Pablo Picasso famously said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” Perhaps that can be done by taking children to art museums, showing them great art, and, most importantly, giving children the space, the materials, and the encouragement to make their own art.
- Takashi Murakami’s Little Boy
May 10, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Takashi-Murakamis-Little-Boy.mp3 Author Jaimy Mann Air Date 5/10/2006 Takashi Murakami’s Little Boy Transcript Japanese children’s artifacts that are becoming increasingly popular globally include genres like manga, anime, and kawaii, ... - Cartoonist’s Day
May 9, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Cartoonists-Day-and-Front-Street-Books.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/9/2006 Cartoonist’s Day Transcript The funny line drawings that we today refer to as cartoons have been with us for probably as ... - Meeting Deborah Noyes
May 4, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Meeting-Author-Deborah-Noyes.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 5/4/2006 Meeting Deborah Noyes Transcript At a recent conference, Susan Raab spoke with the author, Deborah Noyes, one of whose latest projects is ... - Mother Goose Day
May 2, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mother-Goose-Day.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/2/2006 Mother Goose Day Transcript It was Mother Goose Day yesterday — a cause for celebration in many towns across the country, ... - Doc Watson’s Sings Songs for Little Pickers
April 28, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Doc-Watsons-Songs-for-Little-Pickers.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/28/2006 Doc Watson’s Sings Songs for Little Pickers Transcript All this month we’ve been airing programs about the poetry of words. There’s ... - Looking for the Roots of Tag
April 27, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Looking-for-the-Roots-of-Tag.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/27/2006 Looking for the Roots of Tag Transcript One of the most familiar, if not the oldest, of children’s games is “Tag” ... - The Joy of Poetry
April 25, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lola-Haskins-Mrs-Robinsons-Joyful-POetry.mp3 Author Lola Haskins Air Date 4/25/2006 The Joy of Poetry Transcript Mrs. Robinson was my sixth grade teacher. She was a tall, raw-boned woman, who called herself not ... - Happy Bees
April 21, 2006
That’s Ralph and Gabrielle Kotkov singing the title song from a new CD called Happy Bees based on a recent picture book by Arthur Yorinks. Read more "Happy Bees" - Earth Day Reflections
April 20, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Earth-Day-Reflections.mp3 Author Lola Haskins Air Date 4/20/2006 Earth Day Reflections Transcript Now I think all of us intellectually understand the need to set land aside for when we’re gone. ... - Making the Chronicles of Narnia
April 18, 2006
Fantasy fanatics–making their presence known at the box office–pelted theaters in droves to track down Middle Earth’s one ring, watch Darth Vader’s fall to the Dark Side, and enroll in Transfiguration 101 at Hogwarts. Read more "Making the Chronicles of Narnia" - High School Musical
April 14, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/High-School-Musical-music-review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/14/2006 High School Musical Transcript It’s the season when high schools around the country are putting on their spring musicals. That high ... - On Memorizing Poems
April 12, 2006
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 ... - National Humor Month
April 11, 2006
Shelley Fraser Mickle thinks that any month is a good month to laugh. Read more "National Humor Month" - O’Brient Science Fair Projects
April 10, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Science-Fair-Projects-at-the-OBryant-School.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/10/2006 O’Brient Science Fair Projects Transcript We’re heading for the home stretch of the school year, and it’s time to get really ... - Julie Just, Part 2
April 6, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Meeting-Julie-Just.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 4/6/2006 Julie Just, Part 2 Transcript Today, we have the second part of Susan Raab’s interview with Julie Just, the new children’s ... - Poetry Speaks to Children
April 3, 2006
This recording is part of a collection of poems called Poetry Speaks to Children. Read more "Poetry Speaks to Children" - Julie Just
March 30, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Julie-Just.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 3/30/2006 Julie Just Transcript Recently, Recess correspondent Susan Raab spoke with Julie Just, the new Children’s Book Review Editor of The New York Times, who ... - Naps
March 28, 2006
Today, Lola Haskins reads us her poem “Naps.” Read more "Naps" - The Planet Sleeps
March 24, 2006
There are many CDs on the market of lullaby music for young children, but The Planet Sleeps, is one of the best — from its dream-like cover art to its selection of sixteen songs from the global village. Read more "The ... - Spring Flowers
March 20, 2006
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 ...