How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig

To make sure that the adaptations fit your family’s version of acceptable, you may want to pre-read anything you’ll share with your children, especially if they’ll read it on their own. However, if you are ready for your children to read Shakespeare’s work, you may want to do so with stories that are adapted for Shakespeare for kids. Read one of his plays in a story adapted for children. So if you don’t think your children are ready to read the plays or memorize the verses from them, then this is a good way to just learn about the person. The book mentions the names of his plays, but not the actual verses. This would be a good book to read to your children if you just wanted to talk to them about Shakespeare himself and not his works. The book, Bard of Avon, shares the story of William Shakespeare. You could also share his life and works as part of a study of England or British history. Learn about his life through your history studies.Īnother simple way to introduce your children to Shakespeare is through discussing his life when studying the time period in which he lived. Not only does Ludwig share how to memorize the verses in this book, but he also shares the order in which Shakespeare’s works are easiest to learn. The book shares how to make learning the verses fun. My youngest homeschooler at the time was only in 2nd grade, yet was able to memorize verses too! My children memorized many verses from A Midsummer Night’s Dream several years ago. It makes teaching Shakespeare for kids much easier. The book, How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig, is the most comprehensive and easily executed resource I’ve found on helping children memorize Shakespeare. If you already have your children do memory work as part of your morning basket, then it’s easy to have them memorize verses of Shakespeare’s writing.

So a poetry tea time works perfectly for that! Have your children memorize his writings for memory work. I want my kids to enjoy reading his work, without the stress of doing it for a grade. So it was a stressful introduction to his work. In my high school literature class, we had to memorize verses from his plays. I remember my first experience of Shakespeare negatively. We’ll be reading through some of the book during our February morning basket. The first few pages give an introduction to Shakespeare with a background of his life. Plus the pages have wonderful color illustrations as well. Their William Shakespeare book shares many verses from his plays and sonnets. The Poetry for Young People series of books introduces children to a wide variety of poets.

Tea (or hot cocoa), baked goodies, and the Bard… a winning combination! Introduce his work during a Poetry Tea Time.Ī relaxed and inviting way to introduce your children to Shakespeare is to read his work while enjoying a poetry tea time.