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.
- Shelley’s Valentines
February 10, 2000
Here’s a Shelley Fraser Mickle remembering, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Read more "Shelley’s Valentines" - Lovelorn Princess
February 8, 2000
Here’s Barry Stewart Mann with a Valentine’s story about an unlikely love. Read more "Lovelorn Princess" - First Valentines
February 7, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/First-Valentines.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/7/2000 First Valentines Transcript Valentines came into their own in the United States in the 1840s, but, of course, there were valentines before ... - Fresh
February 4, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Fresh.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/4/2000 Fresh Transcript In Boaz Yakin’s award-winning film, “Fresh,” we watch with fascination and growing dread as Michael, whose nickname is “Fresh,” ... - Norman Rockwell’s Children
February 3, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Norman-Rockwells-Children.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/3/2000 Norman Rockwell’s Children Transcript For the next several years, a remarkable exhibit of the paintings of Norman Rockwell will be touring ... - Langston Hughes
February 2, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Langston-Hughes.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/2/2000 Langston Hughes Transcript What better place to begin Black History Month than with Langston Hughes, who reminds us of the poetry–singing, ... - Willie Mae
February 1, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Willie-Mae.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 2/1/2000 Willie Mae Transcript When I was growing up in Arkansas in the early fifties, my grandmother had a woman who ... - Black History Month Websites
January 31, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Black-History-Websites.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 1/31/2000 Black History Month Websites Transcript Koren Stembridge is on the internet for us, with some information about Black History Month, which ... - Federal Theater Project
January 28, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Federal-Theater-Project.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/28/2000 Federal Theater Project Transcript The recent film by Tim Robbins, “Cradle Will Rock,” which has been receiving a great deal of ... - Wolfgang Wunderkid
January 27, 2000
You’re hearing part of the first composition by the world’s most astonishing musical genius, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Read more "Wolfgang Wunderkid" - Space Sites
January 26, 2000
Here’s Koren Stembridge with information about educational websites about space. Read more "Space Sites" - Boy Scouts Books
January 25, 2000
Here’s Rita Smith, the curator of the Baldwin Collection of Children’s Literature, to discuss Boy Scouts books. Read more "Boy Scouts Books" - The Littlest 49ers
January 24, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Littlest-49ers.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/24/2000 The Littlest 49ers Transcript Gold was discovered this morning on the American River in California in 1848, on a construction site ... - Two Iranian Children’s Films
January 21, 2000
Elaine Needelman has a review for us today two Iranian children’s films. Read more "Two Iranian Children’s Films" - Lines of Communication
January 20, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lines-of-Communication.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 1/20/2000 Lines of Communication Transcript The day my brother and I decided to make homemade walkie talkies, I was nine and it ... - Manners
January 19, 2000
Here’s Rita Smith, the curator of the Baldwin Collection of Children’s Literature, to discuss historical manners instruction for children. Read more "Manners" - Danny Kaye
January 18, 2000
That’s the opening to one of Danny Kaye’s best-known songs from the 1952 movie in which Kaye starred as the 19th Danish storyteller. Read more "Danny Kaye" - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 17, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Martin-Luther-King-Jr.-Day.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 1/15/2000 Martin Luther King, Jr. Transcript This coming Monday is our nationally designated holiday celebrating the life and work of Dr. Martin ... - Horatio Alger
January 13, 2000
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Horatio-Alger.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 1/13/2000 Horatio Alger Transcript Today is the birthday of Horatio Alger, a prolific nineteenth century writer of novels for boys which became known ... - Kukla, Fran, and Ollie
January 12, 2000
Elaine Needelman has found three old friends for her media review this week. Read more "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie"