vireogirl's review

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4.0

A gentle review of Mister Roger’s Neighborhood and the principles for helping children learn. The concepts are useful to consider implementing in more places. 

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gold_star_reader's review

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5.0

An inspirational read to help reconnect adults with the children they work with through the lens of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. It has been many years since I have watched a Neighborhood episode but I can remember it fondly. This book examines Mr. Roger's process of working with and teaching children in his scientific yet caring way. I like it provides resources and studies that have happened during and since the airing of the show. I took many notes to hopefully use in my practice.

michaelflorekiii's review

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4.75

clenk's review

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5.0

lambchops814's review

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3.5

I've gone to sessions at conferences run by these authors, and so I expected to love this book but it was very much a 3.5 rounded up. So much of it focused on Mr Rodgers, almost biographically so, and on the rationale, but there weren't tangible examples of how to from a parent or teacher lens.

notinjersey's review

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4.0

This was a very interesting book about how Mr. Rogers was intentional with his programming, in his goal to allow kids to wonder and therefore learn. Mr Rogers’ main lesson was that of kindness and empathy to others, as he realized that caring relationships were key to growing up and thriving. This book highlights the fact that Mr Rogers did everything on his show with intention, from the way he looked at the camera to the colors on his set. He was always purposeful with the ways he allowed kids to wonder. The book contains sections on curiosity, creativity, communication, collaboration, and connection, all to teach today’s parents and educators what Mr Rogers always knew – that “the more kids feel that they matter – that someone accepts them just the way they are – the better they tend to do.”⁣

heatherbermingham's review

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3.0

I could talk for-ev-er about Mister Rogers, and how much I love him and his work and how much it's influenced me as I've worked with children. He treated his work and the children it was for with deep respect and seriousness. I think this book was maybe a great idea that missed a bit on execution. I love reading about how intentional and research-based every part of Mister Roger's show was, but there's not a ton here that wasn't already in Maxwell King's fantastic The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers. Each section ended with a one-page "What Might You Do?" that had suggestions for ways that adults could implement Mister Rogers' strategies for encouraging creativity, curiosity, empathy, etc. I think that's probably where this book could have really set itself apart from other books like it, but it needed a lot more of those suggestions for that to be meaningful. That said, this is not a bad summary of Mister Rogers' values and methods if you don't want to read something as lengthy as King's The Good Neighbor. (But seriously, if you're at all interested in Mister Rogers, read King's The Good Neighbor. It's really, really good.)

beccastar_galactica's review

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5.0

manjirbag's review

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5.0

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catlove9's review

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3.0