Stories
Another Backyard
Today, Barry Stewart Mann brings us a story about neighbors, backyards, and memories.
Rita Mosquito
They're back! You can hear them buzzing around your ears every evening, but they too have their stories, as Barry Stewart Mann tells us today.
On Memorizing Poems
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lola-Haskins-On-Memorizing-Poetry.mp3 Author Lola Haskins Air Date 4/12/2006 The term Poetry – dictionary definition highlighted with yellow marker On Memorizing Poems Transcript Because I went to elementary school in a convent, most of my teachers were nuns. But we also had a few lay teachers, one of whom was called Mrs. […]
National Humor Month
Shelley Fraser Mickle thinks that any month is a good month to laugh.
Spring Flowers
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Spring-Flowers-and-Childhood.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 3/20/2006 Spring Flowers Transcript As a child I marked, with special reverence, the clockwork of spring flowers. The bulbs and blooms of spring in New England were reliable timepieces by which a child might know what clothes to wear or anticipate the end of […]
Yeehaw Junction
Lots of cars are on the interstates these days, heading down to Florida for an early taste of the warm weather to come up north. And that has Barry Stewart Mann thinking about an eventful, or should we say a place-full, trip that he took once upon a time to Florida.
For the Love of a Sponge
It's Valentine's Day tomorrow, but today Barry Stewart Mann is visiting the ocean floor and Smooshy the Sea Sponge.
Too Many Attorneys
Today, Barry Stewart Mann has a new story about a sad fact of life for nearly half of America's children.
Dear Carolina’s Diary
The holidays and the end of the year offer both children and adults some time free from daily routines to reflect on things, including how busy it seems all our lives have become. Here's Barry Stewart Mann with a story about one child's overcrowded days.
Waiting
For Shelley Fraser Mickle, the holidays are not only a time for celebration, but also for waiting.