[citation needed] In the land of the Treeborhood, the series follows Malik, Zadie and Zeke as their marsupials who live with their grandmother (Super) in her apartment complex.

While playing hide-and-seek, Zadie messes up Mr. E's shell garden, so she needs to rearrange it in the specific pattern that it was in.

To make a new hat for Ellie, the Wombats are helped by a "special trick": measuring.

Snout is very dirty and needs to be washed, but Malik accidentally spills soap on the instructions.

The wombats want to make cornbread for Grandma Super, but when they lose the cookbook, they need to create the recipe by other means.

The wombats go trick-or-treating in summer, and learn how to organize their treats by size and color.

The crabs are scared by something they heard, so they run away to the wombats' house to seek refuge.

When the wombats want to deliver books to the crabs, Super shows them a secret network of passageways in the underbelly of the Treeborhood.

While preparing for Ellie's welcome home party, Mr. E accidentally orders 200 pairs of Sparklepants.

Zadie tries to get the others to help but realizes that she needs to take a good picture to send to the Treeborhood newsletter.

First spied through a telescope, the wombats attempt to find mystical Bellyflop Lake without getting lost.

Kaya has to get creative for her Kaya-tastic Banana-tastic Halo-Halo Split cooking class.

When Malik and Zadie cannot agree on how tidy to keep their bedroom, the solution seems easy, which is to divide one room between three wombats.

is the title of the video Kaya hopes to make, once JunJun conquers his on-camera phobias.

The wombats use shapes to make a sailboat-shaped birthday cake for Carly, Cece, and Clyde.

The wombats battle sea monsters, surfing scoundrels, and pointing rocks on their way to make a sandwich delivery.

The Wombats are to watch their favorite game shows and water a plant for the Shellys at the same time.

A visit from Super's oldest and dearest friend Chanáa sends the Wombats on a riddle-solving scavenger hunt.

The themes and ideas of the show were previously covered in Aha Island, a WGBH multimedia project about monkeys who use computational thinking.

Some elements from Aha Island were recycled for Work It Out Wombats!, such as the existence of the Everything Emporium.

[34] Early-career writers were granted fellowships so they could bring diverse viewpoints and BIPOC representation to the series.

For example, JunJun and his family are Philippine eagles, while Ellie is a moose; an animal not found in Jamaica.

[36] The producers deliberately sought out voice actors that match the ethnicity of the characters to ensure authenticity.

The designs of the characters and settings are rounded in order to create a friendly, welcoming feel.

Writing for Common Sense Media, Diondra Brown rated it a 5/5, saying "The show's quality matches -- actually, exceeds, the high expectations viewers have for PBS Kids programming.

"[41] The lesbian characters of Leiko and Duffy caused the series to be controversial among conservative crowds.

(and of Clifford the Big Red Dog (2019 TV series), which also features same-sex parents) and the claims that it "overly sexualizing" kids.

The Mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, declared February 21 as "Work It Out Wombats!