Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Little-One-The-Earliest-Child.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/23/2007 Little One, the Earliest Child Transcript The hair of the child is black and whispy, spiked, really, and her half moon of a mouth has broken into a smile that shows her few small teeth and that furrows her brow with crinkles that […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Scrub-Camp-A-Different-Sense-of-Mastery-.mp3 Author Dave Reidy Air Date 6/29/2006 “Scrub Camp” – A Different Sense of Mastery Transcript In his essay “Boy Culture,” E. Anthony Rotundo cites examples of 19th-century boys tormenting woodchucks and maiming unoffending insects. Even urban boys would return to their city homes with trophies stuffed and mounted. Such […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Science-Fair-Projects-at-the-OBryant-School.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/10/2006 O’Brient Science Fair Projects Transcript We’re heading for the home stretch of the school year, and it’s time to get really serious about those science fair projects. If you’re a student at the O’Brient High School for Math and Science in Boston, you’ve […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/19th-Century-Science-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/7/2006 19th Century Environmental Books Transcript Beginning in the late 1700s, social, moral and particularly religious precepts began to be woven into science and natural history books for children. Most authors made at least some mention of the importance of studying nature as God’s […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Science-in-Yesrdays-Childrens-Books.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/28/2005 19th Century Science Transcript Books on science and natural history composed a significant part of the publications for children in the 19th century. The writers of these texts were not scientists, but they were very conscientious and scrupulously accurate with their scientific facts […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lost-Worlds-and-Ancient-Places.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/25/2005 Lost Worlds and Ancient Places Transcript The summer is the perfect time for kids to go exploring, in search of far away places and lost worlds. And there are many recent books that will help to whet their appetites for ancient lands, like […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Ye-Olde-Science.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 3/29/2005 Ye Olde Science Transcript When John Newbery published the first books specifically designed for children in the mid-1700’s the books had a dual purpose: to both amuse and instruct. Many of the books were imaginative literature, but some were non-fiction and some of […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Explanatoids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/18/2005 The Explanatoids Transcript You can see one part of the legacy of Fred Rodgers — Mr. Rogers to millions of us — literally on the streets and in the parks and playgrounds of his home town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And it’s a legacy […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Hand-in-the-Dough-Science.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Carol Murphy) Air Date 2/17/2005 “Hand in the Dough” Science Transcript La main à la pâte: It’s a familiar expression in French, and it means that to really learn about something, you need to put your hand in the dough. This is the title given to […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Vicki-Cobb-and-Her-Science-Books-for-kids.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/16/2005 Vicki Cobb and Her Science Books for Kids Transcript This week at the University of Florida we’re hosting a colloquium about some of the innovative ways that being found to bring science into children’s lives. Over the coming days, we’ll be introducing you […]