Apply to Become Part of the 2022-23 Fred Rogers’ Educators’ Neighborhood!

  You’ve read here before the inspiration we take from Fred Rogers!  We’re now excited to share Educators’ Neighborhood, a community of educators who learn together, inspired from the life and work of Fred Rogers. These “educators” include all helpers who work directly with children, youth, families, or adults who care for children, youth, and […]

In Times of Crisis — Fred Rogers Still Offers Us Good Advice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=LZbXM3Kzd7o&feature=emb_logo A recent article in Today entitled, We need Mister Rogers’ video messages after 9/11 now more than ever, reminded me how Fred Rogers’ words continue to calm and instruct — both children and adults.  This video was made when Mister Rogers Neighborhood was no longer on the air, and he was said to doubt […]

Fred Rogers’ Legacy of Enduring Themes

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X37tlh-B7UI?list=PLf22vOV7unX_Nta4U0ep2IFR4jGG3AXSA&w=560&h=315] Michael Keaton’s tribe to Fred Rogers and his neighborhood helps us to understand why Mr. Rogers’ legacy endures.  Over the years, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood has stood at the forefront of preschool and childhood education with resources imbued with gentleness, wisdom and humor. The Fred Rogers Collection at PBS LearningMedia includes favorite themes

Fred Roger’s Legacy — Teaching with Love & Imagination

Whether accepting an award before a celebrity-studded audience or demonstrating the art of tying shoe laces to his young viewers, Fred Rogers taught with love and imagination. As a result, children loved him.  A recent article in the online periodical JSTOR Daily, Long Live Mr. Roger’s Quiet Revolution, tells how in 1969 children across the […]

Happy Birthday, Mr. Rogers — We Love You, too!

“I don’t think anyone can grow unless he’s loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.”  Fred Rogers [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFErkkiMw-k&w=560&h=315] Yesterday was Mr. Roger’s birthday.  In this song, he does what he does so well — spreads the importance of being loved and cherished.  (You might […]

Fred Roger’s Legacy — Teaching Us to Value Ourselves & Each Other

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1LRG4J8_OU&w=560&h=315] “Whether we’re a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we’re acceptable, that our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.”  Fred Rogers People from celebrated actors to parents who grew up watching Mr. Rogers’ […]