Every Bed of Roses: Shakespeare for a Charlotte Mason Education {Day 2/5 Back to School Blog Hop}

5 Days of Back to Homeschool Blog Hop Day 2 William Shakespeare Resource List

My very first encounter with Shakespeare was well over 20 years ago in high school. Our assigned work was Macbeth. I loved every minute of the class but the thought of teaching Shakespeare in our home left me quaking in my shoes!

Since reading A Charlotte Mason Companion chapter on teaching Shakespeare I've been inspired to start reading a simplified version of Shakespeare to Nathaniel and to my surprise he rather enjoys it.

A wonderful new book on How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig recently caught my eye. In this book you will understand the many reasons to read Shakespeare to your children as well as find the tools on just how to equip your children to appreciate all that Shakespeare is to our modern culture.

Many of the words we use in today's modern vernacular are created by Shakespeare himself. Here is a sample: "You've got to be cruel to be kind" "If Truth were known" "Love is blind" "Seen better days" and many more.

Shakespeare Books

The Young Reader's Shakespeare books are one of my favourite resources. They are well written and beautifully illustrated. Available titles: Macbeth, Othello, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The Usborne Young Reading William Shakespeare has been a delight.
Mr William Shakespeare's Plays by Marcia Williams presents seven classic Shakespeare plays. This title includes such novels as "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Macbeth", "Julius Caesar", "The Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest".
Bravo, Mr. William Shakespeare! by Marcia Williams presents As You Like It, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard III, Twelfth Night, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing
Open Source: Shakespeare
For the Lego lovers in your family: Brick Shakespeare: Four Tragedies & Four Comedies
Shakespeare Stories By (author) William Shakespeare, Edited by Leon Garfield Here are twelve of Shakespeare's most memorable plays, presented in a fresh narrative form to delight both those who know the plays well and those who are new to them. Dramatic color illustrations and varied black-and-white drawings perfectly capture the mood of each story.
Shakespeare Stories II "By skillfully weaving his own prose with Shakespeare's language, Garfield has refashioned nine of the Elizabethan playwright's dramas into stories, capturing all the richness of the characters, plot, mood, and setting. Foreman's dramatic illustrations are the perfect complement to this celebration of Shakespeare's genius."
The Shakespeare Stories is a box set of 16 shortened Shakespeare stories. This is a good set for young readers. These books are available separately.
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare "It is full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme. It contains the plays "A Midummer Night's Dream", "Hamlet", "Macbeth", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Tempest", and "Twelfth Night". It also includes a section at the back on the life and times of Shakespeare."
Shakespeare's Stories for Young Readers by E.Nesbit

Books on The Life of Shakespeare

Shakespeare: His Work & His World by By (author) Michael Rosen, Illustrated by Robert Ingpen "Rosen makes the life and work of Shakespeare vibrant and exciting in this perfectly splendid biography. . . . Beautiful and engaging." This book is simply worth is weight in gold it's so beautifully presented.
The Usborne Young Reading William Shakespeare has been a delight.
100 of the Best Books on Shakespeare.