Tag: Sports
The Youngest Olympians
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Faster-Higher-Stronger-Books-About-the-Olympics.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/6/2004 The Youngest Olympians Transcript With the Olympics beginning next week, there is sure to be a peak of curiosity about the games, especially among the young athletes in your household. One of the impressive new visual guides to the modern Olympics may help […]
The Ancient Olympics
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Children-at-the-Ancient-Olympics.mp3 Author Malini Roy Air Date 8/4/2004 The Ancient Olympics Transcript In the movie, Troy, we are repeatedly informed of ancient Greece’s obsession with winning glory through victory in war. In the Olympics to be held in Athens later this month, we will be regaled with another Greek way of […]
The Best Sport
With sports everywhere these days, being good at a sport is something most children dream and yearn for. But being a good sport, that's a different story. Take it from Barry Stewart Mann.
Walter Camp, Footballs and Books
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Walter-Camp-Athlete-and-Childrens-Book-Writer.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/8/2002 Walter Camp, Footballs and Books Transcript Walter Camp was born April 7, 1859. As a boy Camp wasn’t particularly athletic nor strong, but he loved sports and wanted to excel in them, so he set himself a personal regimen. Every morning he did […]
Books for Black History Month
Here's Linda Lamme with some books she'd like to recommend for Black History Month.
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.