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.
- An Atlas for the Holidays
December 17, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/An-Atlas-for-the-Holidays.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/17/2004 An Atlas for the Holidays Transcript The shelves and display tables at book and discount stores are overloaded with children’s books ... - Johnny Gruelle
December 16, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Johnny-Gruelle-Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/16/2004 Johnny Gruelle Transcript You have probably met Raggedy Ann and Andy, but what do you know of Johnny Gruelle, their ... - Stephen King Pops Up
December 13, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Stephen-King-Pops-Up.mp3 Author Cathlena Martin Air Date 12/13/2004 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Stephen King Pops Up Transcript When one discusses the author Stephen King’s stories, horror resounds. ... - Robert Sabuda’s Sharks
December 13, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Sharks-Pop-Up.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/1/2006 Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters Robert Sabuda’s Sharks Transcript I don’t know about you, but I’m absolutely giddy over pop-up ... - Monroe Leaf: More Than Just Ferdinand
December 7, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Munro-Leaf-More-Than-Just-Ferdinand.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/7/2004 Monroe Leaf: More Than Just Ferdinand Transcript Munro Leaf was a children’s writer best known for writing The Story of Ferdinand, published in ... - The Floppy Sleep Game
December 3, 2004
If you have a little one who just doesn’t want to go to sleep, you might try putting on The Floppy Sleep Game a new “bedtime relaxation CD” by Patti Teel from Dream Flight Productions in Santa Barbara. Read more "The ... - The Thanksgiving Dinner That Flew Away
November 25, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Thanksgiving-Dinner-That-Flew.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 11/25/2004 The Thanksgiving Dinner That Flew Away Transcript “A Thanksgiving Dinner That Flew Away” is a poignant story about a cranky gander ... - Maurice Sendak’s Pincus and the Pig
November 24, 2004
That’s Maurice Sendak, who wrote the libretto and narrates this Klezmatic version of Sergei Prokofiev’s classical standard. Sendak has renamed it Pincus and the Pig, and the music is provided by the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra. Read more "Maurice Sendak’s Pincus ... - Mystery Games
November 23, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/National-Game-and-Puzzle-Week.mp3 Author Cathlena Martin and Laurie Taylor Air Date 11/23/2004 Mystery Games Transcript If you and your family are into mysteries, especially on chilly late fall or winter ... - Persepolis 2
November 17, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Persepolis-2.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Jaimy Mann) Air Date 11/17/2004 Persepolis 2 Transcript One of the most important books to appear this fall for older teens and young ... - Keep the Books, Even Though They’re Movies
November 16, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Keep-the-Books-Even-Though-Theyre-Movies.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/16/2004 Keep the Books, Even Though They’re Movies Transcript One of the joys of reading any book, especially when we’re children, is ... - Earth Balloon
November 12, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Earth-Balloon.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/12/2004 Earth Balloon Transcript Several months ago, at the annual Public Radio Conference, I had a remarkable experience. I walked inside the ... - CDC’s Playing Cards for Kids
November 10, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Center-for-Disease-Controls-Cards-for-Kids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/10/2004 CDC’s Playing Cards for Kids Transcript Emails from listeners have brought us very interesting ideas for stories over the years that ... - A Child’s Garden of Soul
November 8, 2004
That’s Archie Bell and the Drells, asking everyone to “Tighten Up”. It’s National Drum Month, and a good time for some music for kids that has a real beat to it. Read more "A Child’s Garden of Soul" - King Tutankhamen
November 5, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/King-Tuts-Wonderful-Things.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/5/2004 King Tutankhamen Transcript In early November of 1922, Howard Carter, made one of the most famous discoveries in archaeological history, that ... - Armstrong Sperry’s Call it Courage
November 4, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Armstrong-Sperry-Call-it-Courage.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 11/4/2004 Armstrong Sperry’s Call it Courage Transcript When Armstrong Sperry was a boy in Connecticut, he had a grandfather who had been ... - Urban Lit. for Kids: Interview with Carol Faas
November 2, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Urban-Lit.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/2/2004 Urban Lit. for Kids: Interview with Carol Faas Transcript We spoke earlier this fall with Carol Faas, the media specialist at ... - Dan Zane’s Parades and Panoramas
November 1, 2004
That’s Dan Zanes with a campaign song for Abraham Lincoln from the 1860 presidential race. It’s on a new CD called Parades and Panoramas. Read more "Dan Zane’s Parades and Panoramas" - A Halloween Party in 1905
October 28, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Celebrating-Halloween-A-Hundred-Years-Ago.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/28/2004 A Halloween Party in 1905 Transcript A young girl invites 16 boys and 15 girls to a Halloween party. All invitees ... - Ninna, Nanna
October 27, 2004
That’s Montserrat Figueras singing the Berber lullaby, “Amazigh,” from an amazing recording of ancient and modern cradle songs called Ninna Nanna. Read more "Ninna, Nanna"