Mister Rogers helps children understand that everyone makes mistakes sometimes – even Mister Rogers. He shows a video from a time when he buttoned his sweater wrong, and he says it can hurt people’s feelings when someone laughs at their mistakes. Ventriloquist Susan Linn shows how she uses her puppets to help children talk about their feelings. In Make-Believe Susan Linn’s puppet Audrey Duck has her feelings mistakenly hurt by X.
Mister Rogers uses a pencil eraser and a chalkboard eraser to show children that some mistakes can be erased.Mr. McFeely brings a video of how people make books.In Make-Believe, visiting puppet Audrey Duck is embarrassed by all the attention the King is giving to her small poem, and the neighbors learn that some things, like the King’s judgment, can’t be erased.Mister Rogers helps viewers know that people can make mistakes and still have people love them.
Oops! Mister Rogers forgot about a meeting and finds a way to deal with his mistake. There’s a factory video of how people make erasers and in Make-Believe a skunk is visiting. When startled, he spews his smell throughout the Neighborhood. Lady Aberlin tries to help fix the skunk’s mistake, and Daniel confides in her that he worries that maybe he’s a mistake because he’s not like other tigers. In this memorable Make-Believe she reassures him through words and song that he’s fine just the way he is.No one is a mistake.
Everyone learns by making mistakes. This episode features a visit with world-class pianist Andre Watts.Besides offering viewers a musical treat, he talks about how much he learns from his mistakes.In Make-Believe, visiting puppet Audrey Duck is embarrassed about all the attention King Friday is giving to her little poem, and she hides.Her friends assure her that sometimes the littlest things are the best.Mister Rogers reminds his viewers that mistakes are a part of learning.
Mister Rogers starts with some thoughts about “taking care of you” as a poem and turns them into a song.He says nobody’s perfect, but they still can give good care.Visiting Brockett’s Bakery, he joins in withfolk singer Andy Holiner and a group of children learning songs.It’s Poetry Day in Make-Believe, and the King gives a long-winded introduction of Audrey Duck, mistakenly calling her “Audrey Goose.” His son, Prince Tuesday realizes that even kings make mistakes.