Tag: John Cech
Mucha Lucha
You may not have heard of Mucha Lucha before, but it’s got to have the best music of any kids’ cartoon show currently (or maybe ever) on television.
Nicky’s Jazz for Kids
That’s Nat King Cole and the King Cole Trio, with the elegant nonsense of “The Magic Song,” from a new CD called Nicky’s Jazz for Kids.
Baby Books to Nosh On
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Baby-Books-to-Nosh-On.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/9/2004 Baby Books to Nosh On Transcript There’s something happening with books that are being published for very young children — those thick-paged, board books for babies and toddlers — and it’s something really delicious. Gone for good are those “A is for Apple,” […]
Fame Moves to TV
Those are some the teachers from New York City’s High School for the Performing Arts, introducing their freshmen wannabe stars to the rigors of the disciplines that they hope will propel them to fame.
Some Holiday Vacation Videos for the Whole Family
Ah, you know you’re in for an adventure when dad takes the shortcut, like Chihiro’s dad, in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away.
“House Party” Time
It’s always a house party when a new CD from Dan Zanes and Friends appears.
Warbling Through the Holidays
That’s the Montreal Ornithological Orchestra with a chorus of goldfinches, geese, cuckoos, crows, larks, loons, orioles, robins, swallows, tanagers, and turtle doves with a version of an old holiday favorite that’s sure to put a chirp in your step.
Three Books From the Middle East
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Three-Books-from-the-Middle-East.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/12/2003 Three Books From the Middle East Transcript More than one billion people in the world today are Muslim, and yet, in America, we know relatively little about this religion and its founder, the Prophet Muhammad. One couldn’t wish for a better introduction to […]
Walter Wick’s Magical Puzzles
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Walker-Wicks-Magical-Puzzles.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/24/2003 Walter Wick’s Magical Puzzles Transcript It’s National Game and Puzzle week, and we spoke recently with Walter Wick, the artist whose photographs, along with author Jean Marzallo’s riddles, have been challenging viewers, young and old alike, through their I Spy books. Wick’s latest book, Dream Machine, […]
Kid Komedy Will Crack You Up
That’s Michelle, with two jokes from her stand-up routine on a CD called The Best of Kid Komedy.