Tag: Play
Hobby Horses: A Brief, Brief History
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Hobby-Horses-a-brief-brief-history.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/12/2005 Hobby Horses Transcript One of the most ancient of all children’s toys — and a familiar resident under the Christmas tree for centuries — is the hobby horse. It’s a simple stick with a horse’s head and reigns attached, and, with it, you […]
Rediscovering Recess
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Rediscovering-Recess.mp3 Author Lauren Brosnihan Air Date 11/8/2005 Rediscovering Recess Transcript When you ask a child what their favorite subject in school is, the answer is often, “Recess.” As far back as 1884, in a paper delivered before the Department of Superintendents of the National Education Association, the philosopher and educator, […]
Sandcastles
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Fine-Art-of-Sandcastles.mp3 Author Kachina Domenick Air Date 9/1/2005 Sandcastles Transcript A trip to the beach wouldn’t be the same without playing in the sand. Whether you want to build the perfect sand castle, make the highest drip-mountain, bury your best friend in sand and give them a mermaid’s tail, or try […]
Revisiting an Old Time Toy – The Honey Tree
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Revisiting-an-Old-Time-Toy-The-Honey-Tree.mp3 Author Jennifer Coenen Air Date 8/30/2005 Revisiting an Old Time Toy – The Honey Tree Transcript Recently, I took my six-year-old daughter on an outing to a living history cabin from the late 1800s. She enjoyed the animals, but what really intrigued her was seeing how people lived back […]
National Bike Month
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Bicycle-Works.mp3 Author Ramona Caponegro Air Date 5/27/2005 National Bike Month Transcript As you think back on your own childhood, what stands out as the symbol of freedom and independence? For many kids both past and present, it is the bicycle, with its ability to carry you away from home at […]
Mystery Games
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/National-Game-and-Puzzle-Week.mp3 Author Cathlena Martin and Laurie Taylor Air Date 11/23/2004 Mystery Games Transcript If you and your family are into mysteries, especially on chilly late fall or winter evenings, you might want to look at some old and new games to add some quality family time to those evenings. While […]
Creating Play Spaces in the Woods
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Creating-Play-Spaces-in-the-Woods.mp3 Author Linda Lamme Air Date 6/22/2004 Creating Play Spaces in the Woods Transcript Near my house is a woods that is rapidly becoming housing, but before they bulldoze the area, I went to visit a huge tree fort that was built a number of years ago high in an […]
Marbles
We’re talking marbles, and I’ve been studying up on them again in a terrific little volume called The Klutz Book of Marbles.
Sidewalk Chalk
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Sidewalk-Chalk.mp3 Author Julie Sinn Air Date 3/29/2004 Sidewalk Chalk Transcript When my friend Angela needed some free time to clean up her apartment, wash a few loads of laundry, or plan a surprise birthday party, I would round up her daughter Alex and a well-used bucket of sidewalk chalk for […]
Mancala: Playing an Ancient Game in the Present
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mancala-Playing-an-Ancient-Game-in-the-Present.mp3 Author Julie Sinn Air Date 2/18/2004 Mancala Transcript I’ve always looked for different games to play with my friend Angela’s daughter, Alex. When Alex was six years old, her favorite was Mancala, an ancient Egyptian counting game for two players. Unlike Hi Ho Cherri-o or Candyland, Mancala challenges players […]