As our new year unfolds before us we have resumed our Tuesday Teatimes and with a very special guest this year, Shakespeare! He will be present in poetry and prose and of course in all his ever famous plays, and scene will unfold upon scene for a lovely visit and perhaps a Scone or two!
I have been slowly collecting Shakespeare books and Poetry for the past year knowing that we wanted to embark on a year long study of this remarkable and yet mysterious man. So far we've delved into his lovely poems from this beautiful book. I really like the Poetry for Young People series and this one is no exception for its beauty and likeability. Another book I discovered by accident at my library is by Aliki: William Shakespeare & The Globe. It is creatively written as a play of Shakespeare's life and gives good solid information. We've previously read The Bard of Avon by Diane Stanley and it was also good, but a bit lengthy for a single tea-time read-aloud. For this reason I have decided that we'll take a good long time to discover all we can about this interesting fellow and enjoy many facets of his writings, plays and how he became such a legend in modern literture and history for all time!
Here are some links I have found helpful for Shakespeare:
Shakespeare at Ambleside Online
Shakespeare Quotations Recommended by Mater Amabilis for Copywork
So come along with us, we'd love to have you join us for Tea, and Shakespeare too! Enjoy!
This is a great idea! We will be joining you from NJ! We have been trying to fit this into our schedual...I think Tuesday afternoons is just PERFECT for this! We are using Mater Amabilis too. aand...the dc love special tea and scones!
Posted by: Donna Marie | Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 10:12 PM
Oh, I'm so excited, it has been wonderful so far and my dc really look forward to it. So much so that it's hard not to want to do it everyday!! What levels are you using for MA?? Thanks for visiting!
Posted by: Meredith | Friday, September 15, 2006 at 08:00 AM
What fun! Have you seen the Papertoy's version of The Globe? http://papertoys.com/globe.htm Looks like fun!
Posted by: Jennifer | Friday, September 15, 2006 at 12:09 PM
OOH! No I haven't, thanks for the link :-)
Posted by: Meredith | Friday, September 15, 2006 at 05:26 PM
Are you on the Homeschool Estore email thing? Every week they send a free product for download and this week it was a study guide for Romeo and Juliet! I think it is for Secondary but great ideas are great ideas, right? And I hate to place a grade level on anything! LOL! http://www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/index.php
Posted by: Jennifer | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 02:49 PM
Oh, thanks again for another great link!!
Posted by: Meredith | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 04:11 PM