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.
- January
January 1, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/January.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 1/1/2001 January Transcript “Here is January. All hail to thee.” Thus begins the writer of Peter Parley’s Annual for the year 1856, brimming ... - Comics and Fairy Tales: Art Spiegelman’s Little Lit.
January 1, 2001
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Little-lit.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/9/2001 Comics and Fairy Tales Transcript I can’t think of a better combination of favorite things than folk tales and comics. ... - The Monkees
December 28, 2000
Does that song strike any familiar chords from your childhood? If you are of a certain age The Monkees were the rock band of your adolescence. Read more "The Monkees" - Peter Pan Takes His First Bow
December 27, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Peter-Pan.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/27/2000 Peter Pan Transcript The play, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, opened at the Duke of York’s Theater in London ... - National Whiner’s Day
December 26, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/National-Whiners-Day.mp3 Author Heather Tomasello Air Date 12/26/2000 National Whiner’s Day Transcript Today is National Whiner’s Day — sadly, often an all too appropriate name for the day after ... - The Best Present
December 25, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Best-Present.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 12/25/2000 christmas gifts on white background The Best Present Transcript In 1958, I was an awkward fourteen-year old whose cat had just ... - David’s Dreidel
December 21, 2000
Hanukkah begins tomorrow, and Barry Stewart Mann has a story for us today to mark the holiday. Read more "David’s Dreidel" - Two Magazines for Girls
December 20, 2000
The holidays are upon us, and Koren Stembridge has a recommendation for a gift for the teen girls in your life: a magazine subscription. Read more "Two Magazines for Girls" - Lullabies for the Holidays
December 19, 2000
You’re hearing a little from “Nia, Nia,” a lullaby sung by Alessandra Belloni — a timeless song that’s been used for centuries to sooth restless infants and calm distressed adult nerves in the region of southern Italy called Puglia. Read ... - Purloined Christmas
December 18, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Purloined-Christmas.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/18/2000 Purloined Christmas Transcript Here’s Rita Smith with a story about something that went missing one Christmas. Casting about for an interesting children’s ... - Musical Gifts
December 15, 2000
You’re hearing the concluding section of the first movement of Ludwig von Beethoven’s famous Fifth Symphony, played by Robert LaFond and his orchestra on their CD, Snoopy’s Classiks on Toys. Read more "Musical Gifts" - Holiday Sites
December 14, 2000
Koren Stembridge guides us on a virtual tour of the holidays. Read more "Holiday Sites" - Believe It or Not
December 13, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ripleys-Believe-It-or-Not.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 12/13/2000 Believe It or Not Transcript Believe it or not, here’s Shelley Fraser Mickle with a remembering about Robert Ripley: In 1913, ... - Picture Book Presents
December 12, 2000
It’s that time of year again, when publishers are out to dazzle us with wonderful books for the children in our lives. Read more "Picture Book Presents" - Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy
December 11, 2000
We’re in a Potter lull right now, but John Cech has a recommendation for a new fantasy series to tide children over. Read more "Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy" - Generation O
December 8, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Generation-O.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 12/8/2000 Generation O Transcript Here’s Karen Stembridge on the Internet to tell us about a new generation – “Generation O.” One of my ... - Scotch Tape
December 7, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Scotch-Tape.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 12/7/2000 Scotch Tape Transcript In 1928, a painter at an auto plant was working on a two-tone paint job when he ... - St. Nicholas Day
December 6, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/St.-Nicholas-Day.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/6/2000 St. Nicholas Day Transcript In her lost and found essay today, Rita Smith takes us from the fourth century to the ... - Teacher’s Pet
December 5, 2000
When was the last morning you heard a Saturday morning cartoon open with background music from Leo Delibes’s opera Lakme? Read more "Teacher’s Pet" - The Yellow Star
December 1, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Yellow-Star.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/1/2000 The Yellow Star Transcript Hans Christian Andersen’s first book of fairy tales was published today in 1835, and Andersen has since ...