Education
19th Century Environmental Books
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/19th-Century-Science-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/7/2006 19th Century Environmental Books Transcript Beginning in the late 1700s, social, moral and particularly religious precepts began to be woven into science and natural history books for children. Most authors made at least some mention of the importance of studying nature as God’s […]
Guysread.com
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Guysreadcom.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/11/2006 Guysread.com Transcript One of the coolest looking and most useful websites currently online for young people — especially young boy people — is John Scieszka’s guysread.com. Scieszka is the author of books like Science Verse, Math Curse, The Time Warp Trio, and The Stinky Cheeseman, that classic […]
Rediscovering Recess
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rediscovering-Recess.mp3 Author Lauren Brosnihan Air Date 11/8/2005 Rediscovering Recess Transcript When you ask a child what their favorite subject in school is, the answer is often, “Recess.” As far back as 1884, in a paper delivered before the Department of Superintendents of the National Education Association, the philosopher and educator, […]
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/From-Afghanistan-to-Zimbabwe.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/7/2005 From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe Transcript It’s Geography Awareness Week, and already young people around the country are gearing up for the big National Geographic Bee in which students from fourth through eighth grades test their knowledge of the world’s geography each year. More […]
19th Century Science
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Science-in-Yesrdays-Childrens-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/28/2005 19th Century Science Transcript Books on science and natural history composed a significant part of the publications for children in the 19th century. The writers of these texts were not scientists, but they were very conscientious and scrupulously accurate with their scientific facts […]
Choosing a Career
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Starting-Out-the-School-Year-on-the-Career-Path-.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 9/6/2005 Choosing a Career Transcript “So, what do you want to be when you grow up?” is a standard inquiry that adults use to initiate conversation with the kids around them. The question may be asked with genuine sincerity and interest or as a […]
Lost Worlds and Ancient Places
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lost-Worlds-and-Ancient-Places.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/25/2005 Lost Worlds and Ancient Places Transcript The summer is the perfect time for kids to go exploring, in search of far away places and lost worlds. And there are many recent books that will help to whet their appetites for ancient lands, like […]
Rewards of Merit
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rewards-of-Merit.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/1/2005 Rewards of Merit Transcript With the school year ending, it’s the season of report cards and awards — of every conceivable kind: ribbons and certificates, trophies, medals, and plaques, tassels and testimonials, rings and letters. But, whether in school or out, awards have […]
The Witching Hour Symposium
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Harry-Potter-Becomes-a-Conference.mp3 Author Catherine Tosenberger Air Date 5/10/2005 The Witching Hour Symposium Transcript If you’re a Harry Potter fan who is totally (and I mean totally!) immersed in everything about the popular series, you may want to mark your calendar for October 6th through 10th of 2005. That’s when “The Witching […]
Ye Olde Science
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ye-Olde-Science.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/29/2005 Ye Olde Science Transcript When John Newbery published the first books specifically designed for children in the mid-1700’s the books had a dual purpose: to both amuse and instruct. Many of the books were imaginative literature, but some were non-fiction and some of […]