Peg + Cat Big Gig
By Amanda Bindel,
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Fun preschool app combines music, math, and creativity.
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What’s It About?
Kids choose from three preschool-friendly music activities that also teach math concepts. In the Big Gig, kids choose a song or a warm-up and then follow the numbers to play the tune. After they've played the notes, they'll get to see a music video of the song performed by the characters from the show. In Cat Dance, they drag a series of moves into place, choose a song, and set the stage for Cat to perform a dance. In Sound Check, kids "rock out however you want" and can record themselves and play their songs back.
Is It Any Good?
PEG + CAT BIG GIG has the perfect formula for preschool learning. Music + silly characters + math concepts + creative options = good, learning fun. Kids get to play around with fun characters and their silly antics. The songs featured, which may be familiar to fans of the show, help kids learn math concepts. With the three activities and dozen songs included, there's lots to entertain and educate. Music itself engages the brain in a mathematical experience with its rhythms, and Peg + Cat Big Gig does a great job of taking that even further by making music about math and then giving kids creative freedom.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about their favorite ways to enjoy music. Do you like dancing, making up songs, or playing instruments? Or all?
Use recycled materials to create your own instruments (put rice in empty water bottles for maracas; spread a balloon over an open, empty oatmeal container and secure it with a rubber band to make a drum) and have a jam fest.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Nook HD
- Subjects: Math: addition, counting, numbers, patterns, shapes, Arts: music, rhythm
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: memorization, thinking critically, Creativity: making new creations
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: June 25, 2014
- Category: Education
- Topics: Arts and Dance, Cats, Dogs, and Mice
- Publisher: PBS KIDS
- Version: 2.0
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 4.3 or later; Android 2.2 and up
- Last updated: July 12, 2020
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