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.
- National Cookie Cutter Week
December 1, 2005
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Playing-Hooky-for-National-Cookie-Cutter-Week.mp3 Author Heather Tomasello Air Date 12/1/2005 National Cookie Cutter Week Transcript This is National Cookie Cutter Week, reminding me that the winter holiday season is fast approaching. ... - Rediscovering The Blue Castle
November 30, 2005
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rediscovering-The-Blue-Castle.mp3 Author Catherine Tosenberger Air Date 11/30/2005 Rediscovering The Blue Castle Transcript On this day in 1874, Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island. ... - Puzzles
November 28, 2005
It’s National Game and Puzzle Week, and that has Shelley Fraser Mickle remembering a family enigma. Read more "Puzzles" - The King of Cool
November 23, 2005
Here’s a new fable from the award-winning, Atlanta-based storyteller and actor Barry Stewart Mann. Read more "The King of Cool" - The Sock Puppet
November 10, 2005
Today, we are continuing the cycle of poems that Lola Haskins has written about her grandchildren, her own children, and about grandparenting and parenting. Read more "The Sock Puppet" - Geography Awareness Week
November 9, 2005
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Geography-and-the-Imagination.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/9/2005 Geography Awareness Week Transcript While it’s Geography Awareness Week, we wanted to mention some books that bring the subject of geography ... - Rediscovering Recess
November 8, 2005
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rediscovering-Recess.mp3 Author Lauren Brosnihan Air Date 11/8/2005 Rediscovering Recess Transcript When you ask a child what their favorite subject in school is, the answer is often, “Recess.” As far ... - From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
November 7, 2005
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 ... - Chicago Children’s Humanities/Film Festivals
October 28, 2005
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-City-of-Festivals-for-Children.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/28/2005 Chicago Children’s Humanities/Film Festivals Transcript This time of year, the center for children’s culture in this country always moves to Chicago, ... - Rubber Bands
October 27, 2005
It’s the anniversary of the invention of the rubber band this month, and that has given some stretch to today’s story from Shelley Fraser Mickle. Read more "Rubber Bands" - Jim Haskins: African America’s Biographer
October 26, 2005
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jim-Haskins-African-Americas-Biographer.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/26/2005 Jim Haskins: African America’s Biographer Transcript Jim Haskins passed away this summer. He was very well-known as a writer of biographies ... - They Were Strong and Good
October 25, 2005
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rediscovering-They-Were-Strong-and-Good.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/25/2005 They Were Strong and Good Transcript They Were Strong and Good, written and illustrated by Robert Lawson, won the Caldecott Award ... - Teen Read Week – Real Time
October 20, 2005
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 ... - The Other Wizard – of Earthsea
October 19, 2005
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Other-Wizard-of-Earthsea.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/19/2005 The Other Wizard – of Earthsea Transcript Almost everything in children’s books these days still circles back to Harry Potter, ... - Teen Read Week – Rush Hour
October 18, 2005
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 Fairyland of Science
October 17, 2005
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Fairy-Land-of-Science.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/17/2005 The Fairyland of Science Transcript The Fairy-Land of Science, written by Arabella B. Buckley in 1878, uses the familiarity and allure ... - Captain Cauliflower
October 13, 2005
It’s National School Lunch Week, a good time to keep an eye out for some sea-faring vegetables, like Barry Stewart Mann’s Captain Cauliflower. Read more "Captain Cauliflower" - Ava’s Shells
October 6, 2005
The poet Lola Haskins joins us again to continue her cycle of poems about her children and grandchildren. Read more "Ava’s Shells" - Keeping the Magic Lanterns Lit
October 5, 2005
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/the-Magic-Lantern-Theater-Still-Glowing.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/5/2005 Keeping the Magic Lanterns Lit Transcript Before any of our modern media — movies, television, videos or DVDs — the Magic ... - Conversation with Ed Young
September 29, 2005
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ed-Youngs-Beyond-the-Great-Mountains.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 9/29/2005 Conversation with Ed Young Transcript The award-winning picture book maker, Ed Young, spoke with Recess commentator Susan Raab about his new ...