Bob Keeshan Quotes

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• Let me introduce myself. My name is, uh, Kangaroo... Kangaroo — Captain Kangaroo... I'm the keeper here of the Treasure House.
• The children should never be excluded from what I am doing and should never have the feeling of being part of an audience.
• Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff.
• One of the big secrets of finding time is not to watch television.
• Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it…
• The best teacher is an entertainer.
• Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.
• Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.
• A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the…
• Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It…
• I enjoy meeting not only contemporary children, but yesterday's children as well. It's nice to talk about the experiences we shared, they tell me, 'You…
• Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater…
• It is my contention that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world do not encounter violence every day. I…
• It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to…

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