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.
- Diwali-Festival of Lights
October 27, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Diwali-the-Festival-of-Light.mp3 Author Malini Roy Air Date 10/27/2003 Colorful clay diya lamps lit during diwali celebration. Diwali-Festival of Lights Transcript There is light, light, light all around you during the Indian ... - Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival
October 24, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-Humanities-Festival.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/24/2003 Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival Transcript The other good reason to be in Chicago with your children over the next two weeks ... - Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
October 23, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-International-Childrens-Film-Festival-1.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/23/2003 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival Transcript The epi-center of children’s cultural life in this country for the next few weeks shifts ... - Teen Read Week
October 22, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-1-2.mp3 Author Lauren Brosnihan Air Date 10/22/2003 Teen Read Week Transcript This is Teen Read Week and many groups are celebrating with this year’s theme, “Slammin’@ your Library.” ... - John Lithgow’s I’m a Manatee
October 20, 2003
You’re hearing part of the sung version of John Lithgow’s bouyant new children’s book, I’m a Manatee, with illustrations by Ard Hoyt. Read more "John Lithgow’s I’m a Manatee" - Persepolis
October 17, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Persepolis-The-Story-of-a-Childhood.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/17/2003 Persepolis Transcript “I was born with religion,” Marjane Satrapi writes at the beginning of her amazing, heart-rending book, Persepolis: The Story of a ... - “Bon Appetit!”
October 15, 2003
You may think you’re in a 1940s, “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon” time warp, but it’s really the talented Grammy-award winning duo of Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, on their new CD for young people called Bon Appetit! — Musical ... - “Dreamland: World Lullabies”
October 10, 2003
That’s the extraordinary South African singer Sibongile Khumalo (see-bone-GEE-lay koo-MAH-low) with the traditional Zulu lullaby, “Thula Mama.” It’s on a new CD called Dreamland — World Lullabies and Soothing Songs. Read more "“Dreamland: World Lullabies”" - Little Lit. III: “It was a Dark and Silly Night”
October 8, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/It-was-a-Dark-and-Silly-Night-Little-Lit-III.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/8/2003 Little Lit. III: “It was a Dark and Silly Night” Transcript I can’t think of a better way to spend and ... - George Washington’s Lessons
October 7, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/George-Washingtons-Civil-Lessons.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/7/2003 George Washington’s Lessons Transcript In 1745 George Washington was a 13 year old school-boy in Virginia when he wrote down a ... - Becoming a Paleontologist
October 2, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Paleontologists-Childhood.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/2/2003 Becoming a Paleontologist Transcript It’s the National Month of the Dionsaur, and we asked Dr. Penny Higgins, a vertebrate paleontologist at ... - Good Manners Month
September 26, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Good-Manners-Month-2.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/26/2003 Good Manners Month Transcript Most parents have rules, rules, and more rules for just how they want their children to behave ... - Vinnie Ream, America’s Youngest Sculptress
September 25, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Vinnie-Ream-Americas-Youngest-Sculptress.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/25/2003 Vinnie Ream, America’s Youngest Sculptress Transcript Vinnie Ream was the youngest American artist ever to receive a commission from the federal ... - Dr. Seuss, In Memoriam
September 24, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/In-Memorium-Dr-Suess.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 9/24/2003 Dr. Seuss, In Memoriam Transcript Dear Dr. Seuss, wherever you are, Whether you’re drifting off Zither or floating off Zarr, I ... - Native American Day with Joseph Bruchac
September 23, 2003
You have been listening to a Seneca Indian canoe song, as performed by Joseph Bruchac, Native American storyteller – and author of more than seventy books for adults and children. Read more "Native American Day with Joseph Bruchac" - UNESCO’s Lullabies
September 19, 2003
This song comes from Lullabies and Children’s Songs, a CD from UNESCO; it’s part of their series of recordings called “Listening to the World.” Read more "UNESCO’s Lullabies" - Remembering 9/11 in Poetry
September 11, 2003
That’s Tahkus Ekedal singing the first verse of Ted Arnold’s setting of Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” from the CD “The Days Gone By, Songs of the American Poets.” Read more "Remembering 9/11 in Poetry" - Millions of Cats
September 10, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Millions-of-Cats-Still-Purring.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/10/2003 Millions of Cats Transcript This month marks the 85th anniversary of the publication of Wanda Gag’s wonderful classic children’s book, Millions ... - Folktales for National Grandparents Day
September 5, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Folktales-for-National-Grandparents-Day.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/5/2003 Folktales for National Grandparents Day Transcript It’s National Grandparents Day this Sunday, and the well-known storyteller, Jane Yolen, a grandparent herself, ... - An Early (Sometimes Edible!) School Book
September 4, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/An-Early-Sometimes-Edible-School-Book.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/4/2003 An Early (Sometimes Edible!) School Book Transcript A hornbook was what children used in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries to ...