Thoughts for the Week:

This week has two related messages -- learning to stick with a task even when it may seem difficult; and recognizing that there are some things we cannot do, no matter how hard we try. All of us need to know that no matter what we're able to learn or what we're not able to learn, we're still loveable just the way we are.

Summary of the Week:

This week of Neighborhood programs focuses on persistence. To do anything well takes hard work and practice. It is also important for children to understand that there are some things (like flying through the air) that people cannot do at all, no matter how hard they try.

Special guests this week include magician David Copperfield who shows Mister Rogers simple rope tricks, and "The Flying Karamazov Brothers" who teach him how to begin juggling with scarves. He also meets a dollmaker, a hula hoop expert and the Uptown String Quartet -- an all-female African American jazz ensemble.

Carrying the theme into a story for the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, puppets X the Owl and Lady Elaine Fairchilde offer flying lessons to anyone willing to try. Their puppet pupil, Prince Tuesday, learns something even more important: safety first.