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Well, I have promised myself this spring to finally dive into Shakespeare with the boys (age 11 and 14).
I am trying to collect the bits and pieces of advice I have collected on introducing Shakespeare to my kids and myself. Here is what I remember-
-Get a good movie version- Kenneth Branagh is a good bet.
-Read a simplified version first, such as from Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbitt.
-Try and see the plays live, at least on video- reading them the first time will not bring them to life.
-If the kids enjoy acting (mine don't!) act them out!
I would so love any more ideas. Especially what play would be a good one to begin with?
And.. anything that has worked in your home to bring Shakespeare to life! 
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Hi Cindy!
I don't know if I can offer much  since my children are much younger than yours, but just to add to the list of resources, we've enjoyed the Lois Burditt books, Jim Weiss's "Shakespeare for Children CD" and the reading of sonnets by Sir John Geilgud...
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Chicago Review Press has a series of books "For Kids" that cover different topics. One of the books is Shakespeare for Kids. I have seen it but not really used it. I have used some of their other titles - like Lewis and Clark for Kids, Civil War for Kids and WWII For Kids. My children really enjoy them -they have a mix of information and activity to go along with the study of that topic.
www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1556523475/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-843484 1-0558542#reader-link
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Hi Cindy!
We have a game called Playing Shakespeare, from Aristoplay. It is a lot of fun and a good way of remembering quotes from Shakespeare - it helps to put the quote into google, too, and see what references you can pull up.
Jonathon "got into" Shakespeare when he was younger via Asterix books - there were many quotes and he wanted more information. So, try looking for Shakespeare connections in everyday life, in other books, in movies.
We also have some picture book re-tellings of Shakespeare - and each have a theme discussion at the end. Anthony and Thomas and I enjoy these - published by Oxford University Press, in paperback. We first found these at the library.
Oh, Bruce Coville also does some picture book re-tellings!
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Leonie writes:
>Oh, Bruce Coville also does some picture book re->tellings!
These are my absolute favorite and appeal to all ages. We own Bruce Coville's Romeo and Juliet, MacBeth, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. We have quite a few adaptations of Shakespeare, but for gorgeous illustrations and good writing, these are the best.
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MaryM wrote:
| Chicago Review Press has a series of books "For Kids" that cover different topics. One of the books is Shakespeare for Kids. I have seen it but not really used it. I have used some of their other titles - like Lewis and Clark for Kids, Civil War for Kids and WWII For Kids. |
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I have the Shakespeare book, but have not used it yet.......but have loved their other books.
and, since we are the subject of these books......but off-topic from the forum 
go look on the back of the WWII for KIds book.........and you will see my great-uncle! His story is in the book.........Howard Scott.......is that cool or what? please say a prayer for him.....he just turned 80yrs.............and has been married to a Catholic for about 60 yrs.......and has yet to convert!! we will go see him next June! yea!
back to the subject of Shakespeare......
the kids and I just saw a wonderful play of A MIdsummer's Night Dream last week. It was excellent!
even though we live an hour from one of the Shakespearean capitols of the world........we saw this play at our local junior college...........for only $2/ ticket...........at the school performance..........to go to Ashland, OR..........would be about $35 per ticket. yikes!
so, call your local theater departments..........and watch for high school performances, too.........good plays at thrifty prices!!
the Nesbitt book is good....as is the Lamb's retellings, too.
both can be found online:
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbitt
online version:
http://emotional-literacy-education.com/classic-books-online -b/bsshk10.htm
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Tales From Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/lambtales/LAMBTALE.HTMhttp:// shakespeare.palomar.edu/lambtales/LAMBTALE.HTM
I usually read the stories before we go to a play.........from both books..........for comparison.
we also second Jim Weiss's retellings!
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A couple of years ago, we were about to begin a special month focusing on Shakespeare, and I wanted something fun to kick it off. To surprise the children, I packed a "teatime" with all the trimmings and made a fancy menu on floral paper. The menu is saved in a box
somewhere, but I can still remember several of the offerings:
The Tempest in a Teapot (sweet vanilla milk tea)
The Romeo and Juliet (a loving marriage of turkey and cranberry sauce on a buttermilk biscuit)
The Taming of the Cuke (cucumber sandwiches laced with fresh dill on buttered white bread)
Queen Titania's Fairy Berries (an enchanted assortment of blueberries, stawberries, and raspberries)
MacBeth's Cauldron (chocolate fondue in a portable fondue pot--perfect for dipping Queen Titania's berries)
The best part of all was that the girls really weren't expecting it. I packed the whole basket in secret and brought it out just as they began to get hungry during one of our nature walks. We stopped in a particularly picturesque spot in the gardens of a local museum, and I laid out a beautiful white tablecloth and real china teacups. Needless to say, the girls were thrilled and quite impressed with the cute little candle-powered fondue pot I'd brought along. As I recall, we read a gorgeously illustrated version of The Tempest during tea, and a good time was had by all!
BTW, I wrote about this on CCM once, so please forgive me if you are hearing this story for the second time.
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