Grade levels: Primary (1-3)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Polka Dot Planet Problem

Polka Dot Planet
When Peg’s spaceship breaks down, she needs the help of a new friend who communicates without speaking.

• Primary Content: Representing numbers using objects and numerals
• Secondary Content: Defining two dimensional shapes by number of sides, patterns

The Mardi Gras Problem

New Orleans
To jam with Billie Holiday in the Mardi Gras parade, Peg and Cat must learn to use a diagram of notes – sheet music.

• Primary Content: Ordinal numbers
• Secondary Content: Diagrams