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REVIEW:
Children of all ages will enjoy the activities at Shakespeare for
Kids. From word jumbles to weird words to trading Shakespearean
insults and quotations to acting out the scenes from scripts written
for kids, you’ll have fun with words at this site. Read the
fun facts about Shakespeare’s life and times, including a
recipe for a seventeenth-century room deodorizer, then try your
hand at solving the math problems provided. Learn what a costume
designer, librarian, docent, or curator does by reading about the
people who work at the Folger. Play detective and test your knowledge
of the characters in Shakespeare’s plays or if you want more
of a challenge try solving the Shakespeare puzzles. Images from
the 17th century books in the Folger collection are available for
downloading and coloring or creating jigsaw puzzles. Children are
invited to send in their own poems and drawings for publication
in “Puck’s Place”. Also worth a click is the link
to Queen Elizabeth I to learn all about one of England's most illustrious
monarchs. |
January
2005
