Shakespeare: as a family or not??

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  • August 25, 2013 at 2:42 am
    my3boys
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    I would like to my dc to have a little Shakespeare in their lives but I’m struggling on how to schedule him.  I have a 9th grade student who has only read a bit from Lamb’s and then two younger dc who only know about him from The Bard of Avon, incidental conversations, and Jim Weiss audio books. (I think my oldest listened in on the audios at times.)

    My dc are ok with studying certain events/people together, but I’m not sure if my two younger ones are ready for even the retellings.  My oldest would be ok, I think.  So would it be worth a trial for him to read one on his own?? If that doesn’t work, I guess I could read to him, but not with the other two. 

    When we listened to the Jim Weiss retellings, we did not listen purposefully, only in the car for fun.  I thought we could listen to those again (just the younger two) and add something else…maybe coloring pages?? 

    Any thoughts??

    August 25, 2013 at 10:47 am
    nebby
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    How young are the younger ones? My experience is that even at 6 they can appreciate the retellings. We would stop frequently to ask what is going on and maybe keep a chart of who is who. It can get confusing with lots of people disguised as others! But my kids always love the stories. And it is a great subject to do as a family.

    Nebby

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    August 25, 2013 at 10:56 am
    Bookworm
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    Shakespeare is too fun when done with others to miss this.  If all else fails, you, your husband, your oldest could actually take parts, and the younger ones could be allowed to listen.  My youngest just “hung around” for some time while the rest of us read, but he was soon eager to take part in the fun, too, so we got him his own larger print copy (looked less scary) and let him do very short parts.  He had a ball and still loves doing Shakespeare today.

    August 25, 2013 at 12:58 pm
    sheraz
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    We all love Shakespeare here too. We read the retellings from both Nesbit and Lamb, then read aloud ourselves and/or follow along with some from Librivox. If I have a real version (like BBC) we watch it.

    August 25, 2013 at 1:03 pm
    missceegee
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    Agreeing that out loud in a group is better whether that is listening or watching an audio/video version or taking parts and reading aloud yourselves. It misses the mark to read silently IMO.

    August 25, 2013 at 3:01 pm
    my3boys
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    Perfect. 

    I had a feeling you’d all give the advice you gave…We will start over together and I’ll gather some supplies to make it enjoyable for all of us.  I have several books/plays and whatnot, but I was showing my 6th grader the paper dolls and he’d like some of those for narratingLaughing.

    Thanks again!

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