Elinor, Olive, and Ari use shapes, colors, and patterns to hide so that the Goat Twins can't spot them.
Elinor decides to be an owl for the costume parade.
Elinor learns that different plants grow in different environments.
The kids learn that flowers are colorful and aromatic to attract bees and find ways to draw customers to their bake sale table.
Elinor, Olive, and Ari are happy to welcome new members to The Explorer's Club, but as more and more kids join, a big problem arises: their clubhouse isn't big enough to fit all the new Explorers!
It's time for the Animal Town picnic, but Ari is growing impatient waiting for Ms. Llama's famous ketchup, which just won't come out of the bottle. Meanwhile, Elinor and her friends follow a bee to its hive and observe the honey-making process, where they discover that honey is goopier when it has less water in it.
It's a wintery Saturday morning and Elinor, Olive, and Ari are getting ready to go out and play in the snow with other kids, but Olive wonders why she has to wear so many winter clothes.
Elinor becomes fascinated by the Velcro on Ari's new watch and convinces her friends to help her find out how it works. First, they make a list of what Velcro sticks to and what it doesn't stick to, but they need more observations, so they head out onto the playground.
Elinor and her friends are trying to make an awesome couch cushion castle, but they each have their own ideas of how to build it. When they can't seem to share materials, it looks like all hope is lost, until Elinor notices ants walking by her windowsill.
When Ari can't find his favorite ball, he and his friends retrace his footsteps, where they observe a bird with eggs in her nest, then find Mr. Dog burying a toy. Mr. Dog explains he loves to put things away, which is why he buries them and keeps them safe in their "special place."
Elinor, Ari, and Olive are having a fun day at the Animal Town Tomato Festival, but the day is about to get even better as they enter the 'tomato drop' contest. After their first two tomatoes smash into goop when they hit the ground, the kids have to figure out a better way to drop their tomatoes.
Elinor and her friends are playing soccer. Elinor and Ari notice all their friends are pretty good at the game, but they aren't. After further observation, they realize all their friends have a specific talent that makes them good during play.
Mrs. Beaver wants to build a new park bench in a perfect spot, but there's a giant rock in the way. No problem, they'll just move it, but then they run into another problem: lizards, who keep reappearing on the rock.
When Ari finds a particularly cool feather and puts it in his cap, Elinor starts to wonder why birds have feathers in the first place. It's time for more observations!
Elinor's Dad is having trouble sleeping in because of the noisy birds outside his window, so Elinor decides to find out why birds sing and hopefully get her Dad a little peace and quiet.
Elinor loses her voice just before she and her friends are supposed to sing their song for the class. She needs to figure out another way to perform, so she and her friends decide to observe nature outside for some ideas.
When Ms. Mole forgets her glasses at school, Elinor and her friends follow her to return them. Ms. Mole can’t see anything without her glasses! The kids travel throughout Animal Town, just missing Ms. Mole at every turn. During their travels, the kids realize Ms. Mole has been shopping and getting around using different senses. By the time they finally reach Ms. Mole and return her glasses, she’s got all her shopping done without them. Cool!
Elinor and her friends want to bring Ms. Mole a cupcake for her birthday, but they're worried it will get squished on the way to school. The kids find inspiration in nature when they observe how different animals/creatures stay safe using their shells as a defense mechanism. Elinor, Ari and Olive use this idea as inspiration to make a shell around the cupcake using a hard coconut. Because of the kids' hard work and ingenuity, the cupcake makes it all the way to school without being squished, just in time for Ms. Mole to enjoy her present. Yum!
Elinor has a need for speed and wants to make her racecar go faster! So, she and her friends observe birds and fish and come to realize that they are both very fast, because of the shape of their bodies, tails, and wings. The kids then decide the best way to make their race car go faster is by changing its shape.
Substitute Teacher Mr. Hamster wants to learn everyone's names, but he has trouble telling the Goat twins apart, so Elinor, Ari, and Olive decide to help him. This is tricky, because the Goat Twins look so much alike, especially today when they've decided to wear the same color dress.
Elinor, Olive, and Ari are helping Ari's dad rake the leaves in their yard, which leads them to wonder, "Who rakes the leaves in the forest?" They need more observations, so they head out to the forest, where they look at the leaves more closely and notice that some of them are fresh, others are a little worn, and others are really old and crumbling.
Elinor, Ari, and Olive are building a giant Snow Friend, but there isn't enough snow to finish their masterpiece. Luckily, the next day brings fresh new snow, but this snow won't stay packed at all - it just falls apart.
Elinor and her friends volunteer to help Mr. Raccoon put up a sign for his bakery, but the sign keeps blowing away in the fall breeze. After Elinor observes a spider in its web and how the wind doesn't seem to affect it at all, she learns things that are wide will catch the wind, but if they have lots of holes like a spider's web, they will not.
It's Plant Day at school and Elinor is super excited to get a beautiful plant to take home. When she gets a cactus, she's a little disappointed at first, but after some careful observations, she and her friends learn lots of cool things about it, like how it grows in the desert, how it doesn't need much water, and how the spikes keep it safe.
A spittle bug inspires Elinor and her friends to build a bubble house.
Elinor learns that some birds stay in winter instead of going some place warmer. Señor Tapir is going on a months-long trip tomorrow, thus his neighbors decide to give him special goodbyes.
While observing butterflies and caterpillars, the kids realize they've never seen a baby butterfly.
Elinor, Ari and Olive put on a circus for their friends.
A mystery is afoot at school when one of the plants grows in a zig-zag pattern rather than straight up like other plants.
Elinor learns about how butterflies drink.
Elinor and friends wonder about what happens to fish when the lake freezes in the winter.
while the kids are playing pirates, Ari realizes he forgot where he hid the treasure.
Elinor finds a peculiar-looking owl while visiting her grandparents in the desert.
Olive and her friends investigate why a tree has fallen over in the forest.
The kids learn about webbed feet
It's Elinor's Dad's birthday and they're going camping.
Elinor's friends hope they won't be stung by bees while they're on a Fourth of July picnic in the forest.
The three kids see a cute turtle while on the park's newest bike path.
Will Ari find himself a way to make the best block tower in the world?
As Elinor and Ari help Miri walk, Olive doesn't know how to do a special jump.
While the three kids are smelling flowers, Ari has gotten a cold and he cannot smell anything.
Elinor learns that on Camilla's necklace is a "leaf charm", so she wonders how leaves come in different shapes.
Elinor and her class are painting outdoors with the town's enthusiastic art teacher, Mr. Lion, when they run out of paint. A flabbergasted Mr. Lion apologizes, but soon the kids begin to experiment with natural items they find, and discover nature is full of colors you can use to paint: grass paints green and you can use strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries to paint your canvas. The kids happily finish their paintings, and when they're all done, Elinor proudly shows off her picture, which shows her true love of nature.
A feline friend walks on the snow without going down, much to the amazement of Elinor and her pals.
On a camping trip, the kids discover that Ari is really good at playing Marco Polo. Even without saying "Marco," a blindfolded Ari can easily figure out where Olive and Elinor are. How does he do it?
Elinor and her friends have a curious and fun adventure when they go camping with Ranger Rabbit to Hidden Lake, a place in the forest that they have never been to before.
Olive gets inspired to play her violin after observing why crickets chirp.
Elinor and her friends learn why birds fly high while flying in a hot air balloon with Mz. Mole.
Elinor and her friends get inspired by birds to make their perfect nest.
Elinor, Ari, Olive and Señor Tapir find that Koa's favorite food is Mac n' cheese.
Elinor and her friends learn what makes Olive's mom's curry so spicy.
After playing too much baseball, Ari's muscles hurt.
Elinor and her friends must sneak past Mz. Mole to surprise her for Teacher's Day.
Rudy, the pig, helps Elinor and her friends sniff out some truffles.
Elinor is the new Clean Captain at school and takes things too far.
During their visit to the beach, Ari and his friends learn why we lose our teeth.
The kids take a field trip to a cloud forest and learn that clouds have water in them.
After Olive needs a red crayon for Valentine's Day, they learn how crayons are made.
Junior Ranger Elinor and Ranger Rabbit's favorite spot in the forest is ruined by a fire.
Ari and his friends learn why babies need a little more attention than they do.
