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