National Chemistry Week
You are hearing a little of “What is the Smallest Part” from a recent CD about chemistry produced by Kim Mitzo Thompson and Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand, the sisters of Twin Sisters Productions.
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/New-Englands-Epitaphs-for-Americas-Childhood.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/2/2001 Plan Your Epitaph Day Transcript Unlikely as it may seem, some provocative soul has proclaimed today Plan Your Epitaph Day — an activity that most of us probably would rather avoid thinking about. It’s certainly not an exercise that children or teenagers are […]
“Little Orphant Annie”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/James-Whitcomb-Rileys-Little-Orphant-Annie.mp3 Author Rosie Russo Air Date 10/31/2001 “Little Orphant Annie” Transcript Little Orphant Annie’s come to our house to stay, An’ wash the cups an’ saucers up, an’ brush the crumbs away, An’ shoo the chickens off the porch, an’ dust the hearth, an’ sweep, An’ make the fire, an’ […]
A Romantic Halloween
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Halloweens-Romantic-History.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 10/30/2001 A Romantic Halloween Transcript Thousands of years ago, on dark November nights, Druids built bonfires among the moors and windswept hills of the British Isles. On these eerie evenings, the ancient precursor to Halloween, the Celtic God of the Dead, Samhain was said […]
October Poems
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Poems-for-October.mp3 Author William Jay Smith Air Date 10/26/2001 Poems for October Transcript Since this past spring, we’ve been fortunate to have William Jay Smith as our poet in residence to take us around the year with poetry. Here are two of his poems that evoke October, the first about someone […]
The Monster Mash
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Monster-Mash.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 10/25/2001 The Monster Mash Transcript Much like Christmas, Halloween has it’s own set of songs that reflect the stories and themes of the holiday. You might call them Halloween Carols. Haunted House, by Jumpin’ Gene Simmons, Spooky, by the Classic’s Four, Moondance by Van […]
Cookies
Shelley Fraser Mickle’s remembering today is about that mainstay of every child’s diet – the cookie – and how it crumbles.
Teen INK
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-TeenInk.mp3 Author Rosie Russo Air Date 10/18/2001 Teen INK Transcript Whether it’s Teen Read Week or a week during summer vacation when it’s rained every day and there is nothing – absolutely nothing – (well except maybe washing dishes, vacuuming, laundry and changing the kitty litter boxes – you know, […]
Teen Read Week: Girls Talking
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-Girls-Talking.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 10/17/2001 Teen Read Week: Girls Talking Transcript Some “girls” may “just want to have fun,” but a lot of teenage girls are more contemplative and articulate and poetic than the Go-Go’s pop anthem might make them out to be. In […]
