{"id":8893,"date":"2015-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-fred-rogers-company-awarded-3-million-grant-for-peg-cat\/"},"modified":"2015-10-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T00:00:00","slug":"the-fred-rogers-company-awarded-3-million-grant-for-peg-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-fred-rogers-company-awarded-3-million-grant-for-peg-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fred Rogers Company Awarded $3 Million Grant for Peg + Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tPITTSBURGH: The Fred Rogers Company has received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support&nbsp;the production of the Emmy Award-winning animated math series <em>Peg + Cat<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe grant renews NSF&rsquo;s support for the series and related outreach programs intended to get young children excited about math and help them develop problem-solving skills. Such outreach programs also aim to encourage teachers and parents to embrace math and approach it in a way that makes learning fun. <em>Peg + Cat<\/em> airs on PBS Kids and follows Peg and her sidekick, Cat, as they solve problems using math.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;We are grateful to NSF and to our partners for this wonderful opportunity,&rdquo; said William H. Isler, the president of The Fred Rogers Company. &ldquo;We are proud to be engaging millions of children and helping them get excited about learning math with a little help from <em>Peg + Cat<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\t&ldquo;The Fred Rogers Company&rsquo;s efforts will make an important contribution, not only to informal learning, but also to interdisciplinary research,&rdquo; said Sandra Welch, program director at NSF. &ldquo;Supporting this type of programming, which yields valuable insights about how to engage young children and their teachers, furthers NSF&rsquo;s goal of encouraging STEM learning at an early age.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\tNSF first supported The Fred Rogers Company in 2013 with a $3 million grant toward the production of the first season of <em>Peg + Cat<\/em> and related outreach with parents and teachers. This project will be led by a team of experts in children&rsquo;s media and early learning, including Mallary Swartz and Paul Siefken, who direct research and media production, respectively, at The Fred Rogers Company; Junlei Li, who co-directs The&nbsp;Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children&rsquo;s Media at St. Vincent; and Shannon Wanless, who studies children&rsquo;s social-emotional and self-regulatory development at the University of Pittsburgh&rsquo;s School of Education. 9 Story Media Group, which distributes the series and manages licensing for the brand internationally, has secured distribution in more than 30 countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH: The Fred Rogers Company has received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support&nbsp;the production of the Emmy Award-winning animated math series Peg + Cat. 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