Charles and Mary Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/lambtales/LAMBTALE.HTM
Charmingly retold prose versions of twenty of the most popular plays. For kids 8-12.

Dramania
http://www.public.asu.edu/~atbrl/dramania.html
"Drama-y Things to Do for Kids" with fun activities for One Person, Two People, Lots of People. A few links are broken, but these activities are delightful. For kids and their parents, 5-12. An older site, but still interesting.

Dreaming Shakespeare
http://pbskids.org/lions/dreaming
a PBS site with notes for parents and teachers to surf the site with their children. A fun story with a hip version of information about the plays; has quotes from Shakespeare. For kids 7-12. Updated 2005.

Folger Shakespeare Library
http://www.folger.edu/index.cfm
A great site! Kept current.

• Click on Discover Shakespeare and find: Shakespeare’s life, works, theatre and llinks
• Click on Teach and Learn to find Shakespeare for Kids http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=588 and find neat things to do: Words, Words, Words; Fun Facts, about Shakespeare’s life and times; Meet a (….) Meet the people who work at the Folger, the costume designer, director, play director librarian, curator; Coloring & Puzzles; Who Am I? Be a detective and find out about Shakespeare’s characters; Shakespeare Challenges, more puzzles

For kids 8-12.

Holidays: Mexico, Los Dias de los Muertos, The Days of the Dead
http://artswork.asu.edu/arts/students/holidays/muertos01.htm
Includes a skeleton puppet and instructions to create your own puppet play. For grades 3-5.

Lynch Multimedia: Shakespeare For kids
http://www.lynchmultimedia.com/index2.html
A BBC Education Web Guide with fun illustrations and adaptations of Macbeth, Hamlet, The Tempest, Winters Tale, Antony and Cleopatra, Merchant of Venice. A good place to start the study of Shakespeare. You’ll need Java Script for much of it. For kids 8 and older. Being updated.

The Theatre Book
http://artswork.asu.edu/arts/students/tb/index.htm
Explanations for most aspects of theatre creation and performance with accompanying activities. Written for kids 8-12. Includes a teachers guide. Created in 2005.

• Plays
• Playwriting/Screenwriting: Character Game, Characters from History, Scenarios, Screenplay, Dialogue Examples
• Theatre Artists Work Together
• Acting: Warm-Ups, Improvisation Examples. Improvisation Starters
• Scene Design/ Environment, Making an Environment, Setting Collage, Floor Plan, Props, Finding Props, Costume Renderings
• Directing
• Criticism & Audience: Creating the Play, Designing the Play, Performing the Play, Seeing the Play/ Movie
• Storytelling: Examples & Outline, Practicing your Story
• Dance: Careers, Warm-Up
• Pageant
• Puppet Show
• Tableau