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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.


  • Lois Lenski

    October 11, 2000

    Lois Lenski
    Today, Rita Smith remembers author/illustrator Lois Lenski. Read more "Lois Lenski"
  • Hunter’s Moon

    October 10, 2000

    Hunter's Moon
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Hunters-Moon.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/10/2000 Hunter’s Moon Transcript The full moon is on its way this week, and if you’re looking for some music that ...
  • James Whitcomb Riley

    October 9, 2000

    James Whitcomb Riley
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/James-Whitcomb-Riley.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/9/2000 James Whitcomb Riley Transcript Just recently, Indiana celebrated the birthday of James Whitcomb Riley, the famed Jossier writer, who was ...
  • The Jason Project

    October 6, 2000

    The Jason Project
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jason-Project.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 10/6/2000 The Jason Project Transcript One rainy summer vacation afternoon my father attempted to cheer me up by promising a day-trip ...
  • Communicate with Your Kids Month

    October 5, 2000

    Communicate with Your Kids Month
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Communicate-with-kids.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 10/5/2000 Communicate With Your Kids Transcript Here’s Shelley Fraser Mickle with this week’s remembering — about that most basic activity between ...
  • Edward Stratemeyer

    October 4, 2000

    Edward Stratemeyer
    Today, Rita Smith remembers Edward Stratemeyer, who made the series book a standard fixture in every child’s library. Read more "Edward Stratemeyer"
  • Mickey Mouse Club Premiers

    October 3, 2000

    Mickey Mouse Club Premiers
    The Mickey Mouse Club marched into the consciousness of American children on October 3rd, 1955, when it first appeared on  national television, and millions of middle schoolers, myself included, tuned in. Read more "Mickey Mouse Club Premiers"
  • Louise Fitzhugh

    October 2, 2000

    Louise Fitzhugh
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Louise-Fitzhugh.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/2/2000 Louise Fitzhugh Transcript It’s the birthday this week of Louise Fitzhugh, the author of one of the breakthrough books for ...
  • “No!” Music Review

    September 29, 2000

    "No!" Music Review
    That’s my one-and-a-half-year-old grandson with his daily chorus of “no’s” — one of his favorite words these days. It’s the title song for the new family music CD from the alternative rock group, They Might Be Giants. Read more "“No!” Music ...
  • The Magic Flute

    September 29, 2000

    The Magic Flute
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Magic-Flute.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/29/2000 The Magic Flute Transcript I remember on Saturday afternoons, in my old neighborhood on the west side of Chicago, the ...
  • James Thurber’s “Many Moons”

    September 28, 2000

    James Thurber's "Many Moons"
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/James-Thurbers-22Many-Moons22.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/28/2006 James Thurber’s “Many Moons” Transcript In 1944, Many Moons, a book written by James Thurber and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, won ...
  • A Web-Full of Baby Stuff

    September 28, 2000

    A Web-Full of Baby Stuff
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Webful-of-Baby-Stuff.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 9/28/2000 A Web-full of Baby Stuff Transcript Here’s Koren Stembridge on the Internet with A Web-Full of Baby Stuff. It all started with ...
  • Sloppy Peter and His Shocking Manners

    September 27, 2000

    Sloppy Peter and His Shocking Manners
    You’re hearing the English group The Tiger Lillies with part of Fidgety Phil, from their Junk Opera that they based on Heinrich Hoffmann’s hilariously awful Struwwelpeter or Shock-headed Peter. Read more "Sloppy Peter and His Shocking Manners"
  • Dogs

    September 27, 2000

    Dogs
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Dogs.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 9/27/2000 Dogs Transcript Here’s Shelley Fraser Mickle, remembering for us.  This is National Dog Week, which means we ought to look ...
  • Banned Book Week

    September 25, 2000

    Banned Book Week
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Banned-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/25/2000 Banned Book Week Transcript The American Library Association has designated September 23 through the 30th as Banned Book Week. That ...
  • Between the Lions

    September 22, 2000

    Between the Lions
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Between-the-Lions.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 9/22/2000 Between the Lions Transcript Here’s Koren Stembridge on the Internet. This year, graduates of Sesame Street were introduced to a new ...
  • Scarecrows

    September 21, 2000

    Scarecrows
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Scarecrows.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 9/21/2000 Scarecrows Transcript In Lahaska, Pennsylvania this month, there is a festival and display devoted to scarecrows. Shelley Fraser Mickle ...
  • Leilani Clarke

    September 20, 2000

    Leilani Clarke
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Leilani-Clarke.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/20/2000 Leilani Clarke Transcript Earlier this year, Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion radio program held a national contest for Talent from ...
  • William Golding’s Lord of the Flies

    September 19, 2000

    William Golding's Lord of the Flies
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Goldings-Lord-of-the-Flies.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/19/2000 William Golding Transcript Almost fifty years before “Survivor,” William Golding’s disturbing Lord of the Flies was published in 1954. It ...
  • Lies

    September 15, 2000

    Lies
    Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lies.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 9/15/2000 Lies Transcript There is no documented evidence on when we, as a species, first discovered that we can lie. ...