Having a great vocabulary is just one of the hallmarks of a great writer. Whether you write novels or picture books, or just a letter to the editor, a broad vocabulary is a tremendous asset. Good grammatical skills are another plus. So here’s an idea – why not strengthen your vocabulary and sharpen your grammar skills and help feed hungry people around the world? You can do both at FreeRice.
When you visit the FreeRice site, you have the opportunity to play a vocabulary game. For each correct answer, FreeRice will donate 10 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help end world hunger. It’s multiple choice – if you get the answer correct, you will get another word challenge which will be more difficult. If you get it wrong, you will be offered an easier word challenge. You can even hear a vocabulary word pronounced if you’re unsure about it.
The site opens on the vocabulary section, but you may also choose grammar, famous world paintings, geography, math, chemistry or foreign languages. For every correct answer, FreeRice tallies your grain donation, first by grains, then by bowls. You can indicate on another page if you would like to have your last scores and grain donations remembered for your next visit.
FreeRice has two goals: 1. Provide education to everyone for free. 2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. How can you go wrong?
So get working on your vocabulary; get feeding some people in need, and get going!
WARNING: This is very addictive!
Still A Dreamer 
This is AWESOME! I’ve scored three bowls of rice on Language in just a couple of minutes, learned some new words I didn’t know, and feel good about helping. (However, if I switch categories to Math or Chemistry, sadly, everybody’s going to starve.) Thanks, Jeanne, for spreading the word about this neat and fun way to lend a hand!
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Glad you enjoyed it, and BTW, the math is, surprisingly, not as hard as you might think. I did fairly well, and my math/left brain is largely atrophied while the creative side is working like mad. Try the world paintings category, too – that was a great brush up! (yeah – no chemistry for me, either!)
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That’s why I married a calculus-lovin’ chemist, so I wouldn’t have to learn that stuff! 😉
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You’ll be wanting to teach your children basic math as well as the amazing job I know you’re already doing teaching them how to read. If I could do that math, really, I know you could, too. Go impress yourself!
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