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.
- Listen to the Storyteller
July 9, 2003
That’s Winton Marsalis with the opening from the story, “The Fiddler and the the Dancin’ Witch,” about a little boy named Simeon who’d rather play his father’s magic fiddle than almost anything else. Read more "Listen to the Storyteller" - Francis Hopkinson
July 8, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Revolutionary-Verses.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/8/2003 Francis Hopkinson Transcript In your studies of the American Revolution, it is unlikely that you spent much time on Francis Hopkinson. Hopkinson ... - The Day Alice Was Written
July 3, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Inventing-Alice.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/3/2003 The Day Alice Was Written Transcript Published in 1865, the bizarre and nonsensical Alice in Wonderlandmarks the moment when literature for children ... - This Land is Your Land
July 2, 2003
You’re hearing Danny Glover reading from the Langston Hughes poem, “The Kids In School With Me.” Read more "This Land is Your Land" - The Beach – In Arkansas
July 1, 2003
It’s really, truly summertime, and Shelley Fraser Mickle is remembering a very special trip to the beach – in Arkansas. Read more "The Beach – In Arkansas" - Happy Birthday Recess
June 30, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Recess-The-First-1000-Programs.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/30/2003 Happy Birthday Recess Transcript Today we’ve reached a milestone: one thousand shows! When we began producing “Recess!” four years ago, we didn’t ... - Little Happy Campers
June 27, 2003
That’s the title song for “Little Happy Campers, The Girl Scouts Greatest Hits,” volume 6, from Melinda Carroll and Legend Productions in Hawaii. Read more "Little Happy Campers" - Superman Arrives in Metropolis
June 26, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Superman-Arrives.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/26/2003 Superman Arrives in Metropolis Transcript It’s one of those dreams that comic book aficionados have: opening up a long-forgotten trunk in ... - African Playground
June 19, 2003
That’s the Ugandan singer, Samite, with the beginning of a song about a teenager who is starting feel like he should be leaving childish things and jumping up to manhood. Read more "African Playground" - Girls Rule
June 17, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Girls-Rule.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 6/17/2003 Girls Rule Transcript There’s a growing trend toward evermore powerful female characters appearing in cartoons like “The Powerpuff Girls”; in books ... - The Start of Summer Reading
June 16, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Books-for-the-Start-of-Summer.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/16/2003 The Start of Summer Reading Transcript If you’re looking for books for young people that will help to fill the long ... - The Wild Things Meet E.T.
June 11, 2003
You’re hearing a little from Randolph Wolf’s ballet music for Maurice Sendak’s 1963 Caldecott-award-winning, Where the Wild Things Are. Read more "The Wild Things Meet E.T." - James Galway’s Music for Children
June 10, 2003
There’s far too little in the world of children’s music that is gentle, soothing, and yet demanding and sophisticated. Read more "James Galway’s Music for Children" - The Toy that Won’t LEGO
June 5, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Toy-That-Wont-Lego.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 6/5/2003 The Toy that Won’t LEGO Transcript Some toys never seem to go away. Remember those old Lego blocks with the LEGO ... - Casey at the Bat
June 4, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Story-of-Casey-at-the-Bat.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 6/4/2003 Casey at the Bat Transcript Ernest Thayer did not start out as a baseball fan. He was most interested in pragmatic ... - “Pictures at an Exhibition”
May 29, 2003
That’s the familiar theme from Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition. Read more "“Pictures at an Exhibition”" - CrossGen Comics for the Classroom
May 27, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/CrossGen-Comics-for-the-Classroom.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 5/27/2003 CrossGen Comics for the Classroom Transcript Ever wish you could’ve written a book report on the latest Batman comic rather than whatever happened ... - “Under the Green Corn Moon”
May 26, 2003
That’s Lorain Fox singing a traditional Aztec lullaby, “Tu Tu Teschcote,” from a truly remarkable collection of Native American lullabies called “Under the Green Corn Moon: Voices of Native America,” from Silver Wave Records. Read more "“Under the Green Corn Moon”" - “For the Kids”
May 20, 2003
That’s Steve Page and Ed Robertson singing “La La La La Lemon” from For the Kids, a compilation CD, a portion of the proceeds from which go to benefit the Save the Music Project. Read more "“For the Kids”" - Children’s Books from Germany
May 19, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Childrens-Books-from-Germany.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 5/19/2003 Children’s Books from Germany Transcript In Germany, literature for children has a rich history. The first picture book, in fact, was ...