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.
- Happy Birthday to the Bard
April 24, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Happy-Birthday-to-the-Bard.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 4/24/2002 Happy Birthday to the Bard Transcript We know very little about the life of one of the ... - The Days Gone By — Songs of the American Poets
April 23, 2002
You’re hearing the first part of the Emily Dickenson poem, “Hope is the Thing With Feathers,” sung by Tahkus Ekedal and Amy Deegan from a collection of well-known 19th and early 20th century American poems for young people that have ... - Johnny Tremain
April 22, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Patriots-Day-Johnny-Tremain.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/22/2002 Johnny Tremain Transcript As a source of literary inspiration, the American Revolution has inspired surprisingly few fictional tales that have stood ... - Grossology and Other Scientific Phenomena
April 18, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-New-Science-of-Grossology.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 4/18/2002 Grossology and Other Scientific Phenomena Transcript Sylvia Branzei is one of a new generation of science authors and educators who are ... - Kids’ First Crossword Puzzles
April 17, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kids-First-Crossword-Puzzles.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/17/2002 Kids’ First Crossword Puzzles Transcript On April 10, 1924, Simon and Schuster published the first crossword puzzle book. A dollar thirty-five ... - Charlie Chaplin
April 16, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Charlie-Chaplin.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/16/2002 Charlie Chaplin Transcript At the height of the silent film era, cinema going could be a posh and stylish event. Filmgoers often ... - The Child as Poet: Mattie Stepanek
April 12, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Child-as-Poet-Mattie-Stepanek.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/12/2002 The Child as Poet: Mattie Stepanek Transcript It’s National Poetry Month, and because of the events of September 11th, we have turned ... - Laying Siege to Nirvana
April 10, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/National-Autism-Awareness-Month-Laying-Seige-to-Nirvanna.mp3 Author John Murchek (recorded by John Cech) Air Date 4/10/2002 Laying Siege to Nirvana Transcript April is National Autism Awareness Month, an appropriate time to reflect on the ... - “Mama, Mama, Ayudame!”
April 9, 2002
Many cultures tell traditional stories about that bumbling, innocent figure some call “the Holy Fool.” Here’s Barry Stewart Mann with one of those tales. Read more "“Mama, Mama, Ayudame!”" - Walter Camp, Footballs and Books
April 8, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Walter-Camp-Athlete-and-Childrens-Book-Writer.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/8/2002 Walter Camp, Footballs and Books Transcript Walter Camp was born April 7, 1859. As a boy Camp wasn’t particularly athletic nor ... - Novel Poems
April 5, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/When-Poems-Become-Novels.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/5/2002 Novel Poems Transcript Several years ago, if you handed a ten year old child a seven hundred page novel and asked ... - Kids Rock!
April 3, 2002
That’s one of Bobby Darin’s hits, suddenly turned young again, dripping wet, and ready to shake the water off. It’s one of the 13 delightful songs on “Toddlers Sing Rock and Roll,” from Music for Little People. Read more "Kids ... - April Fools – Holy Humor Month
April 1, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/April-Fools.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/1/2002 April Fools – Holy Humor Month Transcript Today is a very important day for children all over the United States and ... - Cirque du Soleil
March 28, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Cirque-du-Soleil-and-the-New-Circus.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 3/28/2002 Cirque du Soleil Transcript One wonders – how in this modern age of computer enhanced films and 3D amusement park rides ... - Women of Worth
March 27, 2002
If Women’s History Month were to have been celebrated in the 1800s, it would probably have focused most of its attention on women’s accomplishments in the home, as Rita Smith explains. Read more "Women of Worth" - The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes
March 26, 2002
Recently, we spoke with Barbara Woodhouse, director of the University of Florida’s Center for Children and the Law, about one of the most memorably books of her childhood, The Country Bunny. Read more "The Country Bunny and the Little Gold ... - Houdini, a Magician’s Childhood
March 25, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Houdini-a-Magicians-Childhood.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/25/2002 Houdini, a Magician’s Childhood Transcript It was the birthday yesterday of one of the most famous magicians of the last century, Harry ... - “Mission Nutrition”
March 22, 2002
You’re hearing one of the actresses who belongs to the group that calls itself the Standard Deviants, discussing a point of nutritional information from one of the group’s PBS television programs, “Mission Nutrition.” Read more "“Mission Nutrition”" - Poems for Women’s History Month
March 21, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Poems-for-Womens-History.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 3/21/2002 Poems for Women’s History Month Transcript She was the one who seemed to run in the sky, legs from ... - Spring — and Jump Rope — is Here Again
March 20, 2002
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Spring-and-Jump-Rope.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/20/2002 Spring and Jump Rope Transcript Ah, let the games begin. In spring festivals in ancient Greece and Rome, young people would ...