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.
- New Poetry Books
April 13, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Young-Peoples-Poetry-Week.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/13/2000 New Poetry Books Transcript Every household should have a nice, thick volume of poetry on its shelves, for reading aloud or ... - John Bunyan’s Poetry for Children
April 12, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/John-Bunyan.mp3 Author Rita Smith with reading by Hank Conner Air Date 4/12/2000 John Bunyan Transcript For Young People’s Poetry Week, Rita Smith brings us a poetic rediscovery. This week ... - Mother Goose
April 11, 2000
That rapped up version of the classic nursery rhyme is from a wonderful CD from Music for Little People called “Toddlers Sing”–something good to fill your house with during young people’s poetry week. Read more "Mother Goose" - National Week of the Young Child
April 10, 2000
What you’re hearing is a child making his first poems–squealing with delight at the sound of his own voice, rhyming sounds, endlessly repeating what he decides will be his choruses, singing his couplets with his whole little body. Read more ... - Wordsworth’s Child
April 7, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Wordsworths-Child.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/7/2000 Wordsworth’s Child Transcript It’s the birthday today of William Wordsworth, who was born in 1770, and was one of the leading ... - First Remembered Poem
April 6, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/First-Remembered-Poem.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 4/6/2000 The term Poetry – dictionary definition highlighted with yellow marker First Remembered Poem Transcript When I think of my first remembered ... - St. Nicholas in April
April 5, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/St-Nicholas.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/5/2000 St. Nicholas in April Transcript Here’s Rita Smith with a Rediscovery. St. Nicholas was a popular American juvenile periodical that was issued ... - Maya Angelou
April 4, 2000
It’s Maya Angelou’s birthday today, and Jim Haskins has some thoughts about her life and work to celebrate the occasion. Read more "Maya Angelou" - Poetry Sites
April 3, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Poetry-Sites.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 4/3/2000 Poetry Sites Transcript Koren Stembridge is on the Internet for us today, with some sites to begin National Poetry Moth. I discovered ... - April Fool’s Day
March 31, 2000
Here’s a Shelley Fraser Mickle remembering, just in time for April Fool’s Day. Read more "April Fool’s Day" - Youth Art Internet Style
March 30, 2000
Here’s Koren Stembridge with information about Internet resources for Youth Art Month. Read more "Youth Art Internet Style" - St. Nicholas in March
March 29, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/100-Years-Ago-in-ST-.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/29/2000 St. Nicholas in March Transcript Here’s Rita Smith with a Rediscovery. St. Nicholas, the premier magazine for boys and girls, began publication ... - Freddie Bartholomew, Child Star
March 28, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Freddie-Bartholomew.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/28/2000 Freddie Bartholomew Transcript One of the great child stars of the 1930s, Freddie Bartholomew, was born today in London in 1924. ... - Edward Steichen
March 27, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Edward-Steichen.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/27/2000 Edward Steichen Transcript Edward Steichen, one of America’s most noted photographers, was born today in 1879 in Luxembourg, where he spent ... - Cross My Heart
March 24, 2000
You’re hearing part of the opening from a 1991 French movie called “Cross My Heart.” Read more "Cross My Heart" - Oz on the Internet
March 23, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Oz-on-the-Internet.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 3/23/2000 Oz on the Internet Transcript What you might not know is that it all started, 100 years ago, with a book. ... - Randolph Caldecott
March 22, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Randolph-Caldecott.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/22/2000 Randolph Caldecott Transcript Here’s Rita Smith with a Rediscovery. Why is Randolph Caldecott, the Lord of the English nursery and the father ... - Optimism
March 21, 2000
Here’s a Shelley Fraser Mickle remembering for National Optimism Month. Read more "Optimism" - Kate Greenaway
March 20, 2000
Today, John Cech talks about the influence of illustrator Kate Greenaway. Read more "Kate Greenaway" - Things Irish
March 17, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Things-Irish.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 3/17/2000 Things Irish Transcript It started out as a reference question for eight-year-old Patrick, who is one of my favorite library patrons. ...