Daniel Tiger's Star for Donkey Hodie
From Mister Rogers' Neighborhood · 1973
Summary
Mister Rogers learns about stars — how to draw one, and how astronomers photograph the real ones. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Daniel Striped Tiger, Grandpere and Lady Aberlin decorate a star and deliver it to Donkey Hodie for all his good work, and get a look at his Washer-Dryer-Sorter-Dumper. At the bakery, Mister Rogers talks with Chrissy Thompson about how she adjusts her leg braces.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Stars in the sky, a star for a job well done, and a matter-of-fact look at leg braces.
- What did you learn about stars and the people who study them?
- Why did Daniel and Lady Aberlin give Donkey Hodie a star?
- Chrissy shows how her leg braces work. What did you learn from her?
- Whose hard work in our class deserves a star this week, and why?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: star, astronomer, telescope, braces, appreciate.
Try it: Cut out a paper star and write on it one person's name and what they did well.
Try it: Draw the night sky and label one thing you can see in it.