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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.


  • Soothing Sounds for Baby

    June 19, 2007

    Soothing Sounds for Baby
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Soothing-Sounds-for-Baby-Music-Review.mp3 Author Jaimy Mann Air Date 6/19/2007 Soothing Sounds for Baby Transcript My newborn, like most babies, calms when she hears the vacuum, but the music that stimulates ...
  • Ryan, Jimmy, and One Well

    June 18, 2007

    Ryan, Jimmy, and One Well
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ryan-and-Jimmy-and-One-Well.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/18/2007 Ryan, Jimmy, and One Well Transcript Summer officially begins this week, but, around the world, the search for water during ...
  • Daddies Sing Goodnight

    June 15, 2007

    Daddies Sing Goodnight
    That’s Townes van Zandt with a chorus from “Hey Willy Boy” — a song about the seasons that he wrote for his son, Will — from a CD called Daddies Sing Good Night. Read more "Daddies Sing Goodnight"
  • Darby

    June 11, 2007

    Darby
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Darby.mp3 Author Marissa Noel Air Date 6/11/2007 Darby Transcript In Darby, a historically significant novel for young readers, author Jonathan Scott Fuqua shows us that we must not ...
  • Caps and Gowns

    June 8, 2007

    Caps and Gowns
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Caps-and-Gowns-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/8/2007 Caps and Gowns Transcript This month, you may well find yourself in the audience, watching a young person you know ...
  • The Runaway Bunny

    June 1, 2007

    The Runaway Bunny
    That’s Brooke Shields with the opening words from Margaret Wise Brown’s 1942 The Runaway Bunny, set to an original score here by Glen Roven, the Emmy award winning composer. Read more "The Runaway Bunny"
  • The Hiccup Truck

    May 31, 2007

    The Hiccup Truck
    Barry Stewart Mann has a new tale for us today about a broken toy truck that makes an unusual, but annoying sound – and saves the day. Read more "The Hiccup Truck"
  • When I Was Young

    May 25, 2007

    When I Was Young
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/When-I-Was-Very-Young-music-review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/25/2007 When I Was Young Transcript Nonsense, we know, is a fine art, and some of the very best of it is ...
  • Stephanie Bange

    May 22, 2007

    Stephanie Bange
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Meet-Stephanie-Bange.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 5/22/2007 Stephanie Bange Transcript At the American Library Association’s most recent conference, our correspondent Susan Raab spoke with Stephanie Bange, who is chairing ...
  • Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

    May 21, 2007

    Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
    You all know that music — those familiar opening chords for the longest running children’s television show currently on PBS, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, which premiered on May 22, 1967. Read more "Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood"
  • Dylan Horrocks Comics

    May 16, 2007

    Dylan Horrocks Comics
    At our annual conference on comics at the University of Florida, Recess cartoonist Stephanie Boluk spoke with the artist Dylan Horrocks. Read more "Dylan Horrocks Comics"
  • Meet Candice Ransom

    May 15, 2007

    Meet Candice Ransom
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Meet-Candace-Ransom.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 5/15/2007 Meet Candice Ransom Transcript Recess! correspondent Susan Raab spoke recently with the author, Candice Ransom, who has written over a hundred books ...
  • A New Look at Jamestown

    May 8, 2007

    A New Look at Jamestown
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/1607-A-New-Look-at-Jamestown.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/8/2007 A New Look at Jamestown Transcript It’s the 400th anniversary this month of the founding of Jamestown, the site of the ...
  • Barbaro

    May 4, 2007

    Barbaro
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Barbaro-Americas-Horse.mp3 Author John Cech with Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 5/4/2007 Barbaro Transcript The Kentucky Derby will be run tomorrow, and that has many of us thinking of ...
  • Two One Thousand

    April 30, 2007

    Two One Thousand
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Two-One-Thousand.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/30/2007 Two One Thousand Transcript If we were counting like we used to do for tag, today we would have reached that ...
  • Rockabye Baby!

    April 27, 2007

    Rockabye Baby!
    That’s Michael Armstrong performing a glockenspiel, mellotron, and vibraphone version of the Eagle’s famous “Hotel California,” on a new series of CDs called Rockabye Baby! from Baby Rock Records. Read more "Rockabye Baby!"
  • Pulling the Strings

    April 26, 2007

    Pulling the Strings
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Pulling-the-Strings.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/26/2007 Pulling the Strings Transcript Tomorrow is National Puppetry Day, and though we don’t think about it much at all, a puppet ...
  • Jump Rope

    April 25, 2007

    Jump Rope
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jump-Rope.mp3 Author Lola Haskins Air Date 4/25/2007 Jump Rope Transcript Starting in second or third grade and all the way into middle school, we girls used to play ...
  • Brian Selznick and Hugo Cabret

    April 24, 2007

    Brian Selznick and Hugo Cabret
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Brian-Selznick-and-Hugo-Cabret.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 4/24/2007 Brian Selznick and Hugo Cabret Transcript Earlier this spring, Susan Raab caught up with the artist Brian Selznick and talked with him ...
  • Oyasumi–Goodnight

    April 20, 2007

    Oyasumi--Goodnight
    “Sakura, Sakura” that describes their beautiful (and all-too-fleeting) flowers. Listen closely, and you can hear the blossoms falling. Read more "Oyasumi–Goodnight"

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