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.
- Noodle Month
March 8, 2001
It’s National Noodle Month, and Shelley Fraser Mickle is singing the praises of pasta and all its twists and turns. Read more "Noodle Month" - Howard Pyle
March 7, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Howard-Pyle.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/7/2001 Howard Pyle Transcript Way back in 1877, American children going through their latest issues of St. Nicholas Magazine discovered some little ... - Monopoly Day
March 6, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Monopoly-Day.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/22/2005 Monopoly Day Transcript Tomorrow is Monopoly Day, celebrating the world ‘s best-selling board game. Since its development during the height of the ... - A Visit to Seussville
March 2, 2001
To mark the birthday of Dr. Seuss, Kevin Shortsleeve has been going places. Read more "A Visit to Seussville" - Nancy Dowd’s “Redefining Fatherhood”
March 1, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Nancy-Dowd.mp3 Author John Cech with Nancy Dowd Air Date 3/1/2001 Redefining Fatherhood Transcript Our guest today is Nancy Dowd, University Research Foundation Professor and Trustee Research Scholar at the ... - Mildred Taylor
February 28, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mildred-Taylor.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 2/28/2001 Mildred Taylor Transcript That’s Cassie Logan, played by Lark Ruffin in the 1978 film version of Roll ... - Blind Tom
February 27, 2001
You’re hearing a little from a recent and the first recording of a piano composition called the “Oliver Galop” that was written in 1861 by Thomas Wiggins when he was about twelve years old. Read more "Blind Tom" - Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk
February 26, 2001
Today, Shelley Fraser Mickle has some fresh ideas about spilt milk. Read more "Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk" - The Afterlife of Edward Gorey
February 23, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Edward-Gorey-1-1.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 2/23/2001 The Afterlife of Edward Gorey Transcript Edward Gorey confessed that he was afraid of being remembered only as a morbid Charles ... - George Washington’s Mother
February 22, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/George-Washingtons-Mother.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/22/2001 George Washington’s Mother Transcript Today is George Washington’s birthday, an appropriate time to remember that the father of our country also ... - Robinson Crusoe Month
February 21, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Robinson-Crusoe.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/21/2001 Robison Crusoe Transcript February is Robinson Crusoe month, named in honor of the anniversary of the rescue on February 1, 1709, ... - International Friendship Week
February 20, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/International-Friendship-Week.mp3 Author Heather Tomasello Air Date 2/20/2001 International Friendship Week Transcript This is International Friendship Week. What can be more thrilling than receiving a postcard from a friend ... - Presidents’ Day
February 19, 2001
It’s Presidents’ Day, and Kevin Shortsleeve has some thoughts about how to make this holiday meaningful for kids today. Read more "Presidents’ Day" - Cornflakes
February 16, 2001
Who would guess that there’s a story in cornflakes? Shelley Fraser Mickle has one for us today on this toasted American institution. Read more "Cornflakes" - Jazz
February 15, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jazz.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/15/2001 Jazz Transcript Jazz is in the air this winter — on Ken Burns’ monumental PBS documentary, and in numerous new recordings ... - Tent Boy
February 14, 2001
It’s Valentine’s Day, and here’s Barry Stewart Mann with a story about love, and play, and imagination. Read more "Tent Boy" - Esther Howland, Valentine Entrepreneur
February 13, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Esther-Howland.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/13/2001 Esther Howland, Valentine Entrepreneur Transcript Esther Howland was the first person to take seriously the business of elaborate handmade valentines. As ... - Inventor’s Day Pop-Up
February 12, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Inventors-Day-Pop-Up.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/12/2001 Inventor’s Day Pop-Up Transcript It’s Thomas A. Edison’s birthday today, and it’s also Inventor’s Day — the perfect time for a ... - Laughter
February 7, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Laughter.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 2/7/2001 Laughter Transcript This is Love May Make The World Go Round, But Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week. So ... - Ella Jenkins
February 5, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ella-Jenkins.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/5/2001 Ella Jenkins Transcript That’s the Chicago-based singer, Ella Jenkins with an African chant from her new CD from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. ...