“You’ve got to be carefully taught” – the famous line from the musical The King and I – expresses how many adults feel about the education of young people. “Spare the rod and spoil the child” was a favorite expression of Puritan America. Happily, in the 21st century we are looking for other approaches that will prepare our children to face the world. A good number of our stories are suggesting these new directions.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Report-Cards.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/2/2004 Report Cards Transcript It’s the end of the school year, and that means: report cards. Remember how just the sight of a stack of those neatly-folded, buff-colored cards, waiting on the corner of our teacher’s desk, could send shivers of expectation through the […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/European-Union-Comics.mp3 Author Malini Roy Air Date 4/29/2004 European Union Comics Transcript To counter the problems of increasing xenophobia and environmental pollution in Europe, the European Union has designed a very innovative set of books for children. Written as simple, entertaining narratives with brightly colored illustrated, these texts are meant to […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Money-Cent-Review-of-Books-for-Kids-about-Money.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/22/2004 Money Cent$ Transcript It’s National Teach Your Children to Save Day, and in today’s market, that means moving to a much higher level than the traditional piggy bank. We adults know that we’re not saving enough, or investing as shrewdly as we should, […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Anne-Carroll-Moore.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/20/2004 Anne Carroll Moore Transcript During National Library Week I would like to pay homage to Anne Carroll Moore, the librarian largely responsible for something we take for granted today: free access to books in public libraries for children, regardless of age, reading ability, […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Spring-Festival-at-the-Abode-of-Peace.mp3 Author Malini Roy Air Date 3/19/2004 Spring Festival at the Abode of Peace Transcript Every year, in late March or early April, India celebrates Holi, or the Festival of Colors. Children spill out into the streets and gleefully spray each other with a rainbow of liquid or powdered colors. […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/An-Early-Sometimes-Edible-School-Book.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/4/2003 An Early (Sometimes Edible!) School Book Transcript A hornbook was what children used in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries to learn their ABC’s and to learn to read. Actually, it wasn’t a book at all, but rather a quarter-inch slab of oak […]
You’re hearing Janet Smith’s recreation of some of the oldest music in the west, from ancient Sumeria, in what is now called Iraq.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/For-Arts-Sake.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/26/2003 For Art’s Sake Transcript With the new school year just beginning or just around the corner of Labor Day, you may find something missing in your children’s school day this year, if it hasn’t already disappeared: art. Art classes used to be one […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Childrens-Reading-Rooms-in-Public-Libraries.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 8/14/2003 Children in the Library Transcript It’s difficult today to imagine a public library without a lively section specifically for children, but in the 1880’s, libraries were only for adult or young adult readers, and in general, no one younger than 12 or 14 […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Recess-The-First-1000-Programs.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/30/2003 Happy Birthday Recess Transcript Today we’ve reached a milestone: one thousand shows! When we began producing “Recess!” four years ago, we didn’t know if we would still be around to jump for joy at crossing this magic line. The worlds of radio and […]