Meet Peg, a curious and spunky preschooler, and her feline companion, Cat, who will rely on math "to tackle social and relationship issues and everyday problems like cleaning up a messy bedroom," Rotenberg says. Some of their dilemmas may be zany — like how to get 100 chickens back into their coop or how to feed a horde of hungry pirates with just one banana — but it's all solvable via mathematics and a zippy song.
Cast: Hayley Faith Negrin, Dwayne Hill, Christian Distefano
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80 episodes
1. The Chicken ProblemPeg and Cat have to get 100 chickens back in the coop before the farmer sees.
Primary Learning Goal: Size correspondence. Secondary Learning Goal: The number 100.TV-YCC30minOct 7, 2013
2. The Space Creature ProblemPeg, Cat and Richard must get the 100 chickens away from Big Mouth and back to their spaceship.
Primary Learning Goal: Counting by tens. Secondary Learning Goal: The number 100.TV-YCC30minOct 7, 2013
3. The Pirate ProblemPeg 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.TV-YCC30minOct 8, 2013
4. The Sleepover ProblemWhen 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.TV-YCC30minOct 8, 2013
5. The Three Bears ProblemPeg and Cat bring the Three Bears, the Three Little Pigs, and the Three Billy Goats Gruff together to form a super group: “The Electric Eleven.”
Primary Learning Goal: Adding 1. Secondary Learning Goal: Counting to 11.TV-YCC30minOct 9, 2013
6. The Giant ProblemPeg and Cat must attempt a great escape when they think the Giants want to eat them and their 8 fairy tale friends for lunch.
Primary Learning Goal: Combinations that add up to 10. Secondary Learning Goal: Circle.TV-YCC30minOct 9, 2013
7. The Circus ProblemWhen Peg and Cat find themselves in the center ring, they climb, swing, swoop and juggle their way over amazing heights and lengths.
Primary Learning Goal: Measuring height, measuring length. Secondary Learning Goal: Counting by twos.TV-YCC30minOct 10, 2013
8. The Buried Treasure ProblemThe 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.TV-YCC30minOct 10, 2013
9. The Tree ProblemWhen Cat is stuck in a tree, Peg needs to figure out how to get him down using three giant gifts.
Primary Learning Goal: Spatial sense, solving a puzzle. Secondary Learning Goal: Direction, position.TV-YCC30minOct 14, 2013
10. Another Tree ProblemWhen Cat is stuck in a tree again Peg has to find a different way to get him down.
Primary Learning Goal: Ordering objects by height. Secondary Learning Goal: Ordinal numbers.TV-YCC30minOct 14, 2013
11. The Messy Room ProblemPeg and Cat sort through the mess in Peg’s room just in time for company to come over and see Cat’s masterpiece, “The Circles.”
Primary Learning Goal: Sorting. Secondary Learning Goal: Shapes.TV-YCC30minOct 15, 2013
12. The Golden Pyramid ProblemPeg the Bold and Brave Sir Cat, Knights of the Round Table, search far and wide to retrieve the Mermaid’s golden pyramids.
Primary Learning Goal: Solid shapes. Secondary Learning Goal: Counting by twos.TV-YCC30minOct 15, 2013
13. The Parade ProblemPeg and Cat need to sort out recyclables to clean up the park in time for the nursery school’s Halloween Parade.
Primary Learning Goal: Sorting. Secondary Learning Goal: Estimating.TV-YCC30minOct 22, 2013
14. The Halloween ProblemWhile trick or treating, Peg and Cat find themselves pursued by a metal monster. Later they teach fair sharing to a “friend” who turns out to be a real tiger!
Primary Learning Goal: Fair Sharing. Secondary Learning Goal: Positional relationships (in front of/behind).TV-YCC30minOct 22, 2013
15. The Dinosaur ProblemWhen Peg and Cat get lost riding dinosaurs through a prehistoric forest, they use a diagram to find their way to safety before the Baby T-Rex catches up to them.
Primary Learning Goal: Following diagrams. Secondary Learning Goal: Patterns.TV-YCC30minNov 4, 2013
16. The Beethoven ProblemWhen Peg and Cat are helping their pal Ludwig van Beethoven write a symphony, Cat laughs in a certain pattern that gives Beethoven a great idea.
Primary Learning Goal: Patterns. Secondary Learning Goal: Ordinal Numbers.TV-YCC30minNov 4, 2013
17. The Honey ProblemThe 3 Bees will produce honey for Peg and Cat’s super-popular honey cake – but only if Peg and Cat will dance for the Bees in a certain pattern!
Primary Learning Goal: Weight.TV-YCC30minNov 5, 2013
18. The Penguin ProblemPeg and Cat coach a team of skiing penguins, who would have a shot at the Olympic gold medal if only they knew “over”, “under”, and “in between.”
Primary Learning Goal: Over, under, in between. Secondary Learning Goal: Balance.TV-YCC30minNov 5, 2013
19. The Race Car ProblemPeg and Cat rebuild their homemade race car, “Hot Buttered Lightnin’”, to compete in the Talla-peg-a 20 race.
Primary Learning Goal: More than, less than. Secondary Learning Goal: Solid shapes.TV-YCC30minNov 18, 2013
20. The Big Gig ProblemPeg and Cat need to round up the missing members of their touring band, the Electric Eleven, in time for their big gig for 100 chickens.
Primary Learning Goal: Counting backwards from 11. Secondary Learning Goal: Deductive reasoning, the 20s.TV-YCC30minNov 18, 2013
21. The Slop ProblemPeg and Cat enlist the Teens to help them figure out how to clean filthy farm animals of various sizes.
Primary Learning Goal: More, less. Secondary Learning Goal: Counting by fives up to 25.TV-YCC30minDec 16, 2013
22. The Birthday Present ProblemPeg and Cat gather 30 rocks from their favorite lands to give Peg’s Mom for her 30th birthday.
Primary Learning Goal: Counting by fives up to 30. Secondary Learning Goal: Time, using a calendar.TV-YCC30minDec 16, 2013
23. The Baby ProblemBabysitters Peg and Cat rescue the precocious Baby Fox from the top of his elaborate block tower.
Primary Learning Goal: Solid shapes. Secondary Learning Goal: Diagrams.TV-YCC30minDec 17, 2013
24. The Sparkling Sphere ProblemKnights of the Round Table Peg and Cat search for the Wizard Ramone, who has floated away in a sparkling sphere.
Primary Learning Goal: Rectangular prism and rhombus. Secondary Learning Goal: Counting by twos.TV-YCC30minDec 17, 2013
25. The Birthday Cake ProblemPeg and Cat make a rockin’ birthday cake for Jonah and his friends the Teens, but first they need to figure out how old he is going to be.
Primary Learning Goal: The teen numbers.TV-YCC30minJan 3, 2014
26. The Doohickey ProblemWhen their space ship is smashed, Peg and Cat must reassemble its variously shaped parts, and retrieve sixteen stolen doohickeys.
Primary Learning Goal: Patterns. Secondary Learning Goal: Shapes, the number 16.TV-YCC30minJan 3, 2014
27. The Blockette ProblemWhen their demanding pal Richard is directing the Radio City Music Hall Blockettes, Peg and Cat find a way to make the set perfectly symmetrical.
Primary Learning Goal: Symmetry. Secondary Learning Goal: Associate events with hot and cold temperatures, height.TV-YCC30minJan 24, 2014
28. The Tulip ProblemWhen Neighbor Ladies Connie and Viv have a tiff, Peg and Cat make peace by making sure each has the same number of flowers.
Primary Learning Goal: Subtraction, greater than/less than. Secondary Learning Goal: The equals sign.TV-YCC30minJan 24, 2014
29. The Mega Mall ProblemPeg and Cat search the enormous Mega Mall for the teens so they can all enter the Zebra Guy dance contest.
Primary Learning Goal: Attributes of objects. Secondary Learning Goal: Maps.TV-YCC30minFeb 17, 2014
30. The Cleopatra ProblemWhen Peg and Cat are playing marbles among the pyramids with Queen Cleopatra, Peg’s marble is stolen by a mysterious man with an orange triangular beard.
Primary Learning Goal: Using a pan balance to compare weight. Secondary Learning Goal: Triangles.TV-YCC30minFeb 17, 2014
31. Yet Another Tree ProblemThe tables are turned! Peg is stuck up in the tree and Cat must figure out how to get her down… by making a ladder out of found objects.
Primary Learning Goal: Up, down. Secondary Learning Goal: Horizontal, vertical.TV-YCC30minApr 14, 2014
32. The Romeo and Juliet ProblemPeg and Cat help their poetic pal Romeo reach Juliet’s balcony using a series of horizontal and vertical lines.
Primary Learning Goal: Horizontal, vertical. Secondary Learning Goal: Parallel.TV-YCC30minApr 14, 2014
33. The Arch Villain ProblemWhen the Arch Villain wreaks havoc on the city of Mathtropolis by turning everything into arches, Super Peg and Cat Guy come to the rescue.
Primary Learning Goal: Arches, finding arches in other shapes. Secondary Learning Goal: Counting backwards from 9, counting by threes.TV-YCC30minMay 5, 2014
34. The Straight and Narrow ProblemSuper Peg and Cat Guy trail the Arch Villain, who has given up his arch ways and gone on a rampage with straight and narrow shapes instead.
Primary Learning Goal: Understanding straight, narrow, curved. Secondary Learning Goal: Counting sides to determine shapes (rectangles, triangles, squares), counting by tens to 100.TV-YCC30minMay 5, 2014
35. The Play Date ProblemPeg and Cat must use the power of music, and patterns, to help their friends Beethoven and the Three Bears play together – and make incredible music together.
Primary Learning Goal: Patterns Secondary Learning Goal: Seeing squares as special rectanglesTV-YCC30minMay 6, 2014
36. The Blabberwocky ProblemPeg and Cat are back as the Knights of the Round Table to reclaim their friends’ missing shapes — and their own Round Table! — from the mysterious 100-headed creature, The Blabberwocky.
Primary Learning Goal: Making a drawing as a step in problem solving
Secondary Learning Goal: 3D shapes, 2D shapesTV-YCC30minMay 6, 2014
37. The Perfect Ten ProblemPeg 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.TV-YCC30minMay 7, 2014
38. The Long Line ProblemWhile waiting in a long line, Peg and Cat try to help Richard realize his dream of being first in line for the first time.
Primary Learning Goal: Ordinal numbers, using a number line. Secondary Learning Goal: Positional relationships (in front of/behind), counting to 20.TV-YCC30minMay 7, 2014
39. The Clown ProblemPeg and Cat help Mac achieve his dream of being a clown in the circus, by teaching him how funny it can be when things are exactly the wrong size.
Primary Learning Goal: Adding 1
Secondary Learning Goal: Size correspondenceTV-YCC30minMay 8, 2014
40. The Ninja ProblemPeg and Cat help their young Ninja-wannabe friend Aki find the fifteen missing cherry blossom trees by using Ninja skills and math skills.
Primary Learning Goal: Subtraction
Secondary Learning Goal: Counting to 15TV-YCC30minMay 8, 2014
41. The George Washington ProblemPeg and Cat use a map to help George Washington and his team cross the Delaware River.
Primary Learning Goal: Mapping / position
Secondary Learning Goal: Balance / number recognitionTV-YCC30minJul 4, 2014
42. The High Noon ProblemPeg and Cat agree to face Bad Jack in a show down at high noon. But they have no idea when noon is!
Primary Learning Goal: Associating activities with time of day
Secondary Learning Goal: Making predictionsTV-YCC30minJul 4, 2014
43. The Big Dog ProblemWhen Peg and Cat need to mail some important letters for Peg’s Mom, they find their path to the mailbox blocked by a really big dog.
Primary Learning Goal: Height. Secondary Learning Goal: Direction, sets that can’t be divided equally.TV-YCC30minJul 14, 2014
44. The Three Friends ProblemWhen Peg and Cat are playing with their new friend the Big Dog, Cat suddenly becomes strangely quiet. Using a graph, Peg attempts to figure out what’s wrong with Cat.
Primary Learning Goal: Bar graphs. Secondary Learning Goal: More, less.TV-YCC30minJul 14, 2014
45. The Pizza ProblemWhen Peg and Cat get orders for halves of pizzas, they must learn about fractions to keep their patrons pleased.
Primary Learning Goal: Fractions (whole, half)
Secondary Learning Goal: CirclesTV-YCC30minAug 18, 2014
46. The Pizza Pirate ProblemAs 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 10TV-YCC30minAug 18, 2014
47. The Potty ProblemPeg and Cat must teach Big Mouth the 6 steps for making on the potty, or his visit to Viv’s house will be ruined – as will Viv’s carpet!
Primary Learning Goal: Ordering steps
Secondary Learning Goal: Pattern recognitionTV-YCC30minAug 19, 2014
48. The Butter ProblemTo compete in a butter sculpting contest, Peg and Cat must learn certain math skills by doing farm chores.
Primary Learning Goal: Applying prior knowledge
Secondary Learning Goal: Following diagramsTV-YCC30minAug 19, 2014
49. The Pirate Puzzle ProblemPeg 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 shapesTV-YCC30minAug 20, 2014
50. The Scrap of Map ProblemWhen 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 sharingTV-YCC30minAug 20, 2014
51. The Sushi ProblemPeg and Cat help Aki pursue a tricky thief through the Japanese countryside, making use of their Ninja skills and three mysterious clues.
Primary Learning Goal: Increasing and decreasing height and length
Secondary Learning Goal: Deductive reasoning (using clues)TV-YCC30minAug 21, 2014
52. The Highlight Zone ProblemPeg and Cat find their world turned black and white! They must identify ten things that are the wrong size or shape, before they will be allowed to leave…the Highlight Zone.
Primary Learning Goal: Shape and size
Secondary Learning Goal: ComparingTV-YCC30minAug 21, 2014
53. The Election ProblemWhen the Farmer holds an election to see who’ll watch over the farm in his absence, Peg and Cat run against the Pig to win the votes of 100 chickens
Primary Learning Goal: Counting by 5’s to 50
Secondary Learning Goal: More than, less thanTV-YCC30minNov 3, 2014
54. The Littlest Chicken ProblemPeg and Cat follow the Littlest Chicken all through Fairytale Land, as she searches for a group that’s just the right size to be her new family.
Primary Learning Goal: Adding 1, subtracting 1
Secondary Learning Goal: The numbers 99 and 100TV-YCC30minNov 3, 2014- 55. The Flat Woman ProblemSuper Peg and Cat Guy face their greatest challenge yet: Triangulo and Flat Woman have teamed up to triangulate and flatten the entire town! Primary Learning Goal: Distinguishing 2D shapes from 3D shapes Secondary Learning Goal: Recognizing trianglesTV-YCC30minDec 18, 2014
- 56. The Hanukkah ProblemWhen Albert Einstein has Peg and Cat over on Hanukkah, he shows them how to make a 2D piece of paper into a 3D dreidel. Later, they need to use this process to bring peace to Al’s home and save his Hanukkah. Primary Learning Goal: Turning 2D shapes into 3D shapes Secondary Learning Goal: Length, width and heightTV-YCC30minDec 18, 2014
57. The Christmas ProblemWhen Santa Claus is in trouble, Peg and Cat have to solve their biggest problem ever: how to make and wrap presents for all the children of the world, and then deliver them using 100 sleighs.
Primary Learning Goal: Solving a multi-step problem. Secondary Learning Goal: Counting to 100.TV-YCC30minDec 22, 2014- 58. The Allergy ProblemWhen Peg is told she’s allergic to Cat, Cat leaves home! Ramone flies Peg around the world in his flying machine that runs on 100 pebbles, in search of her friend. Primary Learning Goal: The value of mistakes, adding to 5 Secondary Learning Goal: Counting by 10’s to 100TV-YCC30minMar 2, 2015
- 59. I Do What I Can: The MusicalThe Musical: Peg and Cat present a Broadway musical about the amazing Ramone, who became a hero by doing 30 great things, 5 at a time. Primary Learning Goal: Counting to 30 by 5’s Secondary Learning Goal: Counting to 30 by 1’sTV-YCC30minMar 2, 2015
- 60. The Roxanne ProblemCat longs to impress the savvy Roxanne with his knowledge of solid shapes. So he moves his lips as his hidden friend Peg speaks for him. Primary Learning Goal: Recognizing solid shapes: rectangular prisms, pyramids, cylinders, spheres Secondary Learning Goal: Counting by 2’s to 20TV-YCC30minMar 3, 2015
- 61. The Girl Group ProblemPeg’s girl group the Pentagirls has its biggest show ever, featuring a new hit song about flips, slides, and turns. Primary Learning Goal: Flips, slides and turns Secondary Learning Goal: 2D shapesTV-YCC30minMar 3, 2015
- 62. The Groovy Sixties ProblemPeg and Cat help Peg’s hippy Grandmom create a groovy birthday present for Granddad based on his favorite numbers: the sixties. Primary Learning Goal: Counting in the 60’s Secondary Learning Goal: Using simple shapes to make complex shapes, counting by 10’sTV-YCC30minMar 4, 2015
- 63. Bad Jack Is BackWhen Bad Jack returns with his gang to tickle the townspeople, a surprise guest shows Peg and Cat how to fend off the bad guys’ six feathers with four feathers. Primary Learning Goal: Different combinations adding up to 10 Secondary Learning Goal: Using mapsTV-YCC30minMar 4, 2015
- 64. The Magic UkePeg must trek through the Kingdom of Night to reach Cat. To cross the star-shaped steps, Peg needs to find lines of symmetry with the help of a magic ukulele. Primary Learning Goal: Understanding day and night Secondary Learning Goal: Finding lines of symmetryTV-YCC30minMar 5, 2015
- 65. The Rocking Out ProblemWhen 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 Learning Goal: Up, down, over and around Secondary Learning Goal: Musical patternsTV-YCC30minMar 5, 2015
66. The Cold Camel ProblemWhile Cleopatra is visiting Peg, her camel wanders off in search of a comfortable climate. Peg and Cat search the neighborhood with a giant thermometer to find him.
Primary Learning Goal: Doubling
Secondary Learning Goal: Temperature (hot and cold)TV-YCC30minApr 3, 2015- 67. The Einstein ProblemWhen Cat gets lost in the mall, Peg and her pal Al (Albert Einstein) track him down with the help of a metronome, many equations, and a surprise appearance by Marie Curie. Primary Learning Goal: Writing as a step in problem solving Secondary Learning Goal: Using a number lineTV-YCC30minApr 3, 2015
- 68. The T-Ball ProblemPeg’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 Learning Goal: Making predictions Secondary Learning Goal: Ordinal numbers, betweenTV-YCC30minJun 1, 2015
- 69. The Bus ProblemWhen 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 Learning Goal: Describing position: inside, outside, in front and behind Secondary Learning Goal: Counting to 100 by 10’s and 5’sTV-YCC30minJun 1, 2015
- 70. Richard The ThirdAt Richard’s family’s highly competitive annual picnic, Peg and Cat try to help Richard achieve his dream of not coming in third in every single event. Primary Learning Goal: Comparing attributes (comparative vocabulary) Secondary Learning Goal: Ordinal numbersTV-YCC30minAug 5, 2015
- 71. The Lemonade ProblemWhen Peg realizes her lemonade stand has no cups, Cat must make a series of shrewd business deals to get 200 cups with only 2 cookies. Primary Learning Goal: Comparing numbers Secondary Learning Goal: Bar graphsTV-YCC30minAug 5, 2015
- 72. The Wonderland ProblemLanding in Wonderland, Peg and Cat eat berries to grow bigger or smaller, in their quest to get back Peg’s stick from the Queen of Hearts. Primary Learning Goal: Height and length Secondary Learning Goal: Comparing amountsTV-YCC30minSep 7, 2015
- 73. The Bat Mitzvah ProblemPeg and Cat help Tessa’s Bat Mitzvah run smoothly by keeping an eye on Uncle Phil, who thinks he can do ten more of everything than he actually can. Primary Learning Goal: Seeing a 10 in teen numbers Secondary Learning Goal: Adding onTV-YCC30minSep 7, 2015
- 74. The Robin Hood ProblemRobin Hood can’t tell how to redistribute the goodies! So Peg and Cat must teach him more and less. Primary Learning Goal: Strategies for determining “more” and “less”, counting, estimating and weighing Secondary Learning Goal: Using a pan balanceTV-YCC30minSep 8, 2015
- 75. The Owl and the Pussy Cat ProblemThe 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 Learning Goal: Infinity Secondary Learning Goal: Counting by 10’s, more thanTV-YCC30minSep 8, 2015
76. The Ring ProblemWhen the Giant drops the diamond ring he’s about to give Giantess, it bounces into a pipe. He needs his very small friends Peg and Cat to get it back.
Primary Learning Goal: Ordinal numbers
Secondary Learning Goal: Adding on to find a differenceTV-YCC30minSep 9, 2015
77. The Wedding ProblemWhen Peg and Cat are chosen to organize the Giants’ wedding, they must get the twelve steps for a giant wedding in just the right order.
Primary Learning Goal: Ordering events over time
Secondary Learning Goal: Ordinal numbersTV-YCC30minSep 9, 2015- 78. The Bermuda Triangle ProblemWhile on their beach vacation, Peg, Cat and the Pig tumble through a portal to a bizarre triangular universe. Primary Learning Goal: Triangles Secondary Learning Goal: Points and linesTV-YCC30minSep 10, 2015
- 79. The Breeze in the BranchesThe Toad brings Peg and Cat to the forest where he grew up and introduces him to his old friends, and his old patterns. Primary Learning Goal: Identifying, creating and extending simple patterns Secondary Learning Goal: Recognizing cubesTV-YCC30minSep 10, 2015
- 80. Episode 80No synopsis available yet.TV-YCCSep 11, 2015
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Meet Peg, a curious and spunky preschooler, and her feline companion, Cat, who will rely on math "to tackle social and relationship issues and everyday problems like cleaning up a messy bedroom," Rotenberg says. Some of their dilemmas may be zany — like how to get 100 chickens back into their coop or how to feed a horde of hungry pirates with just one banana — but it's all solvable via mathematics and a zippy song.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Billy Aronson, Jennifer Oxley
- Studio
- 9 Story Media Group, CloudKid, 9ate7 Productions
Maturity rating
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Audio languages
English
