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.
- Robin Hood Festival
July 16, 2004
That’s Roger Miller, playing the Dukes-of-Hazard-style minstrel Allan a Dale, with one of the songs from the 1973 cartoon version of Robin Hood. Read more "Robin Hood Festival" - Disneyland Opens
July 15, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Disneyland-Beginnings.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/15/2004 Disneyland Opens Transcript On July 17, 1955 Walt Disney opened the doors to Disneyland and turned his cartoon world into a ... - E.B. White
July 12, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/EB-White-No-Bunk.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/12/2004 E.B. White Transcript In the opening minutes of the film version of E. B. White’s first children’s book — Stuart Little ( the prequel ... - Just a Peep at Peep
June 30, 2004
That’s the theme song, sung by Taj Mahal, for Peep and the Big Wide World, a new animated television show for preschoolers that is meant to introduce them to some basic scientific ideas and practices. Read more "Just a Peep ... - Ramayana, Prince of Light
June 29, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ramayana-Prince-of-Light.mp3 Author Malini Roy Air Date 6/29/2004 Ramayana, Prince of Light Transcript Japanese anime offers an interesting alternative to Disney for cartoon-lovers all over the world. Often, Japanese ... - Lynd Ward and His Wordless Stories
June 28, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lynn-Ward-and-His-Endless-Stories.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 6/28/2004 Lynd Ward and His Wordless Stories Transcript Lynd Ward, an illustrator of both children’s and adult books, was born in 1905 ... - Creole for Kidz
June 25, 2004
That’s Terrance Simien with part of his moving “Song of a Creole Slave,” followed by Louisana Senator Donald Cravins’s narration that explains the music and life of the creoles of Louisiana. It’s on a CD called Creole for Kidz. Read ... - Creating Play Spaces in the Woods
June 22, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Creating-Play-Spaces-in-the-Woods.mp3 Author Linda Lamme Air Date 6/22/2004 Creating Play Spaces in the Woods Transcript Near my house is a woods that is rapidly becoming housing, but before they ... - Anne of Green Gables
June 21, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Anne-of-Green-Gables.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 6/21/2004 Anne of Green Gables Transcript One day, in 1904, the writer Lucy Maud Montgomery was reading through one of her journals ... - Dan Zanes’ Sea Music for Father’s Day
June 18, 2004
That’s Dan Zanes, Barbar Brousal, and Cynthia Hopkins with the sea shanty “Strike the Bell” from the CD, Sea Music. Read more "Dan Zanes’ Sea Music for Father’s Day" - Machinima
June 17, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Machinima-Making-Movies-out-of-Video-Games.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 6/17/2004 Machinima Transcript You may not be aware of it, but there are interesting new ways that people are “playing” video games. ... - Vikram Seth’s Children’s Books
June 15, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Vikram-Seths-Childrens-Books.mp3 Author Malini Roy Air Date 6/15/2004 Vikram Seth’s Children’s Books Transcript One of the most well-known authors to emerge from the happy cultural fusion of East and ... - The Art of Maurice Sendak
June 10, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Art-of-Maurice-Sendak-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/10/2004 Art of Maurice Sendak Transcript It’s Maurice Sendak’s birthday today, and the award-winning playright Tony Kushner, Sendak’s friend and collaborator (on ... - Coloring Mandalas
June 8, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mandalas-The-Latest-and-Most-Ancient-Coloring-Books.mp3 Author James Royal Air Date 6/8/2004 Coloring Mandalas Transcript You or perhaps your children may have seen or heard of a mandala without quite knowing what the ... - James Daugherty
June 7, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/James-Daugherty.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 6/7/2004 James Daugherty Transcript James Daugherty was already an accomplished artist when he brought his talents to children’s literature. He had studied ... - A World of Happiness
June 4, 2004
Betcha wanna know where you can find the rest of this new song by Deborah Harry. It’s on a compilation CD called A World of Happiness. Read more "A World of Happiness" - Michel Gondry’s “I’ve Been 12 Forever”
June 3, 2004
That’s one of the most inventive people working in video and film today, the French director, Michel Gondry. Read more "Michel Gondry’s “I’ve Been 12 Forever”" - Report Cards
June 2, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Report-Cards.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/2/2004 Report Cards Transcript It’s the end of the school year, and that means: report cards. Remember how just the sight of ... - The End of the Year
May 26, 2004
Summer vacation is right around the corner, but before it arrives, Shelley Fraser Mickle is remembering those end-of-the-year spectacles. Read more "The End of the Year" - Making Fiends
May 25, 2004
The song you just heard is the opening theme to “Making Fiends,” a series of flash animation films created by Amy Winfrey. Read more "Making Fiends"