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 […]
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.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Isaac-Watts-A-First-Childrens-Poet.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 7/18/2002 Isaac Watts Transcript Isaac Watts, born in 1674 in England, was a Non-conformist minister and a hymn writer. In his lifetime he wrote over 600 hymns. Some of them, such as O God, Our Help in Ages Past, When I Survey the Wondrous […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Shout-Girl-Shout-Shake-Rattle-and-Roll.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 7/10/2002 Shout, Girl, Shout and Shake, Rattle and Roll Transcript If your children are old enough to be really into rock and roll, and it’s one of those summer days when even their favorite sounds have gotten a little boring, […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Elvis.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 7/2/2002 Elvis Transcript I was thirteen years old, living in Memphis, Tennessee, when Elvis let loose singing, “I’m All Shook Up.” Of course, it was a year before that when he sang “I’m nothing but a hound dog” that he really started shaking […]
You’re hearing a very scratchy portion of the folksong, “Miss Jenia Jones,” from one of the first multi-media packages for children, the Bubble Book from 1918.
You’re listening to songwriter Harry Nilsson performing the TV theme from The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Going-Bananas-with-Shana.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 5/1/2002 Going Bananas with Shana Transcript If you’ve not heard of Shana Banana yet, it might not be too long before your toddler tells you about her. Shana is a fresh new recruit in the world of children’s music, and the singer-songwriter has been […]
You’re hearing one of the actresses who belongs to the group that calls itself the Standard Deviants, discussing a point of nutritional information from one of the group’s PBS television programs, “Mission Nutrition.”
Here’s Kevin Shortsleeve celebrating the birthday of Mickey Dolenz, one of the real believers in wonderful entertainment for young people.