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.
- “Scrub Camp” – A Different Sense of Mastery
June 29, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Scrub-Camp-A-Different-Sense-of-Mastery-.mp3 Author Dave Reidy Air Date 6/29/2006 “Scrub Camp” – A Different Sense of Mastery Transcript In his essay “Boy Culture,” E. Anthony Rotundo cites examples of 19th-century ... - A Few Minutes with Colleen Salley
June 28, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Few-Miniutes-with-Colleen-Salley.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 6/28/2006 A Few Minutes with Colleen Salley Transcript Earlier this year, at the American Library Association’s mid-winter conference, Recess correspondent Susan Raab spoke with ... - Superman Returns
June 27, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Superman-Returns.mp3 Author Stephanie Sullivan Lytle Air Date 6/27/2006 Superman Returns Transcript Born in the weary depths of the Great Depression, turned down by all but one comics publisher ... - Ricky Gervais’s Flanimals
June 19, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/More-Flanimals-with-Ricky-Gervais.mp3 Author Dave Reidy Air Date 6/19/2006 Ricky Gervais’s Flanimals Transcript British comedian Ricky Gervais has created, written, and starred in two wildly successful television series, The Office and Extras. “The ... - Bone
June 15, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jeff-Smiths-Magnum-Opus-Comic-Bone.mp3 Author Stephanie Boluk Air Date 6/15/2006 Bone Transcript Like many children, one of the things I enjoyed doing when I was young was inventing characters — and ... - If One is Good, Two is Better
June 13, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/If-One-is-Good-Two-is-Better.mp3 Author Dave Reidy Air Date 6/13/2006 If One is Good, Two is Better Transcript Educators have long been able to prove that the earlier a child begins ... - Maurice Sendak’s Legacy: Brundibar
June 12, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Brundibar.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/12/2006 Brundibar Transcript You’re hearing the moving lullaby from the children’s opera, Brundibar, which was written by Hans Krása in the late 1930s ... - Children at the Wedding
June 8, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Children-in-the-Wedding-Party.mp3 Author Cari Keebaugh Air Date 6/8/2006 Children at the Wedding Transcript As a soon-to-be-bride, people have asked me one particular question most over the past few months. ... - Pez on Parade
June 7, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Pez-on-Parade.mp3 Author Linda Stanley Air Date 6/7/2006 Pez on Parade Transcript Children love candy, especially when it comes in unique and interesting packaging. Business-savvy candy manufacturers have long ... - Play Ball!
June 5, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Play-Ball-Some-Basic-Baseball-Books-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/5/2006 Play Ball! Transcript If it’s raining and the game’s called, you can still keep the youngest baseball players you know dreaming ... - Jazz Baby
June 2, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jazz-Baby-music-review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/2/2006 Jazz Baby Transcript “I started out to make a little CD just for my own kids, using the very talented jazz ... - Rita Mosquito
May 30, 2006
They’re back! You can hear them buzzing around your ears every evening, but they too have their stories, as Barry Stewart Mann tells us today. Read more "Rita Mosquito" - The Children’s Playgrounds of Noguchi
May 29, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-childrens-Playground-of-Isamu-Noguchi.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/29/2006 The Children’s Playgrounds of Noguchi Transcript During his long life, from 1904-1988, the world-renowned artist Isamu Noguchi made paintings and later ... - Scat Like That
May 26, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Scat-Like-That-music-review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/26/2006 Scat Like That Transcript Now, here’s a song from the prolific duo of Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer that has my ... - Of Typewriters and Poems
May 23, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lola-Haskins-Typewriters-and-Poems.mp3 Author Lola Haskins Air Date 5/23/2006 Top view thirties retro writers desk with typewriter on old wooden background table top. Of Typewriters and Poems Transcript When our daughter ... - Songs from the Neighborhood
May 22, 2006
That’s Jon Secada with the opening for his rendition of the theme song that Fred Rogers made famous on his Mister Rogers Neighborhood, which premiered today in 1967, and is still being rerun on television stations everywhere. Read more "Songs from ... - Beethoven’s Wig
May 19, 2006
That’s part of Haydn’s “Surprise Symphony” set to words on a CD called Beethoven’s Wig,” which features such other favorites as Bach’s “Bouree” for guitar, Delibes’ “Pizzicato from Sylvia,” and a most astonishing version of Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.” Read ... - A Conversation with Kevin Henkes
May 17, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/artist-Kevin-Henkes.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 5/17/2006 Kevin Henkes Transcript Continuing her series of conversations with writers and artists about their work, Susan Raab recently spoke with Kevin ... - A Year With Frog and Toad
May 15, 2006
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Year-with-Frog-and-Toad-music-review-1.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/15/2006 A Year With Frog and Toad Transcript For many ancient calendars, springtime marked the beginning of the new year, and so ... - Mother’s Day Music
May 12, 2006
That’s the Chicago Children’s Choir from their lovely CD called Open Your Heart, which gathers together a group of songs from around the world. Read more "Mother’s Day Music"