门萨的英文名称是“MENSA”,是拉丁语中“圆桌”的意思。门萨取自圆桌的意思就是希望人们能够平等的坐在一起,当然前提是智商相近。门萨是世界顶级智商俱乐部的名称,于1946年成立于英国,创始人是律师罗兰德·贝里尔和科学家兼律师兰斯·韦林。当时,这两位自认聪明异常的人突发奇想,编制出一些高难试题以测试智商,受到广泛追捧。兴奋之余,贝里尔和韦林干脆成立一个俱乐部,号召高智商的人士加入。他们有意为聪明者建立一个社团,通过充满挑战性的社团活动而使参加者的高智商获得承认、肯定和不断提高,并分享彼此的成功。门萨多年来坚持中立和非政治、非营利的原则,至今不变。门萨国际总部和各俱乐部也组织一些收费的活动,以及一些出版活动,但收入全部用于俱乐部的拓展和完善。所有参与者个人不获利。门萨云集了全球100多个国家中智商top 2%的天才,最小的会员入会时还不到3岁。
想成为其会员的唯一标准就是在它的高难度智商测试中获得极高分。门萨有专门的测试试卷,一般有30题,答对23题(换算成智商是148)才可以加入。
今天来分享下门萨给孩子们的阅读书单。这个阅读项目是为了鼓励孩子们热爱读书,每个孩子都可以参加,家长陪读也可以,不用高智商~
Mensa for Kids' Excellence in Reading Program
建议书单分年级,以下是学前班至小学三年级英文书单,供参考:
书名--作者
K~3年级
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – Viorst, Judith
- All-of-a-Kind Family – Taylor, Sydney
- Amelia Bedelia – Parish, Peggy
- Anansi the Spider – McDermott, Gerald
- Bedtime for Frances – Hoban, Russell
- Blueberries for Sal – McCloskey, Robert
- The Cabin Faced West – Fritz, Jean
- The Carrot Seed – Krauss, Ruth
- The Cat in the Hat – Seuss, Dr.
- Charlotte’s Web – White, E.B.
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Barrett, Judy
- Corduroy – Freeman, Don
- The Cricket in Times Square – Selden, George
- Curious George – Rey, H.A.
- The Dot – Reynolds, Peter
- Freckle Juice – Blume, Judy
- Frederick – Lionni, Leo
- Frog and Toad Are Friends – Lobel, Arnold
- The Garden of Abdul Gasazi – Van Allsburg, Chris
- George and Martha – Marshall, James
- Goodnight, Moon – Brown, Margaret Wise
- Harry the Dirty Dog – Zion, Gene
- How the Leopard Got His Claws – Achebe, Chinua
- The Hundred Dresses – Estes, Eleanor
- I Want My Hat Back – Klassen, Jon
- If I Never Forever Endeavor – Meade, Holly
- Leo the Late Bloomer – Kraus, Robert
- The Little Engine That Could – Piper, Watty
- Little House on the Prairie – Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Little Toot – Gramatky, Hardie
- The Littles – Peterson, John
- Madeline – Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Make Way for Ducklings – McCloskey, Robert
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel – Burton, Virginia Lee
- Millions of Cats – Gag, Wanda
- The Mouse and the Motorcycle – Cleary, Beverly
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins – Atwater, Richard and Florence
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh – O’Brien, Robert
- Paul Revere’s Ride – Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- The Polar Express – Chris Van Allsburg
- Peppe the Lamplighter – Bartone, Elisa
- Pippi Longstocking - Lindgren, Astrid
- Put Me in the Zoo – Lopshire, Robert
- Rabbit Hill – Lawson, Robert
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8 – Cleary, Beverly
- The Quiltmaker’s Gift – Brumbeau, Jeff
- The Reluctant Dragon – Grahame, Kenneth
- Sam the Minuteman – Benchley, Nathaniel
- Sarah, Plain and Tall – MacLachlan, Patricia
- Shiloh – Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
- The Snowy Day – Keats, Ezra Jack
- Stellaluna – Cannon, Janell
- The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales – Scieszka, Jon
- Stone Soup – Brown, Marcia
- Tale of Despereaux – DiCamillo, Kate
- The Story of Babar – Brunhoff, Jean de
- The Story of Ferdinand – Leaf, Munro
- Strega Nona – dePaola, Tomie
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig, William
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Potter, Beatrix
- The Three Little Pigs – Galdone, Paul
- Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak, Maurice
- Winnie-the-Pooh – Milne, A.A.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Viorst, Judith
亚历山大无比糟糕的一天始于早上醒来发现口香糖粘在了头发上,起床后被滑板绊倒然后更糟的是他最好的朋友不理他了,接着是午餐包里竟然没有甜点,晚饭里居然有立马豆……这真是可怕的、惊悚的、糟糕的一天啊!另外,此书还曾改编为同名电影《亚历山大和他最糟糕的一天》。
The Cat in the Hat
Seuss, Dr.
Dr. Seuss的书是美国几代人的共同记忆,至今美国小学里还会举办纪念Dr. Seuss的活动,而这本The Cat in The Hat则是没有哪个美国人小时候没读过的。雨天把迪克和萨利困在了屋子里,这时一只奇怪的猫出现了,它又是杂耍又是魔术,孩子们是高兴了,可家里也一片乱糟糟。充满想象力的情节,朗朗上口的韵律造就了这本经久不衰、畅销几十年的佳作,同时十分适合儿童学习押韵(rhyming)。
Curious George
Rey, H.A.
乔治是一只与黄帽子先生一起住在城市里的小猴子。它对生活充满好奇,对新事物充满兴趣,既善良又热心。因此,尽管好奇猴乔治帮了不少倒忙,它确实也聪明地解决了不少问题。整套书把数学和科学的概念融入其中,讲述了乔治如何通过小实验来解决问题的经过。由该书改编的系列动画片《好奇猴乔治》曾荣获2008年及2010年两次艾美奖。
以下是小学4-6年级英文书单,供参考:
书名--作者
- Alice in Wonderland – Carroll, Lewis
- Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery, L.M.
- Ben and Me – Lawson, Robert
- Betsy-Tacy – Lovelace, Maud Hart
- Black Beauty – Sewell, Anna
- The Black Stallion – Farley, Walter
- The Borrowers – Norton, Mary
- Bridge to Terabithia – Paterson, Katherine
- Caddie Woodlawn – Brink, Carol Ryrie
- Cheaper by the Dozen – Gilbreth, Frank
- The Children of Green Knowe – Boston, L.M.
- Chronicles of Prydain – Alexander, Lloyd (entire series as listed below)
- The Complete Chronicles of Narnia – Lewis, C.S. (entire series as listed below)
- The Complete Fairy Tales – Perrault, Charles
- The Dark is Rising Sequence – Cooper, Susan (entire series as listed below)
- D’Aulaire’s Book of Norse Myths – d’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar
- A Dog on Barkham Street – Stolz, Mary
- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate – Kelly, Jacqueline
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – Konigsburg, E.L.
- Gentle Ben – Morey, Walt
- Hans Brinker or the Silver States – Mapes Dodge, Mary
- Harriet the Spy – Fitzhugh, Louise
- Hatchet – Paulsen, Gary
- Heidi – Spyri, Johanna
- Homer Price – McCloskey, Robert
- The House of Dies Drear – Hamilton, Virginia
- The Jungle Book – Kipling, Rudyard
- Lad: A Dog – Terhune, Albert Payson
- Lassie Come Home – Knight, Eric
- Mary Poppins – Travers, Pamela l.
- Matilda – Dahl, Roald
- The Matchlock Gun – Edmonds, Walter
- Misty of Chincoteague – Henry, Marguerite
- The Moffats – Estes, Eleanor
- My Side of the Mountain – George, Jeanne Craighead
- The Pushcart War – Merrill, Jean
- The Railway Children – Nesbit, E.
- Redwall – Jacques, Brian
- The Rescuers – Sharp, Margery
- Roller Skates – Sawyer, Ruth
- The Secret Garden – Burnett, France Hodgson
- Strawberry Girl – Lenski, Lois
- The Summer of the Swans – Byers, Betsy
- Swiss Family Robinson – Wyss, Johann
- The Twenty-One Balloons – du Bois, William Pene
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Baum, L. Frank
- Thimble Summer – Enright, Elizabeth
- Tuck Everlasting – Babbitt, Natalie
4-6年级书目中有些是我们本就比较熟悉的,比如《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》、《绿山墙的安妮》、《纳尼亚传奇》、《秘密花园》、《绿野仙踪》等,这些我就不赘述介绍了。我选择介绍的是国内不太熟悉,但在美国文化中占有一席之地,几乎每个美国人在青少年时期都读过的作品。
Bridge to Terabithia
Paterson, Katherine
杰斯整个夏天都在练习跑步,这样他就能在开学时成为五年级跑得最快的人。可惜,新转学来的女孩莱斯利夺走了杰斯的第一名。尽管一开始不对头,杰斯和莱斯利还是成为了好朋友。他们在莱斯利家后面的小树林里建起了只属于他们俩的“泰瑞比西亚王国”。不幸发生在雨后的某天,杰斯前往华盛顿看画展,莱斯利独自前往泰瑞比西亚,却因为绳子断开掉进河里淹死了。杰斯如何才能从巨大的悲伤中走出来呢?
The Jungle Book
Kipling, Rudyard
这是一本有着100多年历史的经典作品,曾被改编为迪斯尼动画片《森林王子》。故事讲述了人类男孩毛克利从小被印度丛林里的狼群收养,他与忠厚老实的黑豹、乐天开朗的棕熊和其他动物朋友一起快乐地生活着。当然,丛林中也有邪恶的老虎和致命的眼镜蛇,毛克利与动物朋友们展开了一系列的冒险。这本书还被美国童军选为官方指定读物。
Mary Poppins
Travers, Pamela I.
简和迈克又一次把保姆气走了,不过他们即将迎来一位具有魔力的仙女保姆玛丽。玛丽帮助两个孩子重拾快乐,教导他们如何克服生活的困难,同时还让过度沉迷于银行业务与女权运动的爸爸妈妈认识到亲情的可贵,开始重新关爱自己的孩子们。这本书跨越80年,在今天也依然是美国孩子们的必选读物。另外,根据此书改编的同名电影《欢乐满人间》成为迪士尼至今奥斯卡奖提名最多、得奖最多的电影。
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