Tag: John Cech
Music for the Family and Peace
That’s the late Lennon with “Beautiful Boy” — his ode to his new-born son, Sean. It’s on a CD from Music for Little People called “A Celebration of Family.”
Children’s Books in the Aftermath of 9/11
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/11-2.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 9/12/2002 Children’s Books in the Aftermath of 9/11 Transcript Since last September 11th, children’s books have been very quiet about this difficult subject. In many ways, writers, artists, editors, and publishers are still trying to figure out what to say, […]
Innocent Voices
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Innocent-Voices.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/9/2002 Innocent Voices Transcript This week, as we commemorate the anniversary of September 11th, we adults have been thinking about some of the ways that children try to understand and cope with these and other shocking and saddening events. One heartbreaking example of how […]
Back to Basics, Building with Bob
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Bob-the-Builder.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 9/5/2002 Back to Basics, Building with Bob Transcript If your youngsters are into building — with blocks or sand or with cardboard boxes or chairs and blankets — then you might want to introduce them to Bob the Builder who’s […]
Labor Day and Lewis Hine
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Labor-Day-and-Lewis-Hines-Photos.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/2/2002 Labor Day and Lewis Hine Transcript Early in the 20th century, one of the more dangerous artistic careers was photographing the working conditions of American children, in our factories and mines, on the streets and in the packing plants. And no one took […]
Back to School By Way of the Solar System
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Back-to-School-Via-the-Solar-System.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/29/2002 Back to School By Way of the Solar System Transcript They’ve just done a wonderful thing in our town on what used to be a rather dull, bare street that was devoid of any real visual distinction. There’s a long sidewalk, that’s really […]
Motown Baby Books
That’s a little of “My Girl” from the Music for Little People CD, “Toddlers Sing Rock ‘n’ Roll” — which could be the accompaniment for a brand new book version of that golden oldie.
The Jasmine Flower
You’re hearing part of the traditional “Anthem of Parents” sung by the Beijing Angelic Choir from their recent CD, “The Jasmine Flower.”
World Playground II
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/World-Playground-II-Music-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/23/2002 World Playground II Transcript It’s American Dance Week, and if you doh-see-doh through almost any of our urban neighborhoods today, you’re likely to hear an astonishing mix of music pouring from the windows of homes, cars and personal stereos, and see people dancing […]
Spy Kids, the Phenomenon
That’s a scene from the first “Spy Kids” movie, one of the surprise hits of last summer, when the kids, Carmen and Juni Cortez, discover that their parents are really spies.