Who Else Wants to Introduce Their Family
To the Greatest Writer of All Time...
...and Actually Have Everyone Enjoy the Experience?
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a poet, playwright and actor in Elizabethan England. His work has influenced and inspired writers and poets like no other author. His plays & sonnets have remained popular throughout the centuries, all around the world. But for all that, most young people today (and their parents) know little to nothing about this most famous and most quoted writer of all time.
However, we're not here to convince you that Shakespeare was one of the most influential, important English writers of all time. He was and still is. Nor are we going to try to convince you that every educated young person ought to be at least somewhat familiar with his work. That's a given.
We're here to give you the TOOLS you need to introduce this wonderful writer's work to YOUR family.So let's get this out of the way quick:
Are you one of those folks who... a) ...just don't like/get Shakespeare?
b) ...find Shakespeare questionable?
c) ...wonder what it is other folks see in Shakespeare's writings?
If you answered "yes" to any of these, click here
For everyone else:
Whether you are already a Shakespeare "lover" -- or even if you've been bewildered or "put off" by Shakespeare in the past — you'll find the wonderful resources in this brand new collection a delightful new way to experience Shakespeare's writings. And in the process, you may just plant a seed in your kids which will blossom into a love of the most classic literature - and writer - of all time.
So here it is... the Tools we've put together to provide an easy to use, "painless"
Home Study Course Introducing Shakespeare to YOUR children and family....
E. Nesbit's
BEAUTIFUL STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE
BRAND NEW AUDIOBOOK Edition
A Home Study Course For the Young At Heart
20 Stories from Shakespeare’s plays retold for all ages
Narrated by Rose Lee, Anna Sul, and Ramona VoightFor more information on this Audiobook, our readers, and to hear samples -- click here!
Included in this newly recorded 4+ hour audiobook course:
* A Brief Biography of Shakespeare
* A Midsummer Night’s Dream
* The Tempest
* As You Like It
* The Winter’s Tale
* King Lear
* Twelfth Night
* Much Ado About Nothing
* Romeo and Juliet
* Pericles
* Hamlet
* Cymbeline
* Macbeth
* The Comedy of Errors
* The Merchant of Venice
* Timon of Athens
* Othello
* The Taming of the Shrew
* Measure for Measure
* Two Gentlemen of Verona
* All’s Well that Ends Well
SHAKESPEARE ON THE AIR!
CLASSIC AUDIO DRAMATIZATIONS
FROM THE DAYS OF OLD TIME RADIO
In 1939, the radio series "Great Plays" dramatized many of Shakespeare's classic plays in an excellent series of one-hour adaptations. Slightly abridged both for time and content, they remain faithful to the original works. These were excellently performed, and include great music accompaniment. They are a great way to give your kids a taste of "real" Shakespeare.
* The Tempest
* Love’s Labor Lost
* The Merry Wives of Windsor
* Julius Caesar
(two very different versions of this play are included!)
* Macbeth
* As You Like It
* Hamlet
* OthelloPlus we've also included these BONUS Audio Programs:
* Selected Short Readings from Shakespeare (1 hour)
* An Interview with William Shakespeare - A witty and fascinating "interview" with Shakespeare & others who claimed to author his works (30 min.)
* Shakespeare’s Hometown- A story of how Shakespeare's hometown became the home for the most famed Shakespearean Festival of all, narrated by Boris Karloff
* English Restoration Plays - the fascinating story of the theatre in the years just following Shakespeare's death, and his influence on what came after him (1 hour)
Important Note:
The Audio Programs on this collection are MP3 files. That means that...
...the shows on this CD can only be played on your computer, an MP3 compatible CD player, or most DVD players. They will not play on a regular CD player. (Included on the CD is a Special Report on how to make good cassette copies of these programs, how to make your own Audio CDs with your computer CD burner, and how to listen to the shows using portable MP3 players.)Plus you also get these...
28 E-books, Study Guides & Teaching Resources
Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare
by E. Nesbit
The classic retelling of Shakespeare's plays, heavily illustrated with line drawings by Max Bihn. A great read-along companion to our Audiobook version above. (PDF)Tales of Shakespeare retold for Children
by Charles & Mary Lamb
The "other" classic book of retellings of Shakespeare’s plays for the young at heart. This is a great complement to “Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare” as the two books bring out different details and nuances of each story. You'll want to LISTEN to the "Beautiful Stories" Audiobook version, then READ the Lambs' alternate version of each story! (PDF)56 Page Shakespeare Coloring Book
Includes 2-3 full page illustrations to color from each of Shakespeare's plays.
Let your kids LISTEN to the Audiobook story while coloring these delightful illustrations! (PDF)A Pronunciation Guide to Shakespeare’s Names
A quick way to untangle the tongue-twisting character names in Shakespeare's plays (PDF)Great Quotations from Shakespeare for Copywork and Memorization
A delightful 30 page book of memorable quotes from Shakespeare's writings, categorized by subject, A to Z.
Ideal for copywork exercises, for reading aloud, or for memorizing. (PDF)Shakespeare for All Seasons
An Introduction to the Bard for Homeschoolers, with an extensive online resource checklist (PDF)Homeschool Tips on Teaching Shakespeare (PDF)
Spooky Shakepeare
A Guide to scary Shakespeare scenes for Homeschool (PDF)A Shakespeare Timeline (PDF)
A Shakespeare Picture Gallery
Classic paintings of scenes from Shakespeare's plays (PDF)How to use “Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare”
to Introduce Young Listeners to Shakespeare (PDF)The Sonnets of Shakespeare
All 154 sonnets by Shakespeare. (PDF)
The Age of Shakespeare
by Algernon Charles Swinburne
A survey of the OTHER great writers of Shakespeare’s day, and how they influenced (and were influenced by) Shakespeare’s writings. (PDF)For Whom Shakespeare Wrote
by Charles Dudley Warner
Another very well written survey of the people and times in which Shakespeare lived, and how they viewed his works (PDF)Plus Study Guides...
TEN Concise 8-10 page PDF format study guides to Shakespeare's comedy plays.
Each of these includes some background information on the play, an Act-by-Act summary, and discussion questions.* Study Guide for The Merry Wives of Windsor
* Study Guide for The Merchant of Venice
* Study Guide for Comedy of Errors
* Study Guide for Two Gentlemen of Verona
* Study Guide for Taming of the Shrew
* Study Guide for Love’s Labour’s Lost
* Study Guide for Much Ado About Nothing
* Study Guide for As You Like It
* Study Guide for Twelfth Night
* Study Guide for The TempestPlus our own resources to help you use these
and other Audio stories in your household:* homeschoolradioshows.com’s Teacher’s Guide (PDF)
* How to Make Your Own CDs & Cassettes (PDF)
* How We Use these Programs: Tips from Families (PDF)
* Listening in the Car: How to set it up so it sounds GREAT (PDF)
Special Bonus:
We just didn't have room to include everything we wanted to on this jam-packed Home Study Course CD,
so we've put together an exclusive Resource Annex website
for the use only of customers who purchase this collection!Included on the site are...
* Special Report: Proven Tips from Homeschooling Families
On How Getting the Most Out of Shakespeare
* Bonus Study Guides
* Links to little known Shakespeare Resources on the Web
* Sample Chapters from our "Beautiful Stories" Audiobook
(so you can start in on it even before your CD arrives in the mail!)
and best of all...
Hours of Additional Shakespeare Readings,
Dramatizations & Audio Programs
for you to download and enjoy!You'll get INSTANT ACCESS to this special "customers only" Resource Annex
when you purchase your Shakespeare for the Ears collection.
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