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.
- Penmanship
March 16, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Penmanship.mp3 Author Shelley Mickle Fraser Air Date 3/16/2000 Women holding a pens writing a notebook. Recording concept Penmanship Transcript Penmanship is more than learning how to put words on ... - Leonard Weisgard
March 15, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Leonard-Weisgard.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/15/2000 Leonard Weisgard Transcript Leonard Weisgard died this past January, at the age of 83. He was one of the central figures ... - Maple Sugar Thanksgiving
March 14, 2000
Last November, we heard a portion of a 1981 interview with Princess Redwing, which told about the first Thanksgiving from the Native American point of view. In this excerpt, the late Princess Redwing, who passed away a few years after ... - Johnny Appleseed Day
March 13, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Johnny-Appleseed.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/13/2000 Johnny Appleseed Day Transcript It’s Johnny Appleseed Day today, marking the death, in 1843, of one of our nation’s most intriguing ... - Wanda Gag
March 10, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Wanda-Gag.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/10/2000 Wanda Gag Transcript Here’s Rita Smith with a Lost and Found Essay. When Wanda Gag, who was born March 11, 1893, was ... - Barbie’s Debut
March 9, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Barbies-Debut.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/9/2000 Barbie’s Debut Transcript When toymakers talk about their hopes for success, the term they use to describe great, continuing sales is ... - Working Women’s Day
March 8, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Working-Womens-Day.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/8/2000 Working Women’s Day Transcript It’s International Women’s Day, a holiday in many countries around the world, as it should be in ... - Ravel’s Children
March 7, 2000
You’re hearing a little from one of the most recorded pieces of modern classical music, Ravel’s “Bolero”–though the French composer, who was born today in 1875, might be a little surprised to hear it played on a toy piano. Read ... - Autograph Books
March 6, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Autograph-Books.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/6/2000 Autograph Books Transcript This is National Autograph Collecting Week, and as we know the hunting of celebrity autographs–on every conceivable surface ... - Walter Dean Myers
February 29, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Walter-Dean-Meyers.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/29/2000 Walter Dean Myers Transcript In our continuing programs in celebration of Black History Month, a writer for children and young adults ... - Pivotal Books – Romance Writers
February 28, 2000
Here’s Rita Smith, the curator of the Baldwin Collection of Children’s Literature, to talk about pivotal books that have influenced romance writers. Read more "Pivotal Books – Romance Writers" - Helen Levitt’s Children
February 25, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Helen-Levitts-Children.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/25/2000 Helen Levitt’s Children Transcript Four girls are walking down the sidewalk, their backs to us. It is summer, and they are ... - Faith Ringgold
February 24, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Faith-Ringgold.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/24/2000 Faith Ringgold Faith Ringgold is a remarkable African American artist and writer, and Black History Month is a good time for ... - W. E. B. duBois
February 23, 2000
University of Florida professor Jim Haskins shares the story of W. E. B. Du Bois for Black History Month. Read more "W. E. B. duBois" - Photos as Illustrations
February 22, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Photos-as-Illustrations.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/22/2000 Photos as Illustrations Transcript In 1971, in the introduction to The Black Experience in Children’s Books, Augusta Baker wrote, “The depiction ... - Overdue
February 21, 2000
Here’s a Shelley Fraser Mickle remembering about overdue library books. Read more "Overdue" - African American Dick and Jane
February 18, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/African-American-Dick-and-Jane.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/18/2000 Dick and Jane Transcript The Dick and Jane readers that most baby boomers and pre-boomers learned their alphabets from first appeared in ... - Books for Black History Month
February 17, 2000
Here’s Linda Lamme with some books she’d like to recommend for Black History Month. Read more "Books for Black History Month" - African Lullabies
February 15, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/African-Lullabies.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/15/2000 African Lullaby Transcript In the liner notes for her remarkable new CD, African Lullaby, producer Shana Dressler refers this ancient musical ... - Kids’ Valentines Poems
February 14, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kids-Valentines-Poems.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/14/2000 Kids’ Valentine’s Poems Transcript Several years ago I gave a talk about writing for the children at an elementary school, just ...