About Peg + Cat

Peg + Cat is an animated math-based series for children ages 3-5 years old. The show follows the adorable, spirited Peg and her sidekick Cat as they embark on adventures, solve problems together, and learn foundational math concepts and skills. In each 12 minute episode, Peg and Cat face A REALLY BIG PROBLEM, a messy funny crisis they must somehow solve without totally freaking out!

Along the way, they grapple with all kinds of loony, loopy obstacles, under intense time pressure. They write out diagrams and charts on the graph paper that comprises their background. They interact with one another in their own quirky, comical way. And somehow, they always find a way to solve the math and save the day.

Peg + Cat will inspire preschoolers’ natural curiosity about math and help them develop new skills and strategies for solving problems creatively in their daily lives. Through engaging characters, whimsical stories, and songs, the show celebrates the ways in which math plays a role in their world.

The show teaches measurement, shapes and patterns, and a wide range of fundamental pre-math skills, as established by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics.

It also teaches an inquiry-based approach to problem solving that children can use in their everyday lives. As Peg and Cat struggle to solve problems they guess, brainstorm, improvise, bicker, play games, sing songs, and write out numbers and pictures. Along the way they make mistakes, at times they despair, occasionally they totally freak out! But they never give up. As they overcome obstacles to solve the REALLY BIG PROBLEMS they face, Peg and Cat prove to young viewers that even the most daunting math problems can be solved. And as they use math to tame the wild and wacky world in which they find themselves, Peg and Cat prove that math is empowering and cool.

Some of the strategies for integrating math into the series include:

• Children explore two to three key math concepts per episode.
• The two stories in each episode provide introductory and more advanced applications.
• Problem solving through trial and error is modeled to encourage persistence.
• Visuals and repetition are used to reinforce key concepts.
• Music highlights both the problems and solutions.