Tag: Education
Rally Jacksonville
https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rally-Jacksonville-A-Citys-Gift-to-Its-Children.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/4/2006 Rally Jacksonville Transcript As the Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, John Peyton launched a pre-kindergarten literacy program that is remarkable in its scope, its accomplishments, and its support throughout the city. The program is called Rally Jacksonville, and it has quickly become a national model for how to bring […]
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 learning a second language, the more likely he or she is to achieve fluency in that language. The mind of a child […]
Choosing a Career
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Starting-Out-the-School-Year-on-the-Career-Path-.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 9/6/2005 Choosing a Career Transcript “So, what do you want to be when you grow up?” is a standard inquiry that adults use to initiate conversation with the kids around them. The question may be asked with genuine sincerity and interest or as a […]
Rewards of Merit
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rewards-of-Merit.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/1/2005 Rewards of Merit Transcript With the school year ending, it’s the season of report cards and awards — of every conceivable kind: ribbons and certificates, trophies, medals, and plaques, tassels and testimonials, rings and letters. But, whether in school or out, awards have […]
The Explanatoids
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Explanatoids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/18/2005 The Explanatoids Transcript You can see one part of the legacy of Fred Rodgers — Mr. Rogers to millions of us — literally on the streets and in the parks and playgrounds of his home town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And it’s a legacy […]
“Hand in the Dough” Science
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Hand-in-the-Dough-Science.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Carol Murphy) Air Date 2/17/2005 “Hand in the Dough” Science Transcript La main à la pâte: It’s a familiar expression in French, and it means that to really learn about something, you need to put your hand in the dough. This is the title given to […]
Earth Balloon
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Earth-Balloon.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/12/2004 Earth Balloon Transcript Several months ago, at the annual Public Radio Conference, I had a remarkable experience. I walked inside the Earth. Well, it was actually inside an inflated version of our world called the Earth Balloon, which was filled with air and […]
CDC’s Playing Cards for Kids
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Center-for-Disease-Controls-Cards-for-Kids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/10/2004 CDC’s Playing Cards for Kids Transcript Emails from listeners have brought us very interesting ideas for stories over the years that we’ve been on the air, but none quite as unexpected as this. We recently received a link to the Center for Disease […]
School Lunch Week: Pizza
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/National-School-Lunch-Week-Pizza.mp3 Author Malini Roy Air Date 10/12/2004 School Lunch Week: Pizza Transcript All over America, school lunches and pizza seem to go hand in hand. But few of us realize that this favorite of children and grown-ups alike has had a long and convoluted history down the millennia. Pizza as […]
A License for The Month of the Dinosaur
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-License-for-the-Month-of-the-Dinosaur.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 10/1/2004 A License for The Month of the Dinosaur Transcript Recently, while going through my old childhood books, I found my brother’s dinosaur hunting license. It reads: Dinosaur Hunting License Special Permit No. 737-8686 Issued to: Colin Issued by Authority U.S. Reptile Control Commission […]