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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.


  • Children, Culture and Violence

    March 18, 2003

    Children, Culture and Violence
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Children-Culture-and-Violence.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/18/2003 Children, Culture and Violence Transcript What do Children, Culture, and Violence have to do with each other, one might ask. Unfortunately, ...
  • Robin Hood

    March 12, 2003

    Robin Hood
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Robin-Hood.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 3/12/2003 Robin Hood Transcript In today’s world, where children have so many events organized for them, where the activities of childhood begin ...
  • Nicknames

    March 5, 2003

    Nicknames
    Getting a nickname is one thing, but the way they stick around is another, as Shelley Fraser Mickle remembers.  Read more "Nicknames"
  • A Moment that Mattered with Elain Pagels

    March 4, 2003

    A Moment that Mattered with Elain Pagels
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Elaine-Pagels-on-New-Old-Stories.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/4/2003 A Moment that Mattered with Elain Pagels Transcript Today we are speaking with the noted biblical scholar, Elaine Pagels, the Harrington ...
  • Books for Women’s History Month

    March 3, 2003

    Books for Women's History Month
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Books-for-Womens-History-Month-1.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 3/3/2003 Books for Women’s History Month Transcript One of the best places to start a young person’s journey to ...
  • Chris Raschka’s Vision

    February 27, 2003

    Chris Raschka's Vision
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chris-Raschkas-Vision.mp3 Author Michelle Martin Air Date 2/27/2003 Chris Raschka’s Vision Transcript Chris Raschka is an illustrator and picture book maker whose talent lies in his ability to express ...
  • Taj Mahal

    February 26, 2003

    Taj Mahal
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Taj-Mahal.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/26/2003 Taj Mahal Transcript One of our country’s best bluesmen, who keeps getting better every year, is Taj Mahal, who found the blues ...
  • Word Dance

    February 20, 2003

    Word Dance
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Word-Dance-A-Creative-Kids-Magazine.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/20/2003 Word Dance Transcript If you have an aspiring young writer in your household, who’s been churning out stories and poems all winter, ...
  • Hip Kid Hop Books

    February 17, 2003

    Hip Kid Hop Books
    That’s LL Cool J, backed up by a toy piano, with some words for young people about winning — and losing! — graciously. This book and CD combination is titled And the Winner Is. Read more "Hip Kid Hop Books"
  • The Egg Game

    February 11, 2003

    The Egg Game
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Egg-Game.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 2/11/2003 The Egg Game Transcript We had a visit a few weeks ago from the Egg Man — no, not a poultryman ...
  • The Underground of Comics

    February 7, 2003

    The Underground of Comics
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Comics-Underground.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/7/2003 The Underground of Comics Transcript If you’re into comics — comic books, comic strips, sequential art and pictorial narratives — the University ...
  • America’s First Children’s Magazine

    February 5, 2003

    America's First Children's Magazine
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Americas-First-Childrens-Magazine.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/5/2003 America’s First Children’s Magazine Transcript In 1826 Lydia Maria Child founded the Juvenile Miscellany which has been called the “first children’s magazine in ...
  • Sweet Honey in the Rock’s “I Got Shoes”

    February 4, 2003

    Sweet Honey in the Rock's "I Got Shoes"
    I don’t know about you, but I can never seem to get enough of the Washington, DC-based, acapella group, “Sweet Honey in the Rock.” Read more "Sweet Honey in the Rock’s “I Got Shoes”"
  • Children’s Literature from Poland

    January 29, 2003

    Children's Literature from Poland
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Childrens-Books-from-Poland.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 1/29/2003 Children’s Literature from Poland Transcript The history of Poland, as well as the history of Polish children’s books, has long been ...
  • Hal Roach and Our Gang

    January 24, 2003

    Hal Roach and Our Gang
    You’re hearing the famous theme song from the 1930s movie series that we know as “The Little Rascals,” played by a present-day Dutch dance band called the Beau Hunks. Read more "Hal Roach and Our Gang"
  • Webcomics

    January 23, 2003

    Webcomics
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Webcomics-A-Primer.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 1/23/2003 Webcomics Transcript After reading the Sunday funnies, why not move your chair to the computer and try making your own. Kids ...
  • Bullies

    January 22, 2003

    Bullies
    How to deal with bullies is a perennial problem for most children in school. Here’s Shelley Fraser Mickle with the cure that one of her teachers came up with. Read more "Bullies"
  • Edgar Allen Poe

    January 21, 2003

    Edgar Allen Poe
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Edgar-Allen-Poe-2.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 1/21/2003 Edgar Allen Poe Transcript Edgar Allen Poe–as master of the macabre–is not usually considered an author who connects deeply with the ...
  • Martin’s Big Words

    January 20, 2003

    Martin's Big Words
    You’re hearing some of the famous words of Dr. Martin Luther King from Martin’s Big Words, a recent video for young people from Weston Woods Studios. Read more "Martin’s Big Words"
  • Don’t Laugh at Me

    January 10, 2003

    Don't Laugh at Me
    That’s Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin with their moving song, “Don’t Laugh at Me,” on a CD included in their book by the same title, illustrated by Glin Dibley from Tricycle Press in Berkeley, California. Read more "Don’t Laugh at Me"