How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare

Afoolproof，enormouslyfunmethodofteachingyourchildrentheclassicworksofWilliamShakespeareToknowsomeShakespeareprovidesaheadstartinlife.HisplaysareamongthegreatbedrocksofWesterncivilizationandcontainthefinestwritingofthepast450years.Manyofthebestnovels，plays，poems，andfilmsintheEnglishlanguageproducedsinceShakespeare’sdeathin1616—fromPrideandPrejudicetoTheGodfather—areheavilyinfluencedbyShakespeare’sstories，characters，language，andthemes.InHowtoTeachYourChildrenShakespeare，acclaimedplaywrightKenLudwigprovidesthetoolsyouneedtoinspireanunderstanding，andalove，ofShakespeare’sworksinyourchildren，andtohavefuntogetheralongtheway.KenLudwigdevisedhisfriendly，easy-to-mastermethodswhileteachinghisownchildren.Beginningwithmemorizingshortpassagesfromtheplays，histechniquetheninstillschildrenwithculturalreferencestheywillutilizeforyearstocome.Ludwig’sapproachincludesunderstandingofthetimeperiodandimplicationsofShakespeare’sdictionaswellastheinvaluablelessonsbehindhiswordsandstories.ColorfullyincorporatingthehistoryofShakespeareantheaterandsociety，HowtoTeachYourChildrenShakespeareguidesreadersonaninformedandadventurousjourneythroughtheworldinwhichtheBardwrote.Thisbook’ssimpleprocessallowsanyonetoimparttochildrenthewisdomofplayslikeAMidsummerNight’sDream，TwelfthNight，Macbeth，andRomeoandJuliet.Andthere’sfuntobehadthroughout.ShakespearenovicesandexpertsandreadersofallageswilleachfindsomethingdelightfullyirresistibleinHowtoTeachYourChildrenShakespeare.