Thoughts for the Week:

In all of our histories there are parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents who came before us. Learning about these generations can help young children understand more about what "families" are. Grandparents often play a very special role in the lives of children: They do many things to help children grow and learn and they often have more "free" time to give to children than parents do. When children and grandparents live far away from each other, letters and telephone calls can still be ways of sharing closeness and caring. Even grandparents who are no longer alive influence a family - with handed-down traditions and memories that parents can share with their children. As we help children understand more about the people who came before them, we also help them learn more about who they are themselves, as well as the many different ways they're growing.

Summary of the Week:

During this week Mister Rogers talks about when he was a young child, about his parents and grandparents and in a visit to a trolley museum he remembers taking trolleys as a boy. He shows how a real trolley works and how his Neighborhood Trolley works, too.

In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, there's a visit from Grandpère's granddaughter, Collette, and Daniel Tiger wishes he had a grandparent, too.  The week culminates in a Neighborhood opera, "A Granddad for Daniel."