Shakespeare For the Ears — What’s In It!
Well, whoops. We kinda, sorta alluded to what is going to be in our new SHAKESPEARE FOR THE EARS collection in an earlier post. So (since a couple of folks have already fussed at me about this), I think we better go ahead and give you an “almost” complete rundown of what will be included in this collection.
Here you go……………
* “BEAUTIFUL STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE” AUDIOBOOK
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 Voight
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
* READMEFIRST — How to use “Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare” to Introduce Young Listeners to Shakespeare (PDF)
* Ebook edition of E. Nesbit’s “Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare” (PDF)
* 56 Page Shakespeare Coloring Book (PDF)
* Pronunciation Guide to Shakespeare’s Names (PDF)
* Famous Quotes from Shakespeare: A Memorization and Copywork Book (PDF)
MP3 AUDIO PROGRAMS
Great Plays Dramatized
(full hour classic radio adaptations of these Shakespeare plays)
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* The Tempest
* Love’s Labor Lost
* The Merry Wives of Windsor
* Julius Caesar
* Macbeth
* As You Like It
* Hamlet
* Othello
* Selected Short Readings from Shakespeare
Bonus Audio Programs
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* An Interview with William Shakespeare
* Shakespeare’s Hometown
* English Restoration Plays
EBOOKS
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* Tales of Shakespeare retold for Children
by Charles & Mary Lamb
A classic “living book” of retellings of Shakespeare’s plays for the young at heart. This is a great complement to “Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare” by E. Nesbit (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)
* Study Guide for The Merchant of Venice
(Each of these has an Act-by-Act summary, with discussion questions)
* Study Guide for The Merry Wives of Windsor
* 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 Tempest (all PDF)
ADDITIONAL TEACHING RESOURCES:
* Shakespeare for All Seasons - An Introduction for Homeschoolers (PDF)
* Homeschool Tips on Teaching Shakespeare (PDF)
* Spooky Shakepeare: A Guide to scary Shakespeare scenes for Homeschool (PDF)
* A Shakespeare Timeline (PDF)
* Shakespeare Picture Gallery (PDF)
* 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)
… plus a few MORE extras and surprises we are still adding as we wrap up this project in the next few days! D.V., we will be releasing this new collection NEXT WEEK… and yep, we plan to offer it at a special introductory price for the first few days, so you can grab a copy of this and save quite a bit. If you’re interested in this at all (for use this school year, or for later if your kids are a bit too young), this will be THE time to pick it up.
More details will be coming soon!
