By: Jane Mack,
on 3/25/2008
Test your vocabulary acumen and donate rice to the hungry.
But watch out--this game is addictive. (I played quickly-got to 500 grains of rice, and then quit cold turkey. Otherwise, I might stay all day!)
I think English teachers everywhere could use this and have their students learning, having fun, and doing good!
By: Elaine Anderson,
on 12/14/2007
A recently established web site called Free Rice promotes literacy and helps to feed the hungry. Rice is a staple for half of the world's population. The free rice is donated to the United Nations World Food Program by sponsors whose ads appear on the page. The site itself does not make money. So, increase your word power and feed some hungry people.
By: Gina MarySol Ruiz,
on 12/8/2007
How'd you like to increase your vocabulary, have fun doing it and by doing so be contributing to fighting world hunger?
Head on over to Free Rice and see how many bowls of rice you can donate. I managed to donate 2000 grains in about ten minutes. I'm addicted! They have great words like weald and taiga. Go! Visit! Donate rice!
We promote this at our school of 4,300 as a way to prepare for the SAT test, have fun, and help those in need. It's win-win learning! Another cool site is Oxfam -they have a hunger banquet experience that is amazing: http://www.hungerbanquet.org/
Thanks for the oxfam link, Wendy.
Neat stuff.
Wow, Jane, you're right... totally addictive. I love it! For a word junie like me, this is great! I wish I had had this for LSAT prep.
Hi Melissa!
I'm not a word junkie, but I'm addicted. I'm pretty good at guessing, too.