Making Friends With Arizona!

Title: Making Friends With Arizona!
Age Level: Ages 5+
Theme: Social & Emotional Growth
Extra Themes: Social & Emotional,Spotlight: Highlights For Children
Audience: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
Brands: Andrew & Polly,Dub Town Rockers,Highlights,Majik Kids,Okee Dokee Brothers,Piper's Pony Tales,Rebel Girls
Release Date: 04/01/25
Awards: Grammy Award Nominee

Description: With this WhaZoodle, kids will explore new friendships, learn about navigating change, responding to jealousy, and more through Ask Arizona stories from Highlights magazine!

Explore Content Included:

Ask Arizona: A Visit from Lady Elizabeth
When a family friend comes to visit, she tells Arizona that she lives in a castle, which is not true. Is she lying or just being imaginative?

Ask Arizona: Jumping to Conclusions
Arizona is sure Tex and Indi have nibbled the apples at her aunt's farm, but a sneaky goat turns out to be the cuprit.

Ask Arizona: When You're the "Lucky" One
When Arizona gets the lead in the school play, she has to figure out how to respond to her envious friend.

Ask Arizona: Wishing for a "Freeze Button"
Arizona wishes she could hit the "freeze button" on the weekly sundae tradition she shares with her friend, but sometimes things change and that's OK.

Recess Content Included:

Baby Shark
Sing along to this infectious and energetic song that follows the adventure of a playful baby shark and its family, captivating young audiences with its catchy melody. With repetitive lyrics and simple rhythms, this song engages children while promoting language development, and family bonding.

Dance Around and Jump Around
Dance Around and Jump Around - A high-energy song that encourages kids to dance, jump, and have fun while moving to the beat.

Funny Nature Jokes 1
Five funny nature themed jokes for kids!

Funny Ocean Jokes 1
Five funny ocean themed jokes for kids!

Hop Diddy Bop
Listen to this catchy jingle inspired by an original poem written by a Highlights reader!

I Spy 4
Let's play I Spy! We have 5 unique items for yout to find!

If You're Happy
If You're Happy - A joyful, interactive song that encourages kids to express their happiness by clapping, stomping, and spinning around.

Playaway Aerobics: Freeze!
Are you ready to move and groove? Dancing helps you stay active and healthy! Dance to the beat, but FREEZE when you hear the special freeze sound!

Rainbow Shoppe
Step into the Rainbow Shoppe with Andrew & Polly and featured artist Lucy Kalantari When do you feel your happiest, and how can you find that happiness when things start going sideways?

Time to Move - Growing Into a Flower
An imaginative and interactive story where kids will act out a story of a seed growing into a beautiful flower.

What's That Sound? Episode 10
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 6
Let's play a game of Would You Rather! We've got some silly questions to make you laugh!

Yoga for Self Love: Super Hero Adventure
Do you ever get nervous? Have you ever tried imagining that you have super powers? In today’s episode, Kathryn, our yoga guide, is going to turn us into confident superheroes through a series of twists and stretches. Yoga Adventures is a Tumble Media production. This episode was written by Erica Ortiz, Kathryn Mercer, and Sara Robberson Lentz. Sara also was the executive producer. Marshall Escamilla did the scoring and sound design, and was also our engineer. Theme music by Michael Lentz. You can learn more about this show, and see images of the yoga poses included in this episode at yogapodcastforkids.com.

Relax Content Included:

Calming Bleeps and Bloops
Focus with the melodic tones of technology.

Playaway Meditations - Nap Time Body Scan
Sit or lay down and relax while listening to a custom, guided meditation from Playaway!

Small and Simple
Short beautiful lullaby.

Snooze News
Get the scoop on sleep.

Sweet Dreams
Kids will enjoy winding down with this modern take on the classic children's song "Hush Little Baby".

ZimZimber
In ZimZimber, author Julie Kavanagh takes readers on a whimsical and heartwarming journey into the world of childhood fears — *like the monsters under your bed.* Through vivid rhyme-filled storytelling and imaginative characters, this story brilliantly transforms those fears into a delightful, humorous, self-empowering adventure. It’s a perfect bedtime story for all!