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.
- The Guillow Balsa Wood Airplane
May 20, 2004
The birthday of Charles Lindbergh, the great American aviator, is coming up this weekend, and that has Kevin Shortsleeve remembering one of his first airplanes. Read more "The Guillow Balsa Wood Airplane" - Hey, Mister Spaceman
May 19, 2004
That’s the Byrds with the chorus from their hit “Hey, Mr. Spaceman.” It’s on a new CD for kids with the same title and a dozen songs about the goofy joys and strange preoccupations that some of our popular singers ... - Linda Brown You Are Not Alone
May 17, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Linda-Brown-You-Are-Not-Alone.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/17/2004 Linda Brown You Are Not Alone Transcript Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. ... - Even Kids Get the Blues
May 13, 2004
That’s 10-year-old Anneli Blume with a little from the title song from a new CD from Re-Bop Records, called Even Kids Get the Blues. Read more "Even Kids Get the Blues" - The Hubleys, a Family of Animators
May 12, 2004
That’s the opening from the animated film, Cockaboody, from the Hubley Studios of Canada. Read more "The Hubleys, a Family of Animators" - Unrooted Childhoods; Memories of Growing Up Global
May 10, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Unrooted-Childhoods.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/10/2004 Unrooted Childhoods Transcript In their recent book, Unrooted Childhoods, Faith Eidse and Nina Sichel have collected a series of memoires about what ... - Mother’s Day, In Song From Africa
May 7, 2004
That’s the incomparable Floxie Bee the Hikosso Queen, with the beginning of one of the most popular songs from Nigeria, and indeed from all of Africa — “Sweet Mother.” Read more "Mother’s Day, In Song From Africa" - A Child’s Guide to Freud
May 6, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Childs-Guide-to-Freud.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/6/2004 A Child’s Guide to Freud Transcript “If you beat your Daddy at Chinese Checkers…call this Healthy Aggression. If he decides to ... - Winsor McCay and His Fantastic Little Nemo
May 5, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Winsor-McCay.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/5/2004 Winsor McCay Transcript It’s Cartoon Art Appreciation Week, and the place to begin any reflections on the history of this most ... - European Union Comics
April 29, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/European-Union-Comics.mp3 Author Malini Roy Air Date 4/29/2004 European Union Comics Transcript To counter the problems of increasing xenophobia and environmental pollution in Europe, the European Union has designed ... - Marbles
April 28, 2004
We’re talking marbles, and I’ve been studying up on them again in a terrific little volume called The Klutz Book of Marbles. Read more "Marbles" - Beyond Silence
April 26, 2004
You’re hearing Lara, played by Tatjana Treib, the young heroine of Caroline Link’s amazing film, Beyond Silence, as she negotiates for her parents at the bank, where they are trying to get an early advance on an investment account. Read more ... - Latin Playground
April 23, 2004
That’s the incomparable Mexican singer Lila Downs and friends with the chorus from a Mayan nonsense song, “Hanal Weech” (hah-nal weech) about a romance that won’t work because one of the couple thinks the other smells like an armadillo. Read ... - Money Cent$
April 22, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Money-Cent-Review-of-Books-for-Kids-about-Money.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/22/2004 Money Cent$ Transcript It’s National Teach Your Children to Save Day, and in today’s market, that means moving to a much ... - Anne Carroll Moore
April 20, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Anne-Carroll-Moore.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/20/2004 Anne Carroll Moore Transcript During National Library Week I would like to pay homage to Anne Carroll Moore, the librarian largely ... - Hilda Conkling, Child Poet
April 19, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Hilda-Conkling-Child-Poet.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/19/2004 Hilda Conkling, Child Poet Transcript It’s National Poetry Month, and many young people around the country will probably be writing some ... - Kids, Dogs, and Parenting
April 15, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kids-Dogs-and-Parenting.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 4/15/2004 Kids, Dogs, and Parenting Transcript Two years before my husband and I had our son, we decided to test our nurturing ... - Korean Valentines
April 14, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/New-Kinds-of-Valentines-in-South-Korea.mp3 Author Cathlena Martin Air Date 4/14/2004 Korean Valentines Transcript Two months ago on February 14, Americans celebrated Valentine’s Day. Some people feel that this is a ridiculous ... - St. Nicholas and Poetry
April 13, 2004
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Young-Poets-in-St-Nicholas-Magazine.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/13/2004 St. Nicholas and Poetry Transcript In 1899, the editors of St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls established monthly competitions in various arts, ... - Ancient Greek Childhood
April 9, 2004
That’s Savina Yannatou with the Greek lullaby, “Nanourisma,” from Ellipsis Arts’ beautiful Mediterranean Lullaby CD. Read more "Ancient Greek Childhood"