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.
- On Being Pregnant
November 30, 2000
Koren Stembridge isn’t on the Internet today. Instead, she has some thoughts for us today on the laughing truth of expecting a baby. Read more "On Being Pregnant" - Stop the Violence Day
November 22, 2000
It’s National Stop the Violence Day, and John Cech is here to discuss the violence – real and imaginary – that seeps into the lives of our children. Read more "Stop the Violence Day" - Cooking with Children’s Books
November 16, 2000
Heather Tomasello has some tasty new books that are the perfect meal for this week. Read more "Cooking with Children’s Books" - Thomas Bailey Aldrich
November 14, 2000
Here’s Rita Smith with this week’s Rediscovery essay. Read more "Thomas Bailey Aldrich" - Fueling the Imagination
November 13, 2000
It’s the beginning of National Children’s Book Week, and Heather Tomasello has some fuel to get us going. Read more "Fueling the Imagination" - Lynda Barry
November 8, 2000
Today, John Cech weighs in on Lynda Barry’s comics collection The Greatest of Marlys! Read more "Lynda Barry" - Random Acts of Kindness
November 7, 2000
Today, Shelley Fraser Mickle recalls a memorable trip to the circus. Read more "Random Acts of Kindness" - Experience Music Project
November 3, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Experience-Music-Project.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 11/3/2000 Experience Music Project Transcript This summer in Seattle, amid rock concerts and much fanfare, a new museum opened to the ... - Daniel Boone
November 2, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Daniel-Boone.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/2/2000 Daniel Boone Transcript It’s the birthday tomorrow of one of the major, mythological presences of American culture, Daniel Boone — ... - William Woodruff: The Book of Knowledge
November 1, 2000
Today, John Cech interviews William Woodruff, professor emeritus of history and economics at the University of Florida, and the author of dozens of books and articles, including this selection about the book that mattered most to him in his life. ... - Halloween Music
October 30, 2000
It’s Halloween tonight, and if this ancient holiday is just your cup of tea and sack of candy corn, you might be interested to hear that there’s an entire CD of Halloween music waiting for your trick or treaters. Read more ... - Rebel Without a Cause
October 27, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rebel-Without-a-Cause.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/27/2000 Rebel Without a Cause Transcript It begins with a siren wailing, which is joined by another wail, a teenager’s drunken ... - Getting Out the Vote
October 26, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Getting-Out-the-Vote.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 10/26/2000 Getting out the Vote Transcript These are important days, the final countdown to the first presidential election of the new ... - Sarah Josepha Hale
October 25, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Sarah-Josepha-Hale.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/25/2000 Sarah Josepha Hale Transcript Sarah Josepha Hale was born on a New Hampshire farm in 1788. She operated a school ... - Doctor Musica
October 24, 2000
It’s Child Health Month, and Barry Stewart Mann has a story for us today about a child’s musical trip to the doctor. Read more "Doctor Musica" - Dumbo Premier
October 23, 2000
That’s the voice of Sterling Holloway (who later would play Winnie-the-Pooh) here as the stork who’s delivering a big bundle of joy to Mrs. Jumbo on the circus train. Today’s the birthday of Walt Disney’s “Dumbo” which had its premier ... - Child Health Month
October 18, 2000
October is the perfect time for this bracing Rediscovery from Rita Smith. Read more "Child Health Month" - The Beatles
October 17, 2000
That’s a little from the title song for a new CD of Beatles classics from “Music for Little People.” October is full of Beatles anniversaries, like the release of “Abbey Road,” in 1969. Read more "The Beatles" - Teen Read Week
October 16, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-1.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/16/2000 Teen Read Week Transcript It’s Teen Read Week, and one book that I’d urge you to somehow get into the hands ... - Family History Month
October 12, 2000
Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 10/12/2000 Family History Month Transcript Shelley Fraser Mickle has a history lesson for us in her Remembering for today. Sooner or later it hits every ...