May 18, 2021
It all started on February 19th, 1968 when the first episode of
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood aired. Little did we know that the simple
sets, sweaters, sneakers, and little trolly were all made
deliberately to foster a love of learning and wonder.
In this episode, I’m talking to Mr. Rogers Super Fans, Greg Behr
and Ryan Rydzewski, who co-authored the book, When You Wonder
You’re Learning – Mister Rogers’ Enduring Lessons for Raising
Creative, Curious, Caring Kids.
Both were raised in Pennsylvania, the home of Mr. Rogers’
Neighborhood, and grew up watching and learning from him. In their
work, as adults, they have taken the learnings from Fred Rogers and
the science of learning to help guide us to raise kids with a love
of learning, that lights them up.
In this episode we talk about:
● How artful and sophisticated Mr. Rogers was in his show and
teachings
● How we know more about the science of how people learn and what’s
really important (Mr. Rogers was way ahead of his time!)
● When it comes to learning, how important it is for a child to be
listened to, their need to feel physically and psychologically
safe, and to feel loved and capable of loving
● The “Fred Method” for learning, which is Curiosity, Creativity,
Communication and working together.
● Learning loss during the Pandemic and what learning is really
important
● The power of wonder
You can find Gregg and Ryan’s book, When you Wonder, You’re
Learning, anywhere books are sold. For your copy of the first
chapter of their book for free, go to www.parent-toolbox.com
About Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski
Gregg Behr is a father, children’s advocate, and director for the
Grable Foundation whose work has drawn comparisons to his hero,
Fred Rogers. For more than a decade, he has helped lead Remake
Learning—a network of educators, scientists, artists, and makers he
founded in 2007—to international renown. Formed in Rogers’
real-life neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Remake Learning has turned
heads everywhere from Forbes to the World Economic Forum for its
efforts to ignite children’s curiosity, encourage creativity, and
foster justice and belonging in schools, libraries, museums, and
more. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and also Duke
University, Gregg holds honorary degrees from Carlow University and
Saint Vincent College. He’s an advisor to the Brookings Institution
and the Fred Rogers Center, and has been cited by Barack Obama,
Richard Branson, and the Disruptor Foundation as an innovator and
thought leader.
Twitter: @greggbehr
www.remakelearning.org
Ryan Rydzewski is a writer whose science and education reporting
has garnered several awards and fellowships. A graduate of the
University of Pittsburgh, he taught elementary school in south
Louisiana before earning an MFA in nonfiction writing from Chatham
University. As a freelancer, his magazine stories focus on
everything from schools to space travel to Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood, and his poems and other pieces appear in several
journals. A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Ryan lives in Pittsburgh
with his wife, Jacqueline.
Twitter: @ryanrydzewski
www.ryanrydzewski.com
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