Using critical thinking skills, young children are encouraged to see the connection between actions and the resulting consequences. With help from "The Great Wizzooni," a fun-loving, inept magician, Emily, David and Maria learn that there is always a reason why things happen -- even seemingly mysterious things. By retracing their steps, the kids discover that the predicaments they find themselves in weren't caused by magic, but rather by something they did.
Emily arrives at the school library only to find that her library book isn't in her backpack. When the librarian questions her about where it could be, Emily claims that it had been in her pack and that it's just "gone!" By retracing her steps, Emily "finds" the lost book and learns to be more careful.
David returns home to find his parakeet Oscar is not in the cage where he belongs. David tells his brother Tom that he closed the cage after feeding Oscar that morning and can't figure out how the bird got away. When his brother helps him retrace his steps, David finds the answer: he remembers that he left the door open.
Peter astonishes Maria when he tells her he's decided not to come over to her house to play -- "not today, not ever again!" Maria's mother helps her retrace her interactions with Peter until Maria realizes that by teasing him at lunch in front of the other kids, she had made him mad.
A lively music video follows each section, reinforcing the key issues of actions, consequences, and responsibility.
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