Free Rice

Not only is the game Free Rice fun, educational, and extremely easy, it feeds hungry people with every mouse click.  All you have to do is match a vocabulary word to its meaning, and voila, the game donates 10 grains of rice to a starving people. In this case, I was clicking to feed people in Sahel, Africa. During the game, you can choose to actually read about the starving people in this country, and see the latest news and pictures related to their hunger crisis.

Games can't get any more informative and educational than this. Free Rice teaches students first and foremost that starvation is a real, grave issue around the world.  However, we can help. And we can help by playing these games nonetheless! This game teaches social studies, math, vocabulary, and empathy all at the same time.  Free Rice is addicting because while playing you feel like you're really accomplishing something great.  I earned 300 grains of rice. While this might not seem like a lot, I'm only one person playing the game for 10 minutes. If a lot of people got together and played this game for a long, long time, imagine how much rice could be donated to Sahel. I love this game. Play it!!