Make It Matter!

Title: Make It Matter!
Age Level: Ages 10+
Theme: Social & Emotional Growth
Extra Themes: Social & Emotional
Audience: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade,8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Brands: Andrew & Polly,Highlights,Okee Dokee Brothers,Rebel Girls
Release Date: 10/15/24
Awards: 2020 ñ Webby Awards, Peopleís Voice Winner in Kids & Families,2022 ñ Common Sense Media, Common Sense Selection for Families,2022 ñ Webby Awards, Peopleís Voice Winner in Diversity & Inclusion,2022 ñ Webby Awards, Peopleís Voice Winner in Kids & Families,2022 ñ Webby Awards, Winner in Kids & Families,2023 ñ Signal Awards, Gold in Education,2023 ñ Signal Awards, Gold in Kids,2023 ñ Signal Awards, Listenerís Choice in Education,2023 ñ Signal Awards, Listenerís Choice in Kids,2024 ñ Signal Awards, Silver in Kids Series

Description: Kids will explore ways they can make a difference in their communities, ideas for volunteering and fundraising, real-life examples of kids helping others, and more about making a difference with this WhaZoodle!

Explore Content Included:

Animal Rescuers
Animal shelters take in all kinds of animals that are lost or don't have homes. The rescuers do everything they can for these pets--try to find their owners, clean them, give them medicine, and give them shelter and water. Animal shelters are very important during disasters as well. There are many ways people can help their local animal shelter.

Ask Arizona: Reaching Out to the New Kid
In talking to the new girl, Arizona realizes the girl is feeling overwhelmed by the changes and it's up to her and her friends to make the girl feel welcome.

Chapter 4 - Ambassadors for Hunger Part 2
The Eggs are just finishing up packing food boxes for the Albumen Breakfast Stop. Let’s see how many they packed . . . and listen to what else might happen!

Helping Out
The book surveys the many ways people help one another in their homes, neighborhoods, and communities. It profiles boys and girls helping build new homes, paint a mural, raise money, respond to a disaster, and celebrate a community milestone.

Kids Can!
This book explores different ways kids can make a difference in their own communities. It provides suggestions and real-life examples, such as two brothers from Illinois who monitor pollution in lakes and streams and a girl from Iowa whose efforts helped raise millions of dollars for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Recess Content Included:

All Star
We're all rock stars! An anthem for positivity.

Funny Animal Jokes 5
Five funny animal themed jokes for kids!

Funny Food Jokes 3
Five funny food themed jokes for kids!

I Spy 19
Let's play I Spy! We have 5 unique items for yout to find!

Let's Throw a Party
Call and response party song.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Draw the Everglades
Take a tour of Florida’s Everglades, a magical place protected from development thanks to the activism of Rebel Girl, Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Draw some of the snakes, panthers and even crocodiles who live in this river of grass.

North Country Dance Band
Dance party band, heat up the dancefloor.

Playaway Aerobics: Movement
Are you ready to move and groove? Learn all about how movement can help you live an active and healthy life, along with different moves you can do at home!

What's That Sound? Episode 15
Welcome to What's that Sound? The game show where we play a sound and you try to guess what it is! Got it? Great! Let's Play!

Would You Rather Episode 13
Let's play a game of Would You Rather! We've got some silly questions to make you laugh!

Relax Content Included:

Baby Mine
Lullabye for a baby.

English Countryside
Drift off to the sounds of birds and crickets chirping, and wind rustling through the trees. This soundsape is inspired by D Lovelace, an inventor.

Kotchakorn Voraakhom: Go With the Flow
Kotchakorn Voraakhom makes sure nature comes first. As a Thai landscape architect, she works with new realities like flooding and rising waters, using her ingenuity and out-of-the-box thinking to revolutionize public park design.

Playaway Meditations - Mindset
Sit or lay down and relax while listening to a custom, guided meditation from Playaway!