MisteRogers' Neighborhood1968

Lady Aberlin:
Wanting to learn is the most important part of learning.

Ana Platypus:
I want to learn to read like my mom and dad.

Lady Aberlin:
Well your teacher will help you learn to read, Ana.

Lady Elaine Fairchilde:
How can you learn to read without knowing all the letters?

Lady Aberlin:
Give the teacher a chance, Lady Elaine! Incidentally, what as your first day of school like?

Lady Elaine Fairchilde:
Fine. Oh, I had a wonderful time. The teacher had games for us to play and milk to drink. All sorts of treats.

Lady Aberlin:
Did you know all your letters and numbers when you got there? Did you have to know everything?

Lady Elaine Fairchilde:
Uh... Not exactly.

Lady Aberlin:
Did you have a playground?

Lady Elaine Fairchilde:
Oh what a fabulous playground we had. I used to pretend I was an astronaut and fly all over the place.

Lady Aberlin:
And then when you grew up you got to be an astronaut.

Lady Elaine Fairchilde:
Hmm... Do you think my playing about it had something to do with it?

Lady Aberlin:
Knowing how to play well is one of the most important things of all in getting ready for the first day of school.

Lady Elaine Fairchilde:
Okay, Aberlin, take this greenboard to Harriet Cow. She'll have some fine players coming to her school tomorrow.

Lady Aberlin:
You are a good sport, Lady Elaine.

Lady Elaine Fairchilde:
I learned to be by playing.