Readers Theater is always a fun time, and even more so with my melodramatic stories which are short and funny. But, they are even funnier with a family reunion. As we all know who the hams are in our families, don’t we? This past holiday season, when our family came together for Thanksgiving as well as Christmas,…
Tag: William Shakespeare
I work hard to make sure kids find him funny with my Shakespeare for Kids books. But what’s equally clear to me, teens generally consider Shakespeare boring or “Why is my teacher wasting my life reading this #$%@” As I have seen on Twitter many times. But hey, if it’s not presented right, it comes…
Well today is the day of the week that most people practice religion of one type or another. For some people it’s the church, others football, and to others, reading is religion. Stepping into a slightly tighter niche than that, Shakespeare. And some of these people who love the Bard, get together on Sunday for…
So I just went to the movie theater with my kid to see the movie, The Book of Life. I really enjoyed the movie, and the music that goes along with it. But, what caught my surprise was the Shakespeare reference that was in it. This is a nice subtle way to get kids to…
I recently came across a great video through Twitter that is pretty impressive. Jim Meskimen is a professional impersonator and he spun together a great 2 minute video that’s both engaging and original. He was able to perform the famous, To be or not to be monologue from Hamlet with about 25 different famous celebrity…
Ok, I had to share this as soon as I heard of it, The Mini Page Archive. A publication for kids that ran from 1969 – 2007, and it’s all archived and searchable. It’s a periodical for kids around all sorts of different subjects. Lucky for us, there are 2 issues focused around Shakespeare: Yo! Shakespeare! –…
I tripped over this Macbeth summary video on YouTube, it’s pretty funny, and if you have high-schoolers, it’s a perfect quick summary that’ll fit right into their teenage attitude! Enjoy!
I recently came across a post about an app called Lulu. Now, mind you this is not an app for kids or Shakespeare for kids, yet, I’m thinking of this as much more for getting teenagers engaged with Shakespeare. While reading the article about Lulu and Shakespeare’s male characters, which I thought was pretty funny…