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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.


  • Disgustingly Yummy Foods

    October 10, 2002

    Disgustingly Yummy Foods
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Disgustingly-Yummy-Foods.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 10/10/2002 Disgustingly Yummy Foods Transcript While we all know that October is famous for Halloween candy, it is also a month to ...
  • John Lennon – Imagining

    October 9, 2002

    John Lennon - Imagining
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/John-Lennon-Imagining.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 10/9/2002 John Lennon – Imagining Transcript When John Lennon was 11 years old, he received a copy of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland as ...
  • More Little Golden Books

    October 8, 2002

    More Little Golden Books
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Marketing-Little-Golden-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/8/2002 More Little Golden Books Transcript The “Little Golden Book” series of children’s books, introduced in 1942 by the publisher Simon and ...
  • The Bottle Let Me Down

    October 7, 2002

    The Bottle Let Me Down
    That’s Alejandro Escovedo with “Sad and Dreamy” — a song about a boy who’s just turned the Big One-O and is feeling his age already. Read more "The Bottle Let Me Down"
  • Interview with Barbara Woodhouse

    October 3, 2002

    Interview with Barbara Woodhouse
    This past spring, the United Nations sponsored an international children’s summit that was meant to address a number of the global problems that children are facing today. We spoke recently with Barbara Woodhouse about the summit. Read more "Interview with ...
  • Good Manners? A Dad’s Dinner Lesson

    October 2, 2002

    Good Manners? A Dad’s Dinner Lesson
    Thank goodness that Good Manners Month is over, so that Barry Stewart Mann can tell this story. Read more "Good Manners? A Dad’s Dinner Lesson"
  • “Singing Science” with Tickle Tune Typhoon

    September 30, 2002

    "Singing Science" with Tickle Tune Typhoon
    You’re hearing a familiar tune, set to some new words by the group Tickle Tune Typhoon on their new CD, “Singing Science.” Read more "“Singing Science” with Tickle Tune Typhoon"
  • The Allen Sisters

    September 24, 2002

    The Allen Sisters
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Allen-Sisters-Photographers.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/24/2002 The Allen Sisters Transcript If you’re driving in Northwestern Massachusetts this fall, be sure to go up to Deerfield, a village ...
  • Rediscovering Rachel Field

    September 19, 2002

    Rediscovering Rachel Field
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Remembering-Rachel-Field.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/19/2002 Rediscovering Rachel Field Transcript Rachel Field was 10 years old before she learned to read. Born on September 19, 1894, in ...
  • Creature Comforts

    September 18, 2002

    Creature Comforts
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Creature-Comforts.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/18/2002 Creature Comforts Transcript I’ve just spent a few weeks around our year-and-a-half-old grandson, and so I can speak from first hand experience ...
  • Video Game Day

    September 17, 2002

    Video Game Day
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Video-Game-Day.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 9/17/2002 Video Game Day Transcript Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus is ready to burgle our homes, but for this little trickster it ...
  • Music for the Family and Peace

    September 13, 2002

    Music for the Family and Peace
    That’s the late Lennon with “Beautiful Boy” — his ode to his new-born son, Sean. It’s on a CD from Music for Little People called “A Celebration of Family.” Read more "Music for the Family and Peace"
  • Children’s Books in the Aftermath of 9/11

    September 12, 2002

    Children's Books in the Aftermath of 9/11
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/11-2.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 9/12/2002 Children’s Books in the Aftermath of 9/11 Transcript Since last September 11th, children’s books have been very ...
  • September 11th: Help on the Internet

    September 10, 2002

    September 11th: Help on the Internet
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/September-11th-on-the-Internet.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 9/10/2002 September 11th: Help on the Internet Transcript With the anniversary of September 11, many children may be confused and scared because ...
  • Innocent Voices

    September 9, 2002

    Innocent Voices
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Innocent-Voices.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/9/2002 Innocent Voices Transcript This week, as we commemorate the anniversary of September 11th, we adults have been thinking about some of the ...
  • Grandparents

    September 6, 2002

    Grandparents
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Few-Words-about-Grandparents.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 9/6/2002 Grandparents Transcript It’s National Grandparents Day this Sunday, and that has Shelley Fraser Mickle remembering. When a child is lucky ...
  • Back to Basics, Building with Bob

    September 5, 2002

    Back to Basics, Building with Bob
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Bob-the-Builder.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 9/5/2002 Back to Basics, Building with Bob Transcript If your youngsters are into building — with blocks or ...
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Dinosaurs

    September 4, 2002

    Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Dinosaurs
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Edgar-Rice-Burroughs-Dinosaurs.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 9/4/2002 Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Dinosaurs Transcript In celebrating the birthday of Edgar R. Burroughs I have chosen to skip his ...
  • Prudence Crandall

    September 3, 2002

    Prudence Crandall
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Prudence-Crandall.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/3/2002 Prudence Crandall Transcript Prudence Crandall was a woman who possessed the ability to discern something coming to an end and the ...
  • Building Hope

    September 2, 2002

    Building Hope
    Here’s Koren Stembridge with the latest chapter from a new mother’s field notes. Read more "Building Hope"