Mr. Rogers, The Trolley, and the Land of Make Believe

 #32  August 26:  Mr. Rogers is a hero to most child development folks and to most children from the 50’s – 80’s.  I was reading about him today and the article said that the red trolley traveled 5000 miles annually!!  Wow!  He would use it as a prop to transition between the real world and the “world of make-believe”.  When asked why there were no people in the trolley, he replied that it allowed the children to visualize themselves on board. 8/24