shakespeare for kids?
Lyla Wolfenstein
i am wondering if anyone has any recommendations - my 10 year old son just expressed an interest in shakespeare, but is worried he'll be bored, and the language does take some getting used to...
are there any "shakespeare light" options for the initial introduction? anybody else been down this road?
thanks
Lyla
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are there any "shakespeare light" options for the initial introduction? anybody else been down this road?
thanks
Lyla
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carelia
On Feb 25, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Lyla Wolfenstein wrote:
http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/shakespeare.php
they have a DVD, also. :)
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> i am wondering if anyone has any recommendations - my 10 year oldhe might enjoy this:
> son just expressed an interest in shakespeare, but is worried he'll
> be bored, and the language does take some getting used to...
>
> are there any "shakespeare light" options for the initial
> introduction? anybody else been down this road?
http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/shakespeare.php
they have a DVD, also. :)
**********
carelia ~ C. Norton
carelia@...
http://PlantImpossibleGardens.blogspot.com/
"Mum" to Katherine (21), Christopher (17), and Aaron (9), and
"Moogie" to Ashlynn (20 months)
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time
to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. ~ Oscar Wilde,
"The Critic as Artist," 1890
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Sandra Dodd
-=-are there any "shakespeare light" options for the initial
introduction? anybody else been down this road?-=-
On paper, there are now several versions of illustrated-comics type
things. And there are paraphrases, story-style, for kids (the classic
is the Lambs...)
OH! They're online:
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/lambtales/LAMBTALE.HTM
But I wouldn't do that, unless he wants it for bedtime stories or
something.
I would start with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(Abridged) by The Reduced Shakespeare Company.
It's listed 3/4 the way down this:
http://sandradodd.com/shakespeare
The link isn't as good as it once was, but it will get to their site,
from which I found this link just now:
The meme is older than anyone guessed! Here it is, something I just
dug up at the library: the First Folio edition of...
Wm. Shakespeare's Five and Twenty Random Things Abovt Me
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=401633472
http://www.amazon.com/Reduced-Shakespeare-Company-Complete-Abridged/dp/B00008US5Q
http://sandradodd.com/strew/shakespeare
or the one above,
http://sandradodd.com/shakespeare
What has worked best here is that I'm just watching Shakespeare while
I sew or make something, and a kid will come by and watch, or not.
But it helps that if they ask questions I can answer them (or look it
up). I wouldn't try to watch with the kid, in a stress "we are
watching Shakespeare; shhhh!" kind of way.
Sandra
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introduction? anybody else been down this road?-=-
On paper, there are now several versions of illustrated-comics type
things. And there are paraphrases, story-style, for kids (the classic
is the Lambs...)
OH! They're online:
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/lambtales/LAMBTALE.HTM
But I wouldn't do that, unless he wants it for bedtime stories or
something.
I would start with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(Abridged) by The Reduced Shakespeare Company.
It's listed 3/4 the way down this:
http://sandradodd.com/shakespeare
The link isn't as good as it once was, but it will get to their site,
from which I found this link just now:
The meme is older than anyone guessed! Here it is, something I just
dug up at the library: the First Folio edition of...
Wm. Shakespeare's Five and Twenty Random Things Abovt Me
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=401633472
http://www.amazon.com/Reduced-Shakespeare-Company-Complete-Abridged/dp/B00008US5Q
http://sandradodd.com/strew/shakespeare
or the one above,
http://sandradodd.com/shakespeare
What has worked best here is that I'm just watching Shakespeare while
I sew or make something, and a kid will come by and watch, or not.
But it helps that if they ask questions I can answer them (or look it
up). I wouldn't try to watch with the kid, in a stress "we are
watching Shakespeare; shhhh!" kind of way.
Sandra
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Lyla Wolfenstein
thanks! someone else also recommended the reduced shakespeare so i added that to my netflix and i also found "shakespeare retold" and "shakespeare: animated tales"....we shall see how they all are! :)
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cathyandgarth
We haven't tried this game yet, but I have it bookmarked as something
to "strew" if they start asking more about Shakespeare, maybe your son
could try it and write a review.
It is an arcade style game designed around Shakespeare's works. The
website is way heavy on the "hidden educational agenda" which is a
little bit of a turn off for an unschooler because it feels like they
want people to be sneaky about the purpose of the game. However, if
your son WANTS to know more about Shakespeare, he might dig a game that
is designed to be fun AND teach Shakespeare.
http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/speare.cfm
Cathy
to "strew" if they start asking more about Shakespeare, maybe your son
could try it and write a review.
It is an arcade style game designed around Shakespeare's works. The
website is way heavy on the "hidden educational agenda" which is a
little bit of a turn off for an unschooler because it feels like they
want people to be sneaky about the purpose of the game. However, if
your son WANTS to know more about Shakespeare, he might dig a game that
is designed to be fun AND teach Shakespeare.
http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/speare.cfm
Cathy
Lyla Wolfenstein
cool, i will check it out and see if he is interested!
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Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Re: shakespeare for kids?
We haven't tried this game yet, but I have it bookmarked as something
to "strew" if they start asking more about Shakespeare, maybe your son
could try it and write a review.
It is an arcade style game designed around Shakespeare's works. The
website is way heavy on the "hidden educational agenda" which is a
little bit of a turn off for an unschooler because it feels like they
want people to be sneaky about the purpose of the game. However, if
your son WANTS to know more about Shakespeare, he might dig a game that
is designed to be fun AND teach Shakespeare.
http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/speare.cfm
Cathy
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Pam Sorooshian
Oh - there are Shakespeare in a Box sets that are wonderful. The first
one I bought was directly from the guy who made them up and it cost $40,
but now there are a couple of them sold on Amazon for less than $10, I
think. We did one of them at Thanksgiving once, with our extended
family. They're really well done - and organized so that you can have
any size cast. If you have fewer cast members, each will take multiple
parts and he's got it all worked out so people won't end up talking to
themselves. They give you some props and tell you to grab things you'll
have around the house for others.
Here is an amazon description for the Taming of the Shrew set:
SHAKESPEARE is like a host-your-own-murder game, but with an
intellectual and artistic bent. Beginning with one of Shakespeare's
best-known, best-loved works, the comedy The Taming of the Shrew, each
kit has everything needed to produce and act out a thoroughly
entertaining 45-minute version of the play: cards for a director and
technical director, showing how to cast the play, direct it, stage it,
and create easy sets and sound effects; cards for each of the major
parts, with a summary of the character and suggestions on how to play
him or her; ten cleverly abridged copies of the script; and key props.
For TAMING OF THE SHREW, each kit contains a working plastic recorder (a
"flute" instead of a lute) and plastic Groucho eyeglasses. Each kit also
contains a booklet introducing the wonderful world of Shakespeare,
acting tips and exercises, recipes for grog, and other good party games
to play.
-pam
one I bought was directly from the guy who made them up and it cost $40,
but now there are a couple of them sold on Amazon for less than $10, I
think. We did one of them at Thanksgiving once, with our extended
family. They're really well done - and organized so that you can have
any size cast. If you have fewer cast members, each will take multiple
parts and he's got it all worked out so people won't end up talking to
themselves. They give you some props and tell you to grab things you'll
have around the house for others.
Here is an amazon description for the Taming of the Shrew set:
SHAKESPEARE is like a host-your-own-murder game, but with an
intellectual and artistic bent. Beginning with one of Shakespeare's
best-known, best-loved works, the comedy The Taming of the Shrew, each
kit has everything needed to produce and act out a thoroughly
entertaining 45-minute version of the play: cards for a director and
technical director, showing how to cast the play, direct it, stage it,
and create easy sets and sound effects; cards for each of the major
parts, with a summary of the character and suggestions on how to play
him or her; ten cleverly abridged copies of the script; and key props.
For TAMING OF THE SHREW, each kit contains a working plastic recorder (a
"flute" instead of a lute) and plastic Groucho eyeglasses. Each kit also
contains a booklet introducing the wonderful world of Shakespeare,
acting tips and exercises, recipes for grog, and other good party games
to play.
-pam
Joyce Fetteroll
On Feb 25, 2009, at 9:08 PM, Lyla Wolfenstein wrote:
Bruce Coville and some by Marianna Mayer.
My husband had bad experiences with Shakespeare so wasn't going to go
with me on our season tickets so I took Kathryn when she was 4 or so.
It was Midsummer Night's Dream. We read Bruce's version before we
went. And she said she understood what was going on. She had the
option to leave at any time and opted to stay for the whole thing.
Part may have been the whole play experience. And part was that she
was used to picking up what was going on from visual cues and tones
and not expecting to understand every word even in day to day speech.
Joyce
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> i am wondering if anyone has any recommendations - my 10 year oldThere are also some wonderful picture book versions, especially by
> son just expressed an interest in shakespeare, but is worried he'll
> be bored
Bruce Coville and some by Marianna Mayer.
My husband had bad experiences with Shakespeare so wasn't going to go
with me on our season tickets so I took Kathryn when she was 4 or so.
It was Midsummer Night's Dream. We read Bruce's version before we
went. And she said she understood what was going on. She had the
option to leave at any time and opted to stay for the whole thing.
Part may have been the whole play experience. And part was that she
was used to picking up what was going on from visual cues and tones
and not expecting to understand every word even in day to day speech.
Joyce
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Robyn L. Coburn
> My husband had bad experiences with Shakespeare so wasn't going to goJayn first learnt the story of Midsummer Night's Dream from the Disney
> with me on our season tickets so I took Kathryn when she was 4 or so.
> It was Midsummer Night's Dream. We read Bruce's version before we
> went. And she said she understood what was going on. She had the
> option to leave at any time and opted to stay for the whole thing.>>>>
Mickey Mouse version (Goofy as Puck). She also was interested because of the
Titania Barbie doll. Puck is one of the main characters in the Sisters Grimm
stories (Fairy Tale detectives). I've designed costumes for MS N D before
and showed Jayn my portfolio. I've written before about Jayn and her Juliet
Barbie.
There are a lot of ways into Shakespeare.
Robyn L. Coburn
www.Iggyjingles.etsy.com
www.iggyjingles.blogspot.com
www.allthingsdoll.blogspot.com