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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"