Ages 3 - 5
Hop into the Thinga-ma-jigger and complete animal-themed math games to help the Cat in the Hat collect the missing pages of his Animal Safari Book. Let's go, go, go!
Description
The Thinga-ma-jigger shrinks to bee-size for this honey of a hide-and-seek game. The game begins with a lost baby honeybee and a map of a garden sprinkled with lots of hives. Follow a series of directional clues to help the baby bee find its home.
Learning Goals
Use a map and follow directional clues to locate objects in the real world.
Description
Head to the bottom of the Swirly Whirly Ocean with Sally, Nick, and the Cat in the Hat to help Gari Garibaldi search a very unusual coral reef for a new place to live. The player follows directional clues to find just the right reef homes for Gari and his fish friends.
Learning Goals
Describe, name, and interpret relative positions in space using position words such as under, over, next to, and behind.
Description
The baby seahorses have become separated from their fathers! Use the number clues to ensure a happy reunion for all. Count groups of babies to find the groups with the same number of babies as the numerals on each seahorse father.
Learning Goals
Recognize numbers and count and add groups of objects.
Description
Sally and Nick are at the beach when they find that a hermit crab and his pals have grown too big for their shells. Help Sally and Nick fit the crabs into a shell that is just the right size.
Learning Goals
Measurement: size and shape correspondence
Description
Sally and Nick want to fly their kites, but where is the wind? Luckily, the Cat in the Hat has the Huff-Puff-A-Tron, which uses shapes to create wind. The bigger the kites get, the the machine must be fed faster and faster to create more wind.
Learning Goals
Two-dimensional shape recognition, patterns, color recognition
Description
Help the Cat in the Hat deliver invitations for the annual Meerkat Jubilee. You’ll have to go deep underground and connect the mixed-up tunnel sections to get to all the meerkats in their lairs.
Learning Goals
Describe the position, location, and direction of an object in space.
Description
Face off against the world’s best builders – termites! Draw or select shapes to build a tower faster and taller than the termites!
Learning Goals
Two-dimensional shape recognition and drawing, simple physics
Description
This online mapping tool gives parents and caregivers an easy way to create customized layouts of a room or outdoor space. Print out the layouts and use them to help preschoolers learn to read a simple map.
Learning Goals
Position objects in correct relative positions to make a map of a room or outdoor space, and use the map to locate objects in the real world.
Description
Help Sally and Nick in the "Shape-a-thon" race and collect shapes throughout this fun obstacle course.
Learning Goals
Two-dimensional shapes, puzzle construction, tangrams (making complex shapes out of basic geometric shapes)
Description
Why waste your time building dams when there are castles, clubhouses, and log rocket ships to create? The beavers have drawn up dozens of fantastical log blueprints, but they need your help estimating the length of each log that they’ll need to cut. Play individually or work as a team.
Learning Goals
Put objects in order from shortest to tallest; compare different lengths.
Practice measurement skills by building a house for a favorite toy or character like the Cat in the Hat.
Build a path out of pasta to help the Cat in the Hat get back together with his friends.
Grab a piece of string and go on a measuring expedition around the house.
Explore the many ways you can represent and count numbers.
Create a series of position clues to lead your child to a hidden “treasure.”
Find shapes around your house or neighborhood.
Use clues to help your child find the Thinga-ma-jigger’s hiding place.
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! is designed to spark a love of learning and an interest in science in preschool-aged children. Based on Random House’s best-selling Beginner Book collection “The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library™,” the TV series and online resources are designed to cultivate positive views about science and scientists among the next generation—the children who will become tomorrow’s citizens and innovators—and help families and teachers build communities of science explorers.
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