Shakespeare Birthplace Trust launches free online resources and activities for young people

Developed by the Trust’s award-winning education team, the resources are in line with the national curriculum for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3, offering fun and imaginative ways for children age 4 – 14 to engage with Shakespeare – from building LEGO Shakespeare and drawing a comic strip inspired by The Tempest, to creating a gruesome recipe for a witches’ spell from Macbeth and describing a scene from Romeo & Juliet in Juliet’s diary. There’s also (crucial in the engaging of young people with the Bard) a Shakespeare-style insult generator to provide entertainment during playtime.

All resources and activities are available free of charge and accessible online without the need to register. Many are presented as paperless resources for those without a printer at home, including three-minute Snappy Shakespeare plays and video tutorials. Budding chefs can whip up delicious recipes that Shakespeare would have eaten as a boy, such as Tudor bread and apple pancakes.