Out Wombats! with digital games, videos, and activities for kids
  
• Wombats podcast series
• For Families: What Is Work It Out @ Your Library?, with videos and app information