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.
- Rachel Carson
May 28, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Remembering-Rachel-Carson.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 5/28/2001 Rachel Carson Transcript It is always interesting to discover what childhood activities influenced adult lives. Rachel Carson, born May 27, 1907, ... - Poetry Day in Florida
May 25, 2001
Author John Cech Air Date 5/25/2001 Poetry Day in Florida Transcript Its already gotten warm in Florida, the kind of warm that sets you dozing and dreaming. And one of the ... - Bob Dylan
May 24, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Bob-Dylan.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 5/24/2001 Bob Dylan Transcript When people talk about Bob Dylan, Mother Goose does not usually enter the conversation. But it could be ... - Mary Cassatt
May 23, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mary-Cassat.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/23/2001 Mary Cassatt Transcript In her famous painting from 1879, of a little girl sprawled on a comfortable blue flowered easy chair, ... - Raggedy Ann and Andy Turn 85
May 18, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Raggedy-Ann.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/18/2001 Raggedy Ann and Andy Turn 85 Transcript It’s the 85th birthday this year of one of the most durable dolls in ... - Sweet Honey in the Rock
May 17, 2001
That;s the Washington, D.C. – based a capella group, Sweet Honey in the Rock, with the opening of the title song from their new CD for children. Read more "Sweet Honey in the Rock" - Some New Books About Manners
May 15, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/New-Manners-Books-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/15/2001 Some New Books About Manners Transcript Out of polite respect for National Etiquette Week, we thought wed let you know about ... - National Etiquette Week
May 14, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Manners-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 5/14/2001 National Etiquette Week Transcript How to Be a Lady was written in 1854 and is broader than just an etiquette book ... - Mother’s Day
May 11, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mothers-Day.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/11/2001 Mother’s Day Transcript It’s Mother’s Day this Sunday. The holiday began in 1907 in Philadelphia, as a way to remember a ... - Reading Out Loud, Together: An Interview with Mary Ann Paulin
May 10, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Reading-Out-Loud-Together.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/10/2001 Reading Out Loud, Together: An Interview with Mary Ann Paulin Transcript We spoke recently with Mary Ann Paulin, a public librarian ... - Counting Out Rhymes
May 8, 2001
It’s springtime, and the playgrounds are finally un-thawed and ready for games. Here’s Kevin Shortsleeve with some thoughts about one of the ways kids choose up sides. Read more "Counting Out Rhymes" - Cuban Lullaby
May 7, 2001
That’s the chorus from Nana Animalera, written and sung by Maricela Verena, a Cuban composer and musician, living in Puerto Rico, from a new CD called Cuban Lullaby, from Ellipsis Arts. Read more "Cuban Lullaby" - Some Books for Cartoonist’s Day
May 4, 2001
Author John Cech Air Date 5/4/2001 Some Books for Cartoonist’s Day Transcript It’s Cartoonist’s Day tomorrow, and if there’s a young Charles Schultz or Lynda Barry in your household, you might want ... - Pete Seeger at 82: Still Singing
May 3, 2001
You’re listening to Pete Seeger, one of America’s authentic minstrels, whose birthday it is today. Read more "Pete Seeger at 82: Still Singing" - Doing the Numbers: Some Books About Math
April 26, 2001
Author John Cech Air Date 4/26/2001 Doing the Numbers: Some Books About Math Transcript It’s Mathematics Education Month, and numbers are in the air. For those younger children, who are just ... - Walter de la Mare
April 25, 2001
Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/25/2001 Walter de la Mare Transcript Walter De la Mare was born in England in 1873. He was raised in a Victorian landscape of childhood ... - Astronomy Week
April 23, 2001
Author John Cech Air Date 4/23/2001 Astronomy Week Transcript Have you seen what’s been going on in the sky lately? Well, it’s actually been happening for probably tens of millions of ... - Tomorrow and Tomorrow: Premiere of “Annie”
April 20, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/I-love-ya-tomorrow-Annies-Anniversary.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Heather Tomasello) Air Date 4/20/2001 Tomorrow and Tomorrow Transcript Today marks the anniversary of the Broadway debut of the musical Annie. As a ... - First Edition Alice
April 17, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/First-Edition-Alice.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/17/2001 A Tenniel Illustration First Edition Alice Transcript “Curiouser and curiouser!” This is the comment of Alice in Wonderland after she eats ... - National Mathematics Month
April 16, 2001
Shelley Fraser Mickle is doing some numbers for us this week. Read more "National Mathematics Month"