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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.


  • 19th Century Science

    September 28, 2005

    19th Century Science
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Science-in-Yesrdays-Childrens-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/28/2005 19th Century Science Transcript Books on science and natural history composed a significant part of the publications for children in the ...
  • Twice as Many Friends

    September 27, 2005

    Twice as Many Friends
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Twice-as-Many-Friends-Music-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/27/2005 Twice as Many Friends Transcript In the global village, it’s becoming necessary for us all to learn several languages — and ...
  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit

    September 26, 2005

    The Tale of Peter Rabbit
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Tale-of-Peter-Rabbit.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/26/2005 The Tale of Peter Rabbit Transcript C. S. Lewis, who wrote the Narnia books, thought that there were three ways of writing for ...
  • Jazz for Kids

    September 23, 2005

    Jazz for Kids
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jazz-for-Kids-Music-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/23/2005 Jazz for Kids Transcript Some of the great jazz performers of the Thirties, Fourties, and Fifties featured musical numbers based on ...
  • Conversation with Adrienne Yorinks

    September 22, 2005

    Conversation with Adrienne Yorinks
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Adrienne-Yorinks-and-Her-Quilt-of-States.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 9/22/2005 Conversation with Adrienne Yorinks Transcript The well-known quilt artist Adrienne Yorinks has a remarkable new book out called Quilt of States. Recess ...
  • Playing It Safe – Child Safety Month

    September 21, 2005

    Playing It Safe - Child Safety Month
    That’s one of the harrowing episodes from the 1951 educational film “Live and Learn” on a video called Mental Hygiene, Classroom Films 1945 – 1970. Read more "Playing It Safe – Child Safety Month"
  • Abraham Lincoln’s Caldecott

    September 20, 2005

    Abraham Lincoln's Caldecott
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Abraham-Lincolns-Caldecott-Award.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/20/2005 Abraham Lincoln’s Caldecott Transcript The 1940 winner of the Caldecott Award for most distinguished American picture book was a biography of ...
  • Who Moved My Cheese for Kids

    September 19, 2005

    Who Moved My Cheese for Kids
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-for-Kids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/19/2005 Who Moved My Cheese for Kids Transcript I’ve been thinking about the meaning of cheese today. Not the gouda and brie ...
  • Reggae for Kids

    September 16, 2005

    Reggae for Kids
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Reggae-for-Kids-Music-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/16/2005 Reggae for Kids Transcript How would this be as a song to wake up with each day? Brief Sound Clip: That’s Freddie McGregor ...
  • 40 Years of Erma Bombeck

    September 13, 2005

    40 Years of Erma Bombeck
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Erma-Bombeck-For-Young-People.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 9/13/2005 40 Years of Erma Bombeck Transcript Even as a bored eleven-year-old stuck in the backseat of the car, I could not ...
  • Grandmother Poems

    September 7, 2005

    Grandmother Poems
    We asked the poem Lola Haskins to share with us some of her thoughts about becoming a grandparent. Read more "Grandmother Poems"
  • Choosing a Career

    September 6, 2005

    Choosing a Career
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Starting-Out-the-School-Year-on-the-Career-Path-.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 9/6/2005 Choosing a Career Transcript “So, what do you want to be when you grow up?” is a standard inquiry that adults ...
  • Sandcastles

    September 1, 2005

    Sandcastles
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Fine-Art-of-Sandcastles.mp3 Author Kachina Domenick Air Date 9/1/2005 Sandcastles Transcript A trip to the beach wouldn’t be the same without playing in the sand. Whether you want to build ...
  • David Shannon’s Alice the Fairy

    August 31, 2005

    David Shannon's Alice the Fairy
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/David-Shannons-Alice-the-Fairy.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/31/2005 David Shannon’s Alice the Fairy Transcript In her final interview from this year’s Book Expo, Susan Raab spoke with the award-winning ...
  • Revisiting an Old Time Toy – The Honey Tree

    August 30, 2005

    Revisiting an Old Time Toy - The Honey Tree
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Revisiting-an-Old-Time-Toy-The-Honey-Tree.mp3 Author Jennifer Coenen Air Date 8/30/2005 Revisiting an Old Time Toy – The Honey Tree Transcript Recently, I took my six-year-old daughter on an outing to a living ...
  • Back to School with They Might Be Giants

    August 29, 2005

    Back to School with They Might Be Giants
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Back-to-School-with-They-Might-Be-Giants-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/29/2005 Back to School with They Might Be Giants Transcript With school starting again soon — and in some places having already ...
  • Bright Spaces

    August 26, 2005

    Bright Spaces
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Bright-Spaces.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/26/2005 Bright Spaces Transcript Most of our children are usually able to play in protected spaces — somewhere in our homes, neighborhoods, ...
  • Pam Muñoz Ryan

    August 25, 2005

    Pam Muñoz Ryan
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Pam-Munos-Ryans-Becoming-Naomi-Leon.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 8/25/2005 Pam Muñoz Ryan Transcript Susan Raab continues her interviews with children’s book writers and illustrators at this year’s Book Expo in ...
  • Legends of the Tooth Fairy

    August 23, 2005

    Legends of the Tooth Fairy
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Legends-of-the-Tooth-Fairy.mp3 Author Tanya Underwood Air Date 8/23/2005 Legends of the Tooth Fairy Transcript If only teeth grew on trees, and you wanted a larger upper bicuspid, for example, ...
  • Samuel Griswold Goodrich

    August 18, 2005

    Samuel Griswold Goodrich
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Samuel-Griswold-Goodrich-and-Peter-Parley.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 8/18/2005 Samuel Griswold Goodrich Transcript Samuel Goodrich, a 19th century children’s author and publisher, was the creator of the popular children’s literature ...