Odd Squad
From recapturing a gallon-sized blob that has separated into smaller pieces, to dealing with magical creatures who have escaped from books, there is no occurrence that is too strange for the Odd Squad! “Odd Squad,” a series for children ages 5 to 8, features a team of kid agents as they face off against various villains wreaking havoc, all while using math concepts to solve each case. In other words: Odd is the problem, math is the solution. Learn More About the Show
Listen to the Odd Squad: Odd Squadcast!
Spinning off from the “odd-ventures” of "Odd Squad" is the Odd Squad: Odd Squadcast! This podcast follows The Big O as she hosts a weekly radio address for agents all over the world - and tries to stop an odd invasion on headquarters at the same time!
Articles
“I Figured It Out!”: Helping Kids Become Tenacious Problem Solvers
Few skills will serve our children better than the ability to solve problems creatively. Try these four ways to nurture your child’s problem-solving skills.
Books for Young Detectives and Mathematicians
If your kid loves the mysteries in Odd Squad, make sure to check out these young detectives in books!
Learning Critical Math Skills With Your Child’s Favorite Shows
Research shows that kids who watched PEG + CAT and Odd Squad exhibited significantly improved performance on critical early math skills.
Birthday Party
Odd Squad Birthday Party
Calling all Odd Squad agents! Are you ready to host the oddest, most outlandish, most original math-themed birthday celebration ever?
Hands-On Activities
Craft a Secret Message Card
Your spy kid can practice math, spelling and writing skills while creating a secret message for a loved one!
DIY Odd Squad Costume
30 min activityAssemble this budget-friendly, zero-fuss DIY Odd Squad Costume for your little one!
How to Make Homemade Slime
30 min activityMake a gooey mixture that is fun to stretch and roll in this easy hands-on activity.
Learn About Measurements With Water Play
30 min activityDo you know how many quarts are in a gallon or how many cups are in a quart? Learning how to measure liquids can be fun!
Make and Measure a Blob
30 min activityFollow an easy recipe with your child to make a gooey blob from ingredients found in your home.
Make Mystery Footprints
Create a trail of footprints to examine just like a real detective.
Create and Crack Codes for Pattern Practice
It's training time for agents everywhere! Help solve some of the oddest cases at Odd Squad Headquarters.
Build Paper Polyhedrons
Help solve an odd-tastic investigation by folding and gluing paper to build 3-D shapes while learning math vocabulary.
Use a Number Line to Catch a Thief
Help the Odd Squad crack a case and bring a thief to justice!
Printables
Mystery Number Patterns: Using Skip Counting
Agents, check out these Odd-some Mystery Patterns that use skip counting. Try to figure out the rule for each one and keep the skip count pattern going!
Mystery Number Patterns: Make Your Own!
Sometime patterns get bigger or grow. Agents, create your own patterns using any numbers you’d like!
Odd-some Shape Combination Activity
Something very odd has happened with shapes!
Find Your Badge Number
Help your child decode their own secret Odd Squad agent number.
Odd Squad Crest: Color By Number
Use the color key to color the Odd Squad Crest.
Secret Sequence Scrambler
Odd Squad needs you to solve a secret sequence scramble! Create a set of how-to steps for an activity.
Robot Coder Activity
Follow and write your own code with this fun activity!
Tangrams
Cut out the tangram shapes and then try to complete the challenges.
Painted Centigurps
Using grid coordinates, find out how many Centigurps have fallen into each paint can.
Games
Dicey Escape
Escape from the dice-powered lair of dot-loving villain, Dottie Doubloon! Dottie created puzzles, all using dice and numerals. Use the odd powers of Dottie’s dice to get past a friendly Dot-topus, the Polka Dot of Doom, and Dottie herself.
Build-a-Squad
Build your own Odd Squad Headquarters and solve some oddness!
Code Breaker
Oscar built some traps and then forgot where he put them! Your child can help identify number patterns to show the Odd Squad where they can walk safely.
Odd Invasion
There are odd things happening and the Odd Squad needs your child's help. In this game, use a special gadget to collect power in sets of ones, tens, and hundreds to add up to equal the number needed to capture the odd creatures.
Puppy Quest
The Odd Squad agents have been turned into puppies! In this game, your child will use specific puppy toys to move a given number of puppies through a series of obstacles to turn the puppies back into agents.
Agent Check-Up
The Odd Squad doctor needs an assistant! Your child can help cure the Odd Squad agents of their odd ailments by collecting data to make a diagnosis while learning about fractions, volume, coordinates, and greater than/less than comparisons.
Down The Tubes
The Odd Squad needs help fixing their transportation tubes. Your child can practice math concepts including measurement, addition and spatial reasoning skills while helping the Odd Squad make the needed repairs.
Pienado
Catch, cut, rotate and place shapes to fill the puzzle spaces and stop the pienado.
Creature Duty
Odd Squad agents take care of all sorts of creatures. Using math skills such as color and shape matching, fair shares and fractions, your child can help feed and care for these adorable creatures.
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