Tag: Play
Counting Out Rhymes
It's springtime, and the playgrounds are finally un-thawed and ready for games. Here's Kevin Shortsleeve with some thoughts about one of the ways kids choose up sides.
“Kids on the Move” Exhibition
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kids-on-the-Move.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/16/2001 “Kids on the Move” Exhibition Transcript Today we’re celebrating the day the clamp-on roller skate was patented — a truly important invention in the history of childhood because it gave kids another exhilarating way to sail through their young lives. Such energy is […]
Outdoor Games
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Outdoor-Games-on-the-Internet.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 6/15/2000 Outdoor Games Transcript It’s June, and one day very soon that school bell will ring for the last time, signaling the beginning of summer vacation! Over the past week, I’ve been asking my library patrons to tell me about their favorite summer memories […]
Lines of Communication
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lines-of-Communication.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 1/20/2000 Lines of Communication Transcript The day my brother and I decided to make homemade walkie talkies, I was nine and it was 1953. Ordinarily we didn’t have much to say to each other, and what we did say wasn’t always nice. But […]
Baseball Cards
As curator of a historical children's literature collection, Rita Smith comes across many things youngsters stuck into pages of a book. Today, she discusses a recent find: baseball cards.