August 29, 1979
Helping Children Know What to Expect at School (1463) Mister Rogers helps children understand that learning and play go hand in hand.
February 4, 1980
Understanding What's Real and What's Pretend (1466) Mister Rogers talks about dinosaurs. He mentions that as a child, he would ma...Read more
May 21, 1980
Creating With Friends is Different Than Playing Alone (1473) In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the Neighbors create costumes f...Read more
February 18, 1981
Fantasies Are Often More Scary Than Reality (1478) In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Handyman Negri organizes a search for Pri...Read more
June 5, 1981
Jealousy and Other Feelings About Winning and Losing (1485) In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday announces the winner...Read more
July 20, 1981
Play is the Work of Childhood (1486) Mister Rogers discusses the importance of play in a child's life.
June 1, 1982
Respecting All Living Creatures (1497) Bob Trow brings his dog Barney to meet Mister Rogers before leaving him overnight, and Mis...Read more
June 30, 1982
Everyone is Creative in Some Way (1503) There's lots of singing in the Neighborhood today as everyone is thinking about the upcom...Read more
November 15, 1982
Ups and Downs of Friendship (1506) Mister Rogers helps his young viewers understand that even though friendships don't always run...Read more
November 16, 1982
Ups and Downs of Friendship (1507) Mister Rogers visits with his friend and Neighbor, Mr. McFeely.
February 8, 1983
Learning About Rules and Limits (1512) Mister Rogers puts together a rocking chair with Bob Trow, and later plays a Stop-and-Go g...Read more
April 6, 1984
Feelings About Work, Money and Choices (1528) Mister Rogers has a leak in his kitchen faucet and works to fix it. In Make-Believe...Read more
May 10, 1984
Appreciating the People Who Came Before (1534) Mister Rogers talks about some of the different names children call their grandparents.
November 22, 1984
Food and Love Go Hand in Hand (1539) Mister Rogers visits a factory to see how people make vegetable soup and he identifies diffe...Read more
May 15, 1985
Music as a Way to Express Feelings (1548) A Neighborhood friend, Ella Jenkins, teaches Mister Rogers a rhythmic clapping game.
November 25, 1985
Families Come in Different Shapes and Sizes (1551) While planting a seed, Mister Rogers talks about how long it takes for plants ...Read more
February 5, 1986
Being Creative is Part of Being Human (1558) Mister Rogers shows how people make wooden rocking horses.
May 5, 1986
Celebrating Big and Little Things (1561) In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, there's a visiting trumpeter! King Friday declares ...Read more
November 25, 1986
Lots of Different Things For Play and Pretending (1567) Mister Rogers visits a toy factory where people make plastic molded tricy...Read more
March 9, 1987
Express Feelings Through Movement (1571) Mister Rogers suggests that there are many things to do when it's raining, such as readi...Read more
November 25, 1987
Each Person is Unique—Yet We All Have Much in Common (1583) Actor Bob Trow, who plays Bob Dog, stops by to demonstrate how Bob Do...Read more
March 7, 1988
Concerns About Nighttime and Other Scary Things (1586) Mister Rogers pretends it is nighttime in his house as he turns out the li...Read more
March 9, 1988
Concerns About Nighttime and Other Scary Things (1588) Mister Rogers talks about scuba divers who explore the ocean's perpetual darkness.
May 4, 1988
Being Kind to Ourselves and Others (1593) Exercise teacher Marilyn Barnett and her young students show Mister Rogers some fancy jump-rope tricks.
November 22, 1988
Nobody Knows What You're Thinking Unless You Tell Them (1597) Mr. McFeely creates a treasure hunt for Mister Rogers, and he follo...Read more
February 20, 1989
Games Can Be Fun, But Not If You're Left Out (1601) Mister Rogers visits folk musicians Andy Holiner and Alice Johnson at a sing-along.
May 2, 1989
Helping Children Feel Good About Who They Are (1607) Mister Rogers visits a film processing plant to learn how people turn an une...Read more
November 22, 1989
Parents Love Their Children Even When They Can't Be With Them (1613) In Make-Believe, there are plans to open a "caring center" f...Read more
April 17, 1990
Recycling and Other Ways to Care for Our Planet (1617) Mister Rogers and Mr. McFeely sort their garbage and take it to a recyclin...Read more
November 23, 1990
Learning to Take Care of Yourself (1630) Mister Rogers plays with a toy earth mover and shows a video of a real earth-moving mach...Read more
November 27, 1991
We All Have Art Inside of Us (1643) Mister Rogers shows toy planes and reads a book about going on an airplane. He visits a skywr...Read more