Monday, June 23, 2008

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Tyler recently found a Mister Rogers DVD on a rainy day trip to the library. I believe it's entitled "What do you do with the mad that you feel?" and it of course focuses on appropriate ways to deal with your anger. Tyler finds this DVD absolutely fascinating and we are absolutely fascinated when we see him practice his deep breathing and stretching when he starts to feel angry or frustrated. I almost died from trying to contain my laughter the first time I saw him stop, think, and then bust out the yoga moves. Too funny!
When Mister Rogers was discussing how HE deals with frustration/anger/etc, he mentioned how he likes music. The then had a segment with the musical group STOMP. For those that don't know, they perform on Broadway, creating music from various things (none of which are musical instruments in the traditional sense). For example, buckets turned into drums, using brooms to create noise, etc. Tyler is now on the never-ending search for ways to create music.
There is also a segment on this DVD where they learn how to make construction paper. This is Tyler's favorite segment to watch, and I now know EVERYTHING you'd ever want to know about the process. As you can see, Al found the segment fascinating as well. LOL.

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