I work in a school and recently my teacher, looking for ways to encourage better vocabulary, stumbled on freerice.com.

When you are bored, depressed, or just have a few minutes to spare, play the game! It is a very simple vocabulary game. Every time you guess right, 20 grains of rice are donated to the UN. There is no penalty for a wrong guess. One bowl (100 grains) at a time, it adds up. CNN had an article on this site.

My Special Ed class donated 32,100 grains of rice yesterday. My teacher, the other aide, most of our students and me, were all working together- of course, the kids had to finish their work to be able to play and we all love the game! We are challenging the Emotionally Disturbed class at our school to better our score! (and I'm challenging YOU!) Everybody is winning with this one! Friendly competition between classes, staff and students bonding over a mutual interest, vocabularies are increased, egos are boosted (doing something truly important and meaningful is so rare for my kids ) and someone who needs it, is fed.

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Storm Crow Reviewed by Storm Crow on . freerice.com I work in a school and recently my teacher, looking for ways to encourage better vocabulary, stumbled on freerice.com. When you are bored, depressed, or just have a few minutes to spare, play the game! It is a very simple vocabulary game. Every time you guess right, 20 grains of rice are donated to the UN. There is no penalty for a wrong guess. One bowl (100 grains) at a time, it adds up. CNN had an article on this site. My Special Ed class donated 32,100 grains of rice yesterday. My Rating: 5