Shiver me timbers – THE NEW PEG + CAT DVD “PIRATES AHOY! AND OTHER REALLY BIG PROBLEMS” SETS SAIL THIS DECEMBER
PBS KIDS Series PEG + CAT Helps Kids Build Math and Problem Solving Skills
Arlington, Va. – December 1, 2014 – PBS Distribution announced today it is releasing seven stories from PBS KIDS’ popular PEG + CAT series on the new DVD “PEG + CAT: PIRATES AHOY! AND OTHER REALLY BIG PROBLEMS.” From helping a group of hungry pirates fairly share tropical fruit, to measuring their way to buried treasure, Peg and Cat embark on swashbuckling adventures in this new fun-filled DVD that will help kids learn problem solving and foundational math concepts and skills.
Each PEG + CAT adventure features a story in which Peg and Cat encounter an unexpected challenge that requires them to use math and problem-solving skills in order to save the day. While teaching specific math lessons, the series displays the values of resilience and perseverance.
PEG + CAT was created by Billy Aronson (“Rent,” “Postcards from Buster”) and Jennifer Oxley (“Little Bill,” “The Wonder Pets!”) and is a production of The Fred Rogers Company. PEG + CAT, which made its broadcast debut in October 2013, airs daily on PBS KIDS (check local listings).
The “PEG + CAT: PIRATES AHOY! AND OTHER REALLY BIG PROBLEMS” DVD will be available for purchase on December 23, 2014. Its run time is approximately 85 minutes and its SRP is $12.99. In addition to featuring seven stories (listed below), the DVD also includes five printable activities – the pirates’ fruit salad recipe, pirates + peaches board game, four fantastic flip-books, Cat sock-beanie instructions, and PEG + CAT stick puppets.
The Pirate Puzzle Problem:
Peg and Cat must help the pirates put together a puzzle, and then the four sections of their sinking ship.
Primary Learning Goal: Composing and decomposing puzzles
Secondary Learning Goal: Recognizing the attributes of shapes
The Pirate Problem:
Peg and Cat show a group of very hungry pirates how to share tropical fruit fairly.
Primary Learning Goal: Fair sharing
Secondary Learning Goal: Adding within 4
The Sleepover Problem:
When the pirates are having a sleepover at Peg’s house, they get scared at bedtime. Peg and Cat help the pirates fall asleep by counting chickens.
Primary Learning Goal: Counting to 20
Secondary Learning Goal: 4 + 1 = 5
The Buried Treasure Problem:
Peg and Cat measure their way to buried treasure using Cat as a measuring stick!
Primary Learning Goal: Non-standard units of measurement
Secondary Learning Goal: Mapping
The Scrap of Map Problem:
When the pirates’ treasure map is torn and carried off by the wind, Peg and Cat and friends from far and wide put their scraps of map together to find the treasure.
Primary Learning Goal: Working together to solve a problem, one-to-one counting
Secondary Learning Goal: Using a map, fair sharing
The Perfect Ten Problem:
Peg and Cat are judging a singing competition in which all performers must get a rating of exactly ten stars.
Primary Learning Goal: Adding to 10
Secondary Learning Goal: The number 0
The Pizza Pirate Problem:
As Peg and Cat deliver pizzas far and wide, they are menaced by the flying pizza pirates who are determined to “take away one!”
Primary Learning Goal: Taking away 1
Secondary Learning Goal: Adding 10
PEG + CAT is funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the U.S. Department of Education through the Ready To Learn Initiative, a program that supports the development of innovative educational television and digital media targeted at preschool and early elementary school children and their families.
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