Peg + Cat – Resources and Episode Specific
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Peg + Cat – Resources and Episode Specific Activities
General Resources
• PBS Kids: Peg + Cat
• PBS Learning Media: Peg + Cat Collection
• PBS Parents: Peg + Cat
• AOE/PBS: Questions and Response Stems for Discussion or Writing (printable)
• PBS Learning Media: Math Reading List (ages 3-5), Math Reading List (ages 6-8)
(printable)
• PBS Parents: Around the Kitchen Table: Finding Math in Everyday Places (article)
• PBS Parents: 12 Books to Excite your Child’s Mathematical Imagination (article)
• PBS Parents: Nurturing Your Child’s Creative Mind (article)
• NAEYC: Preschoolers Are Natural Mathematicians
• NAEYC: 5 Ways to Build Math into Your Child’s Day
• NAEYC: Baking Math for Families and Young Children
• NAEYC: Message in a Backpack: Everyday Shapes (printable)
• NAEYC: Math in the Bath
• NAEYC: Message in a Backpack: Math - It’s Important and Fun! (printable)
• NAEYC: Family Math Game: Subitizing (printable)
• NAEYC: Message in a Backpack - Fun and Easy Ways to Play with Math at Home
(printable)
• NAEYC: Support Math with Materials in Your Home
• NAEYC: Support Math Readiness Through Music
• NAEYC: Helping Your Child See and Show Mathematical Ideas
• DREME: At-Home Early Math Learning Kit for Families: Ideas for Supporting Young
Children’s Math Skills During Coronavirus and Beyond (English) (Spanish)
• Learning Trajectories: Tips for Read-Alouds in Math
• Peg + Cat: Really Big Music Album (downloadable app)
• PBS Kids: Peg +Cat: Big Problems - Activity Plan Summer Adventure
Episodes and Specific Resources
The Robin Hood Problem/The Owl and the Pussy Cat Problem (Shapes & Patterns)
• PBS Learning Media: Big Gig
• PBS Parents: Peg’s Shape Chandelier Craft
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The Poetry Problem/The Disappearing Art Problem (Patterns & Shapes)
• PBS Learning Media: Peg + Cat Camp (Patterns & Shapes)
• PBS Learning Media: Paint-a-Long
• Scholastic: How to Write Poetry with Preschoolers
The Compost Problem/The Raiders of the Lost Arch (Sort & Shapes)
• PBS Learning Media: Shapes and Their Attributes Educator Guide
• PBS Learning Media: Morning Badges (printable)
The Magic Uke/The Rocking Out Problem (Lines of Symmetry & Directional Vocabulary)
• PBS Kids: Symmetry Painter
• PBS Learning Media: Up Down, All Around (printable)
The Peanut Problem/Adventures from Robin Hood (100 count, less & more, & learning about
time)
• PBS Learning Media: Playing Games With the Hundreds Chart
• PBS Learning Media: Having Fun with the Number 100 (printable)
• Learning Trajectories: House Hold Items to Support Math at Home (printable)
• Early Math Counts: Hungry Alligator
• YouTube: Great Innovators: “George Washington Carver: The Wizard of Tuskegee" by
StoryBots
• PBS Learning Media: Animal Inequalities (STEM Video Game Challenge)
The Flat Woman Problem/The Hanukkah Problem (2D/3D)
• PBS Kids: Super Peg
• PBS Learning Media: Puppet Theater (printable)
The Roxanne Problem/The Girl Group Problem (Shapes)
• PBS Kids: Highlight Zone
• PBS Learning Media: Make Your Own Twig (printable)
The Dance Problem/Follow the Bouncing Ball (Musical pattern)
• PBS Kids: Music Maker (game)
• PBS: The Cookie Ballet with Misty Copeland (video)
• PBS: Sorting and Counting with Blocks
• YouTube: Misty Copeland: An Unlikely Ballerina
• YouTube: Misty Copeland Reads “Firebird” (includes ASL interpreter)
The Messy Room Problem/The Golden Pyramid Problem (Shapes & Skip Counting by 2)
• PBS Kids: Happy Camel
• PBS Learning Media: Shapes and Their Attributes Educator Guide and Activities
(printable)
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The Chicken Problem/The Space Creature Problem (100 count)
• PBS Kids: Chicken Coop
• PBS Learning Media: Numbers and Counting Educator Guide and Activities (printable)
The Honey Problem/The Penguin Problem (Patterns)
• PBS Learning Media: Peg and Cat’s Incredibly Popular Honey Cake
The Polka-dot Planet Problem/Mardi Gras Problem (Diagram/Patterns)
• PBS Parents: Pet + Cat Treasure Hunt
The Dinosaur Problem/The Beethoven Problem (Music Patterns)
• PBS Kids: Big Gig
• PBS Learning Media: Flip Books - Counting 1-24 (printable)
The Camp Problem/The Two Homes Problem (Problem Solving)
• PBS Kids: Tree Problem
The Racecar Problem/The Giant Problem (Shapes and Sizes)
• PBS Kids: Math in the Bath
• PNC: Learning to Count
• PNC: The Racecar Problem
• PNC: The Racecar Winner
Peg and Cat Save The World: Part 1
• PBS Learning Media: Perfect 10! Card Game (printable)
• PBS Learning Media: Counting Around the House (printable)
Peg and Cat Save The World: Part 2
• PBS Learning Media: Parts of Peg (printable)
• PBS Parents: 11 Books that Teach Children About Shapes
The Too Big Dog Problem/The Giant Baby Problem
• PBS Learning Media: Math Reading List (ages 3-5), Math Reading List (ages 6-8)
(printable)
• PBS Learning Media: Having Fun with the Number 100 (printable)
Another Train Problem/The Odd Sea (deduction/odd and even numbers)
• PBS Learning Media: Playing Games With the Hundreds Chart (printable)
• NAEYC: Message in a Backpack: Math- It’s Important and Fun! (printable)
• NAEYC: Helping Your Child See and Show Mathematical Ideas
• Early Math Counts: Odd and Even Numbers
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The Pizza Problem/The Pizza Pirate Problem (shapes/fractions)
• PBS Learning Media: Peg’s Pizza Place Kids Media Lab
• PBS Learning Media: Peg’s Perfect Pizza (printable)
• PBS: Peg’s Pizza Fractions Recipe
The Package Problem/The Train Problem (shapes)
• PBS Learning Media: Peg’s Perfect Pizza (printable)
• PBS Parents: Peg’s Giant Dice Game
The Potty Problem/The Butter Problem (counting/problem solving)
• PBS Learning Media: Potty Badges (printable)
• NAEYC: Support Math with Materials in Your Home
The Imaginary Friend Problem/The Promise Problem (distance)
• PBS Learning Media: Peg and Cat Shape Stick Puppets (printable)
• NAEYC: Family Math Game: Subitizing (printable)
The Pirate Puzzle Problem/The Scrap of Map Problem (shapes)
• PBS Parents: Make A Neighborhood Map
• PBS Learning Media: The Pirates Great Banana Fruit Salad (printable)
• PBS Learning Media: Fair Sharing Educator Guide and Activities (printable)
The Awards Show Problem/The Wrong-Headed Problem (minutes and seconds/comparing
attributes)
• PBS Learning Media: The Perfect Ten Problem (game)
• Early Math Counts: Flower Fun
• Early Math Counts: Telling Time
• PBS Learning Media: Shapes and their Attributes Educator Guide
The Tree by the Nile Problem/The Eid al-Adha Adventure
• Early Math Counts: Patterns in Sounds and Shapes
• PBS Parents: Balancing Nature
• PBS Learning Media: Eid al-Adha - All About the Holiday (Social Studies; video)
• Online Math Learning: More Than and Less Than
The Funky Seventies Problem/The Umbrella Problem (Counting, comparing 10s/ 2D shapes,
octagons, triangles)
• Early Math Counts: Uno
• PBS Learning Media: Shapes and Their Attributes
• Education: Marshmallow Math Comparing Numbers
• PBS Kids: Peg + Cat Shape Hunt
• Learning Trajectories: Counting (printable)
• Education.com: Comparing Numbers (printable)
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The George Washington Problem/The High Noon Problem
• National Geographic: Park Map
• Math at Home: Telling Time
The Allergy Problem/I Do What I Can: The Musical
• PBS Learning Media: Having Fun with the Number 100 (printable)
• PBS Parents: Music Maker (game)
The Cold Camel Problem/The Einstein Problem
• PBS Learning Media: Happy Camel Pan Balance (game)
• PBS Parents: Mega Mall (game)
The Wonderland Problem/The Bat Mitzvah Problem
• PBS Learning: Playdough Shapes
• PBS Learning Media: Peg’s Pizza Place (game)
The Sushi Problem/The Highlight Zone Problem
• PBS Learning Media: I Spy Peg + Cat
• PBS Parents: The Highlight Zone - counting by 10s (game)
The Friday the 13th Problem/The Looking Glass Problem (counting in the teens/ patterns - AB,
AABB, AAABBB)
• PBS App: Mega Mall (online game)
• Education: Making Pattern Noodle Necklaces
• PBS Learning Media: Perfect Ten Card Game (printable)
• PBS Learning Media: Chicken Coop (online game)
The Pentagirls Problem/The Tree Problem of National Importance (flat shapes/ feet and meters)
• NAEYC: Discovering Shapes and Space (article)
• PBS Kids: Measure Up (app)
• PBS Learning Media: Paint Along With Peg + Cat (online game)
• PBS Kids: Cat Measuring Tool
The Bermuda Triangle Problem/The Breeze in the Branches (triangles/ patterns)
• PBS Learning Media: Peg’s Perfect Pizza (printable)
• Great Schools: Cool Ways to Teach Your Preschooler Patterns (printable)
The Pig Problem/The Mariachi Problem (using a calendar/ relative positions- above, below, in
front of, behind, next)
• PBS Learning Media: Obstacle Course
• PBS Learning Media: 3-2-1 Snack (online game)
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The Sam Problem/Mac the Fork (Division; Counting to 40 by fours)
• PBS Learning Media: Fair Sharing
• PBS Learning Media: Numbers and Counting Educator’s Guide
Peg Meets Cat/The Valentine's Day Problem (Counting to 30 by 5s; Counting by 2s)
• PBS Learning Media: Playing Games with the Hundreds Chart
• We Are Teachers: Skip Counting Activities and Ideas
The T-Ball Problem/The Bus Problem (Estimate/Ordinal numbers)
• Motion Math Games: How to Get Your Kid to Stop Saying Math Is Hard
• Medium: Position Words for Preschoolers (article)
• Square Head Teacher: Don’t Eat Pete game (printable)
• Math Skills for Kids: Spatial Sense- Beside and Far From
The Fuzzball Problem/The Silliest Song Problem (Doubling & halving/ Halves/fourths)
• PBS Kids: Lost in Space Activity (printable)
• Kahn Academy: Fourths and Halves
The Hotel Problem/Another Hotel Problem (Addition equations up to 6/ordinal numbers)
• PBS Learning Media: Racecar Game
• Zeno Math: Shut the Box Dice Game (printable)
The Big Dig Problem/The Crayon Problem (Fractions - measurement, interpreting maps/ 2D
shape attributes)
• PBS Learning Media: Make the Cake Game
• PBS Learning Media: I Spy Peg
The Groovy Sixties Problem/Bad Jack Is Back
• Early Math Counts: Uno
• PBS Learning Media: Shapes and Their Attributes
• Education: Marshmallow Math Comparing Numbers
• PBS Kids: Peg + Cat Shape Hunt
• Learning Trajectories: Counting (printable)
Richard The Third/The Lemonade Problem
• PBS Kids: Jennifer Oxley and Billy Aronson Read the Lemonade Problem
• PBS Learning Media: Peg + Cat Racecar (online game)
The Baby Problem/The Sparkling Sphere Problem
• PBS Parents: Eight Easy Ideas to Add Math Into Your Daily Routine
• PBS Parents: Shape Activities
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The Magic Uke/The Rocking Out Problem
• PBS Kids: Symmetry Painter
• PBS Parents: Create a Cardboard Guitar
Yet Another Tree Problem/The Romeo and Juliet Problem
• PBS Parents: Another Big Tree Problem (printable)
• Tate Museum: Learn About Artist Piet Mondrian
• Kinderart: Create Art like Piet Mondrian (using vertical and horizontal lines)
The Play Date Problem/The Blabberwocky Problem
• PBS Learning Media: Magical Shape Hunt (game)
• Teacher Vision: Patterns in Music and Math
The Arch Villain Problem/The Straight and Narrow Problem (arches/ straight, narrow, curved)
• PBS Learning Media: Rock Art (interactive)
• The Measured Mom: Roll a Shape Games (printable)
The Birthday Cake Problem/The Doohickey Problem (teen numbers/patterns)
• This Reading Mama: Roll It, Solve It Cover It Addition Games (printable)
• PBS Kids: Make the Cake game (interactive)
The Slop Problem/The Birthday Present Problem (more, less/ counting by 5’s up to 30)
• PreK Pages: The Doorbell Rang Activity (printable)
• The Doorbell Rang Read Aloud (Youtube)
The Ring Problem/The Wedding Problem (size/order)
• PBS Kids: Giant Hide and Seek (interactive)
• PBS Kids: Grocery Store (or Home) Bingo (printable)
The Mega Mall Problem/The Cleopatra Problem (Attributes/ Using a pan balance to compare
weights)
• PBS Learning Media: Mega Mall (interactive)
• PBS Learning Media: Happy Camel (interactive)
The Perfect Ten Problem/The Long Line Problem (Adding to 10/Ordinal numbers; using a
number line)
• PBS Learning Media: The Perfect Ten Problem (interactive)
• Education: Ordinal Numbers (printable; Grade 2)
The Mermaid in the Mall Problem/The Painting Problem (flat shapes/ adding on to find sums to
5, identifying addition and equal signs)
• PBS Kids: Magical Shape Hunt (interactive game)
• PBS Parents: Soft Pretzel Numbers
