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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 […]

Teen Read Week – Real Time

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-Real-Time.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 10/20/2005 Real Time Transcript How important is it that children learn to “read the world”1 along with the words on a page? More than 35 years ago, Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educator, introduced the teaching of critical literacy, a reading strategy that “promotes reflection, transformation, […]

Teen Read Week – Rush Hour

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-Rush-Hour.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 10/18/2005 Teen Read Week Transcript “Get real.” How many times have you heard a sullen or sarcastic teenager utter these words? Well, the Young Adult Library Services Association is currently giving this popular teen phrase a more enthusiastic interpretation, making “Get REAL @ your […]

“Let’s Hear It For the Clown”

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lets-Hear-it-for-Bozo-Music-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/5/2005 “Let’s Hear It For the Clown” Transcript It’s International Clown Week, and, in the U.S., one of our most famous clowns is Bozo — with his electric shock of red hair, his seven-acre shoes, his baggy blue jumpsuit with its pom-pom and a […]

Fireworks

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Fireworks.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/4/2005 Fireworks Transcript It’s the Fourth of July, our national day of independence, and the holiday that’s most connected with fireworks — though we certainly aren’t limiting ourselves to just that day. We Americans will set off fireworks on almost any occasion, from birthdays […]

Eat Dessert First Month

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Eat-Dessert-First-Month.mp3 Author Kachina Domenick and Chris Air Date 5/30/2005 selection of cakes Eat Dessert First Month Transcript Kachina: Imagine biting into a chocolate chip peanut butter cookie. But the peanut butter is unsweetened, and grainy, and oily, even after being baked. And the chocolate chips aren’t chocolate, they’re carob, a […]

National Bike Month

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Bicycle-Works.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 5/27/2005 National Bike Month Transcript As you think back on your own childhood, what stands out as the symbol of freedom and independence? For many kids both past and present, it is the bicycle, with its ability to carry you away from home at […]