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.
- America’s Children
May 16, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Dance-Dance-Revolution.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 5/15/2003 Dance, Dance, Revolution Transcript Despite all our knowledge about vitamins, foods, and exercise, so many of us are not eating or ... - Dance, Dance, Revolution
May 15, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Dance-Dance-Revolution.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 5/15/2003 Dance, Dance, Revolution Transcript Despite all our knowledge about vitamins, foods, and exercise, so many of us are not eating or ... - American Sunday School Movement
May 14, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/American-Sunday-School-Movement.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 5/14/2003 American Sunday School Movement Transcript In May of 1824 in Philadelphia, The American Sunday School Union was established to serve as ... - Yoga for Elephants
May 8, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Yoga-for-Elephants.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/8/2003 Yoga for Elephants Transcript If you’ve been through all the Babar books by Jean de Brunhoff and his son, Laurent, who has ... - Interview with R. A. Salvatore
May 7, 2003
Laurie Taylor interviews fantasy author R. A. Salvatore. Read more "Interview with R. A. Salvatore" - Anna Moo’s “Holy Cow”
April 30, 2003
That’s Anna Moo, with part of “I Am One,” sung in Manadarin Chinese, from her Parents Choice award-winning CD, “Holy Cow!” — “Holy Songs for Children, a Multi-cultural Celebration of Friendship, God, and Spirit.” Read more "Anna Moo’s “Holy Cow”" - Terry Pratchett
April 28, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Terry-Pratchett.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 4/28/2003 Terry Pratchett Transcript Terry Pratchett has written a wide range of science fiction and fantasy books (over 37 so far), but ... - Arbor Day in the Jungle
April 25, 2003
You’re at the beginning of a long, auditory journey brought to you by the composer and sound poet, Michel Redolfi, with percussions by Steve Shehan, flutes by Luc Martinez, and voicings by Adam — from a striking collaboration of visual ... - Tony Sarg, Master Puppeteer
April 24, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Tony-Sarg-Master-Puppeteer.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/24/2003 Tony Sarg, Master Puppeteer Transcript Although Tony Sarg wrote over a dozen children’s books, and as a youngster dreamed of becoming an ... - Martha Finley
April 15, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Martha-Finley-Rediscovered.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/15/2003 Martha Finley Transcript Although Martha Finley was practically a pariah among historians and critics of children’s literature and was ignored by reviewers, ... - Albert Einstein’s Childhood
April 14, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Albert-Einsteins-Childhood.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/14/2003 Albert Einstein’s Childhood Transcript Albert Einstein is back, relatively speaking, that is. Einstein is the subject of a group of new ... - Philadelphia Chickens
April 11, 2003
That’s the actress Laura Linney in one of the show-stopping tunes on Sandra Boynton’s and Michael Ford’s Philadelphia Chickens — their “too-logical zoological musical review.” Read more "Philadelphia Chickens" - Ian Fleming
April 10, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ian-Fleming.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/10/2003 Ian Fleming Transcript Ian Flemming, the author of the original James Bond novels, once said of himself that he had never ... - Turntable Timmy
April 4, 2003
That’s Michael Perry rapping part of Turntable Timmy, his new book for all those aspiring young DJs out there, from Free Will Press in San Francisco. Read more "Turntable Timmy" - The Legend of Zelda
April 3, 2003
Although many of you may instantly recognize that music, for those of you who don’t, that’s the theme song for the first Legend of Zelda video game. Read more "The Legend of Zelda" - Books for Youth Art Month
March 31, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Books-for-Youth-Art-Month.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/31/2003 Books for Youth Art Month Transcript It’s Youth Art Month, and given that it’s also Women’s History Month, we thought we ... - The Vassar Girls Abroad
March 28, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Vassar-Girls-Abroad.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/28/2003 The Vassar Girls Abroad Transcript “In every age,” critic Virginia Haviland writes, “current events leave their mark on literature. In the ... - Children’s Literature from Italy
March 26, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Childrens-Literature-from-Italy.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 3/26/2003 Children’s Literature from Italy Transcript One of the oldest and most influential Italian folk tales is the legend of Cupid and ... - Geoffrey Canada
March 20, 2003
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Geoffrey-Canada.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Harun Thomas) Air Date 3/20/2003 Geoffrey Canada Transcript Geoffrey Canada begins his recent book — Reaching Up for Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys ... - Ntozake Shange
March 19, 2003
You’re hearing a little from the recent film version of Ntozake Shange’s (En-toe-sake Shange’s) book, Whitewash. Read more "Ntozake Shange"