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.
- Quiz Kids
July 6, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Quiz-Kids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/6/2001 Quiz Kids Transcript How many seconds are there in a year? If the Northern Lights are called the Aurora Borealis, what ... - Books for Camp, Summer Games and Sleep Overs
July 5, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Books-for-Camp-Sleepovers.mp3 Author Rosie Russo Air Date 7/5/2001 Books for Camp, Summer Games and Sleep Overs Transcript Part of the fun of summer for kids used to be learning ... - Poems for July
July 3, 2001
William Jay Smith is one of our leading poets for young people. He joins us today with some poems to begin the month of July. Read more "Poems for July" - Going to the Beach
July 2, 2001
All the kids are heading for the beach on “Fun in the Sun” — the latest installment from Snoopy’s Klassics on Toys. Read more "Going to the Beach" - Accordion Dreams
June 28, 2001
You probably didn’t know that June is National Accordion Appreciation Month, but Shelley Fraser Mickle remembers that much-maligned, oft-forgotten instrument. Read more "Accordion Dreams" - Some Notes on Camp
June 27, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Some-Notes-on-Camp.mp3 Author Kenneth Kidd Air Date 6/27/2001 Some Notes on Camp Transcript Organized camping in the United States dates to 1861, when Frederick William Gunn, headmaster of the ... - John Ciardi
June 25, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/John-Ciardi-The-Man-Who-Sang-the-Sillies.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 6/25/2001 John Ciardi Transcript “Once long ago in a far away beginning ‘by the sea’ In, of course, a kingdom, one fine day With ... - “All Wound Up”
June 22, 2001
Author John Cech Air Date 6/22/2001 “All Wound Up” Transcript When I heard this, I thought I was a kid again, back in Chicago, on a Sunday morning in the 1950s, ... - Charles Kingsley
June 21, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Charles-Kingsley-and-his-Water-Babies.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 6/21/2001 Charles Kingsley Transcript Charles Kingsley’s reputation in the world of children’s literature rests almost solely on his novel Water Babies, which, ... - Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys
June 20, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Brian-Wilson-and-The-Beach-Boys.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 6/20/2001 Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys Transcript “Their hearts were full of spring.” So begins chapter one of Back to the ... - Born to be a Cowgirl
June 20, 2001
Shelley Fraser Mickle is here with us today, remembering an important, and early, career choice. Read more "Born to be a Cowgirl" - Playing Smart — All Summer
June 18, 2001
Author John Cech Air Date 6/18/2001 Playing Smart — All Summer Transcript Back in the good old days, a few decades ago, when school let out for the year, kids had ... - Burl Ives
June 14, 2001
Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 6/14/2001 Burl Ives Transcript If Burl Ives were alive today, he would be celebrating his ninety-second birthday – but the thing about Burl Ives, is that ... - Harriet Beecher Stowe
June 13, 2001
Author Rita Smith Air Date 6/13/2001 Harriet Beecher Stowe Transcript Harriet Beecher Stowe did write books and stories specifically for children but they have sunk into obscurity, when compared to her ... - Nikki Giovanni
June 7, 2001
That’s Nikki Giovanni reading part of her lyric, mythic poem, “Ego-Tripping.” Read more "Nikki Giovanni" - Balloons
June 6, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Balloons-and-the-Baron.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/6/2001 Balloons Transcript Yesterday, in 1783, the Montgolfier brothers in France launched the first balloon into the air. It floated up a ... - Wonderland on the Auction Block
June 5, 2001
Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 6/5/2001 Wonderland on the Auction Block Transcript Tomorrow, Sotheby’s in London will be auctioning off nothing less than …. Wonderland itself — a ... - Homer Price and Doughnut Day
June 1, 2001
That’s Homer Price’s Aunt Aggie, complaining about newfangled inventions like the doughnut machine that his Uncle Ulysses is tinkering with in the couple’s new little coffee shop on the village square in Centerberg, USA. Read more "Homer Price and Doughnut Day" - Puff the Magic Dragon
May 31, 2001
It’s Peter Yarrow’s birthday, and here’s Kevin Shortsleeve with the story of the singer-songwriter’s most famous creation, Puff the Magic Dragon. Read more "Puff the Magic Dragon" - Ian Fleming’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
May 29, 2001
Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 5/29/2001 Ian Fleming’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Transcript Most people recognize the name Ian Fleming as the author of the original fourteen James Bond novels. But ...