在藤校及 Top 30 美国大学的录取中,申请生的英文阅读积累的重要性不言而喻:不仅能助力标化考试成绩拿高分,也能为个人未来学术兴趣的发展打下基础,培养英语表达能力,开阔个人眼界且锻炼深度思维。
学生英文阅读量的积累要抓住“黄金时期”,最好“从小开始”,特别是对于国内的小学生而言,更得在积累阅读量的同时养成良好的阅读习惯,使阅读受益终生。那么到底该给孩子们读什么英语书呢?
为了给有需要的低年级家庭一份“靠谱的”阅读书单参考,机构特别从顶尖寄宿美初 Fay School 菲尔中学分享的 “Holiday Books for Young Children”出发,一起来了解大洋彼岸的低年龄段学生在假期都读什么吧~
菲尔中学
资料来源:https://www.fayschool.org/
Fay School,成立于 1866 年,位于马萨诸塞州(麻省)的 Southborough,占地有 66 英亩,包括 36 英亩的体育设施面积,如健身房,篮球场,网球场,运动场,泳池等等。学校为 475 名幼儿园至九年级的学生提供学习和生活,是一个寄宿制的男女混校。
学生可以在这里参加丰富多彩的课外活动,音乐、戏剧等艺术项目外,体育方面学校也设置了秋&冬&春三个赛季的 57 个不同运动队,包括越野、足球、橄榄球、曲棍球、高尔夫、网球、排球;篮球、冰球、舞蹈、滑雪、壁球、摔跤;棒球、长曲棍球、垒球、田径等。几乎每个学生都能够在这里找到具有适当挑战性和吸引力的运动选项。
值得一提的是,菲尔中学在 2022 年秋刚建成了一个创客中心,里面的设备包括有数控雕刻机,激光切割机, 3D 打印机等。
在毕业生走向上,菲尔中学的表现也很不错。根据官网的数据,过去 5 年,毕业生就读人数最多的 25 所美高学校是:
资料来源:https://www.fayschool.org/academics/secondary-school-counseling
圣马克学校、菲利普斯学校安多佛、乔特罗斯玛丽中学、圣保罗中学、菲利普斯埃克塞特中学、米德尔塞克斯中学、康科德学院、劳伦斯中学、鲁米斯查菲高中、泰博学院、布鲁克斯学校、庞弗雷特中学、萨菲尔德中学、迪尔菲尔德学院、伯克希尔中学、北野山高中、劳伦斯威尔高中、伍斯特学院等。
过去 5 年,毕业生就读的大学则如下图所示:
资料来源:https://www.fayschool.org/academics/secondary-school-counseling
可以看到,列出来的学校包括有麻省理工学院、哈佛大学、斯坦福大学、耶鲁大学、宾夕法尼亚大学、杜克大学、布朗大学、约翰霍普金斯大学、西北大学、哥伦比亚大学、康奈尔大学、芝加哥大学、加州大学伯克利分校、加州大学洛杉矶分校等等。
菲尔中学拥有两所图书馆,拥有超过 18,000 种阅读资源,包括书籍、电子书、有声读物和订阅数据库,学生可以在这里培养自己对于阅读的热爱。
这不,前不久学校就公布了 50 多本假期阅读书目,供大家参考。
菲尔中学推荐的假期阅读书单
资料来源:https://www.fayschool.org/k-9-learning/holiday-books-for-young-children
这份书单分享了关于“圣诞节”的 50 多本英文书目,适合低年级的孩子阅读。
如果你正在为不知道给孩子读什么英文书目来开启 2024 年而烦恼,抑或是想向孩子介绍来自其他文化背景的不同节日传统,都可以考虑这份书单哦~
具体书目 List 及作者如下:
·'Twas Nochebuena by Roseanne Thong
·12 Days of Christmas by Rachel Isadora
·Adventures in Cartooning: Chistmas Special by James Sturm
·Albert's Christmas by Leslie Tryon
·All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins
·Bear's First Christmas by Robert Kinerk
·The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes by Linda Glaser
·The Chanukkah Guest by Eric A. Kimmel
·Christmas Around the World by Emily Kelley
·A Christmas for Bear by Bonny Becker
·Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne
·Christmas Parade by Sandra Boynton
·The Christmas Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood
·A Christmas Tree for Pyn by Olivier Dunrea
·The Christmas Tugboat: How the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Came to New York City by George Matteson
·Crafts to Make in the Winter by Kathy Ross
·Dewey's Christmas at the LIbrary by Vicki Myron
·Eight Winter Nights: A Family Hanukkah Book by Laura Krauss Melmed
·EllRay Jakes Rocks the Holiday by Sally Warner
·Fly Guy's Ninja Christmas by Tedd Arnold
·A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time by Mary Pope Osborne
·The Gifts of Kwanzaa by Synthia Saint James
·The Great Santa Stakeout by Betsy Bird
·Happy Narwhalidays by Ben Clanton
·Have Fun, Anna Hibiscus!by Atinuke
·Henry and Mudge and a Very Merry Christmas by Cynthia Rylant
·Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A. Kimmel
·How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah?by Jane Yolen
·How Santa Lost his Job by Stephen Krensky
·It's a Miracle!: a Hanukkah Storybook by Stephanie Spinner
·It's Christmas, David!by David Shannon
·Jack and Santa by Mac Barnett
·Just Right for Christmas by Birdie Black
·Kwanzaa by Rachel Koestler-Grack
·Kwanzaa by Rebecca Rissman
·La Noche Buena: A Christmas Story by Antonio Sacre
·Lighthouse Christmas by Toni Buzzeo
·Little Rabbit's Christmas by Harry Horse
·Llama Llama Holiday Drama by Anna Dewdney
·The Magic Dreidels: A Hanukkah Story by Eric A. Kimmel
·Marvin's Best Christmas Present Ever by Katherine Paterson
·Megabat and Fancy Cat by Anna Humphrey
·Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear!by Don Wood
·Merry Things to Make: Christmas Fun and Crafts by Diane Cherkerzian
·The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore
·One Christmas Wish by Katherine Rundell
·One Night, One Hanukkah Night by Aidel Backman
·The Parakeet Named Dreidel by Isaac Singer
·Pete the Cat Saves Christmas by Eric Litwin
·Runaway Dreidel!by Lesléa Newman
·Santa Bruce by Ryan Higgins
·Santa Clauses: Short Poems from the North Pole by Bob Raczka
·Santa Duck by David Milgrim
·Seven Candles for Kwanzaa by Andrea Pinkney
·The Spider's Gift: a Ukrainian Christmas Story by Eric A. Kimmel
·Splendiferous Christmas by Jane O'Connor
·The Story of Hanukkah by David A. Adler
·Tacky's Christmas by Helen Lester
·Together at Christmas by Eileen Spinelli
·The Very Best Hanukkah Gift by Joanne Rocklin
·A Wish to be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe
以上就是菲尔中学为低年级学生推荐的假期阅读书单,有需要的家庭可以在学有余力的同时选择阅读!