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What we can continue
to learn from Fred Rogers

Hedda Sharapan, Director of Early Childhood Initiatives, continues to bring Fred Rogers' messages to professionals working with young children. Each month her PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWSLETTER presents video clips (with the option to watch with audio commentary from Hedda) activities and interactive sharing of experiences from other early childhood professionals.


The Fred Rogers Company Professional Development Newsletter Archive

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT  
Self-regulation
     Tis the Season – for Some Quiet
Delay of gratification
     It’s Very, Very, Very Hard to Wait
Kindness
     Won’t You Be My Neighbor
Conflict resolution
     Use Your Words
Discipline
     Loving Guidance

FEARS
Scary news
     Resources for Tragic Events in the News
Costumes and masks
     “Be Aware” of Halloween
Separation concerns
     I’ll Be Back
Getting a shot
     Doctors, Shots, Needle Pricks, Oh My

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)
STEM concepts
     Fred Rogers’ Approach to STEM 
   
 STEM Is Everywhere    
Wondering
     Encouraging Curiosity
Exploring outdoors
     One Small Step Closer to Nature
Encouraging questions
      A Wonder-ful Place

LEARNING
Life lessons
      Everything I ever needed to know I learned
     from Mister Rogers

Life lessons
      Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Literacy
    Baby Steps towards Literacy
Literacy
     For the Love of Reading
Persistence
     Practice Makes Progress
Many benefits of music
     Music- More than Meets the Ears

RELATIONSHIPS
With children
     One-on-One Time - “Pull Up a Chair”
With children
   Getting to Know You
With families
     Strengthen a Parent & You Strengthen a Child
With families
     Getting to Know the Families
With families
     The Other Transition Time

OUR OWN NEEDS
Stress-reduction
     What Do You Do with the Stress that You Feel?
As professionals
     Do we really make a difference?
A helpful archive
     The Newsletter as a Resource