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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.


  • “Scrub Camp” – A Different Sense of Mastery

    June 29, 2006

    “Scrub Camp” - A Different Sense of Mastery
    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

    A Few Minutes with Colleen Salley
    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

    Superman Returns
    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

    Ricky Gervais's Flanimals
    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

    Bone
    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

    If One is Good, Two is Better
    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

    Maurice Sendak's Legacy: Brundibar
    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

    Children at the Wedding
    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

    Pez on Parade
    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

    Play Ball!
    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

    Jazz Baby
    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

    Rita Mosquito
    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

    The Children's Playgrounds of Noguchi
    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

    Scat Like That
    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

    Of Typewriters and Poems
    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

    Songs from the Neighborhood
    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

    Beethoven's Wig
    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

    A Conversation with Kevin Henkes
    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

    A Year With Frog and Toad
    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

    Mother's Day Music
    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"