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 Bird’s Christmas Carol
December 24, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Birds-Christmas-Carol.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/24/2003 The Bird’s Christmas Carol Transcript In an article in the New York Times, critic Perri Klass, suggests that Victorian fiction in both ... - Some Holiday Vacation Videos for the Whole Family
December 23, 2003
Ah, you know you’re in for an adventure when dad takes the shortcut, like Chihiro’s dad, in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. Read more "Some Holiday Vacation Videos for the Whole Family" - “House Party” Time
December 22, 2003
It’s always a house party when a new CD from Dan Zanes and Friends appears. Read more "“House Party” Time" - Crayolas Turn 100
December 18, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Crayola-Centennial.mp3 Author Cathlena Martin Air Date 12/18/2003 Crayolas Turn 100 Transcript Remember the fresh, waxy smell mingled with back-to-school excitement and the urge to pick our your favorite ... - Warbling Through the Holidays
December 17, 2003
That’s the Montreal Ornithological Orchestra with a chorus of goldfinches, geese, cuckoos, crows, larks, loons, orioles, robins, swallows, tanagers, and turtle doves with a version of an old holiday favorite that’s sure to put a chirp in your step. Read more ... - Three Books From the Middle East
December 12, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Three-Books-from-the-Middle-East.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/12/2003 Three Books From the Middle East Transcript More than one billion people in the world today are Muslim, and yet, in ... - Santa and the Airship
December 5, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Christmas-Mistake.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/5/2003 Santa and the Airship Transcript For hundreds of years, the fastest most efficient way to get around in the winter was ... - Panchatantra Tales
December 4, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Panchatantra-Tales.mp3 Author Malini Roy Air Date 12/4/2003 Panchatantra Tales Transcript If you’re interested in hunting up buried treasure, be sure to search for The Panchatantra, a collection of stories ... - Lucy Maud Montgomery
November 28, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lucy-Maud-Montgomery.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 11/28/2003 Lucy Maud Montgomery Transcript If Lucy Maud Montgomery had stopped writing after her first novel was published, she would still be ... - History and Thanksgiving
November 27, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/History-and-Thanksgiving-.mp3 Author Lauren Brosnihan Air Date 11/27/2003 History and Thanksgiving Transcript As we celebrate Thanksgiving it’s difficult to imagine what that first celebration was like for the Allertons, ... - Word Games for Game and Puzzle Week
November 25, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Word-Games-for-Game-and-Puzzle-Week.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 11/25/2003 Word Games for Game and Puzzle Week Transcript We’ve all seen word puzzles like anagrams and crosswords in the local paper, ... - Walter Wick’s Magical Puzzles
November 24, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Walker-Wicks-Magical-Puzzles.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/24/2003 Walter Wick’s Magical Puzzles Transcript It’s National Game and Puzzle week, and we spoke recently with Walter Wick, the artist whose ... - Kid Komedy Will Crack You Up
November 21, 2003
That’s Michelle, with two jokes from her stand-up routine on a CD called The Best of Kid Komedy. Read more "Kid Komedy Will Crack You Up" - Enid Blyton
November 18, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Enid-Blyton.mp3 Author Malini Roy Air Date 11/18/2003 Enid Blyton Transcript This month marks the anniversary of the creation of Noddy, the doll with a wobbly head who captured ... - A William Steig Weekend
November 14, 2003
That’s the opening from the animated film version of Dr. Desoto, a children’s book by William Steig about a very principled, compassionate, and clever mouse dentist. Read more "A William Steig Weekend" - Mother Goose and Dame Judy Dench
November 13, 2003
You’re hearing Dame Judi Dench reading from A. A. Milne’s “Wind on the Hill,” from a recent CD called “Kids’ Stuff. ” Read more "Mother Goose and Dame Judy Dench" - American Lullaby
November 11, 2003
That’s the Moonlighters with part of their “Resophonic Lullaby,” from a new CD called “American Lullaby — Folk, Country, Gospel & Old-Timey Bedtime Songs.” Read more "American Lullaby" - Dré’s Anatomy
November 10, 2003
Every once in a while, a little brother really comes in handy, as we hear in this story from Barry Stewart Mann. Read more "Dré’s Anatomy" - American Schoolgirl Samplers
November 3, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/American-Schoolgirl-Samplers.mp3 Read more "American Schoolgirl Samplers" - Alfred Hitchcock’s Ghost Stories
October 30, 2003
Unless you’re of a certain (young) age, you probably don’t remember that the great English film director, Alfred Hitchcock had, for a time, something of a corner on the market for mystery. Read more "Alfred Hitchcock’s Ghost Stories"