Countries: CA

  • The Fuzzball Problem / The Silliest Song Problem

    The Fuzzball Problem / The Silliest Song Problem

    The Fuzzball Problem

    Outer Space / Pellicius
    In an outer space adventure, intergalactic superheroes Peg and Cat are besieged by swiftly multiplying Fuzzballs.

    • Primary Content: Doubling / halving
    • Secondary Content: Spheres / cylinders

    The Silliest Song Problem

    Magical Forest
    Peg and Cat must present the King with the silliest song in the land. They can’t sing it without breaking down, so they break it down.

    • Primary Content: Halves / fourths
    • Secondary Content: Triangles
  • The Sam Problem / Mac the Fork

    The Sam Problem / Mac the Fork

    The Sam Problem

    Peg’s Pizza Place
    Jesse fears that if his Mom gets married she’ll love him less. Peg uses math to show he has nothing to worry about!

    • Primary Content: Division
    • Secondary Content: Finite / infinite

    Mac the Fork

    Mega Mall
    Sweet treats are being swiped four at a time, on the infamous utensil of Mac the Fork.

    • Primary Content: Counting to 40 by fours
    • Secondary Content: Fair sharing
  • The Compost Problem / Raiders of the Lost Arch

    The Compost Problem / Raiders of the Lost Arch

    The Compost Problem

    Farm
    By mixing different types of compost just right, Peg and Cat turn garbage into a garden.

    • Primary Content: Simple ratios, portions
    • Secondary Content: Sorting, classifying objects

    Raiders of the Lost Arch

    Art Museum / Cave
    Peg and Cat head into a deep, winding cave in search of the famous Lost Arch.

    • Primary Content: The shortest distance between two points is a straight line
    • Secondary Content: Using a map; arch
  • Peg Meets Cat / The Valentine’s Day Problem

    Peg Meets Cat / The Valentine’s Day Problem

    Peg Meets Cat

    Carnival
    Baby Peg is desperate to tell Mom she wants that stray kitty for her pet and problem-solving partner, but she can only point and say “TWO!”

    • Primary Content: Counting to 30 by 5s
    • Secondary Content: More and less

    The Valentines Day Problem

    Peg’s Pizza Place
    Peg and Cat scramble to make enough valentines for all their party guests and a pair of surprise visitors.

    • Primary Content: Counting by twos
    • Secondary Content: 2D and 3D shapes, symmetry
  • The Poetry Problem / The Dissappearing Art Problem

    The Poetry Problem / The Dissappearing Art Problem

    The Poetry Problem

    Amherst / Purple Planet / Peg’s Pizza Place / Mega Mall
    Peg and Cat lead Emily Dickinson far and wide in search of a rhyming pattern for her new poem.

    • Primary Content: Patterns
    • Secondary Content: One thousand

    The Disappearing Art Problem

    Art Museum
    It’s a nightmare for art museum guards Peg and Cat: Shapes are being stolen right off the paintings!

    • Primary Content: Identifying flat shapes
    • Secondary Content: Assembling shapes to make new shapes
  • The Awards Show Problem / The Wrong-Headed Problem

    The Awards Show Problem / The Wrong-Headed Problem

    The Awards Show Problem

    Radio City Music Hall
    Peg and Cat host an awards show that can only last seven minutes.

    • Primary Content: Minutes and seconds
    • Secondary Content: Greater than, less than

    The Wrong Headed Problem

    Peg’s House / Mega Mall / Prehistoric Valley / North Pole
    When Peg’s hat shrinks in the dryer, Mac leads Peg searching for something – anything – big enough to fit her head.

    • Primary Content: Comparing attributes
    • Secondary Content: Size correspondence
  • The Tree By the Nile Problem / The Eid al-Adha Adventure

    The Tree By the Nile Problem / The Eid al-Adha Adventure

    The Tree By the Nile Problem

    Ancient Egypt
    Cat gets stuck in a tree in Egypt – with 3 crocodiles! Will calmness and choreography be enough to save him?

    • Primary Content: Working with patterns
    • Secondary Content: Using a pan balance

    The Eid al-Adha Adventure

    Yasmina and Amir’s Neighborhood
    On Eid al-Adha, a holiday devoted to giving, Cat is asked to give more than he expected.

    • Primary Content: More and less, dividing into thirds
    • Secondary Content: Using a pan balance
  • The T-Ball Problem / The Bus Problem

    The T-Ball Problem / The Bus Problem

    The T-Ball Problem

    Purple Planet
    Peg’s T-Ball Team, the Mighty Nine, have no chance against a team of Aliens all-stars – Unless Peg can use the Aliens’ T-ball cards to predict where they’ll hit.

    • Primary Content: Making predictions
    • Secondary Content: Ordinal numbers, between

    The Bus Problem

    The Farm
    When the Electric Eleven perform on the farm, the 100 chickens swipe the band’s bus and drive it around the world! Peg and Cat use position words to keep up with them.

    • Primary Content: Describing position: inside, outside, in front and behind
    • Secondary Content: Counting to 100 by 10’s and 5’s
  • The Magic Uke / The Rocking Out Problem

    The Magic Uke / The Rocking Out Problem

    The Magic Uke

    Kingdom of Night/Kingdom of Day
    Peg must trek through the Kingdom of Night to reach Cat. To cross the star-shaped 14 steps, Peg needs to find lines of symmetry with the help of a magic ukulele.

    • Primary Content: Understanding day and night
    • Secondary Content: Finding lines of symmetry

    The Rocking Out Problem

    Junk Yard
    When Baby Fox makes a spectacular musical instrument out of junk, Peg and Cat get stuck in it! To get out they must use up, down, around and 3/4 time.

    • Primary Content: Up, down, over and around
    • Secondary Content: Musical patterns
  • The Robin Hood Problem / The Owl and the Pussycat Problem

    The Robin Hood Problem / The Owl and the Pussycat Problem

    The Robin Hood Problem

    Sherwood Forest
    Robin Hood can’t tell how to redistribute the goodies! So Peg and Cat must teach him more and less.

    • Primary Content: Strategies for determining “more” and “less”, counting, estimating and weighing
    • Secondary Content: Using a pan balance

    The Owl and the Pussycat Problem

    Dreamland
    The Pig will only give Cat the hat he needs to warm his ears, if Peg and Cat will give him “infinity”. So Peg and Cat sail off in search of infinity.

    • Primary Content: Infinity
    • Secondary Content: Counting by 10’s, more than