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November 10, 2009

Lemons for Literacy

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Want to help teach people to read, and play games on your computer instead of work? Yeah, that's a win-win situation I just gave you.

Lemons for Literacy is a program sponsored by Reading Horizons, a company that specializes in phonetic computer software to help adults learn to read.

The premise is simple: You're given a word, and asked to pick the correct definition from four possibilities. You can also play word match, wherein you are given a definition and have to choose which word it corresponds to.

Every time you choose the correct definition, Reading Horizons donates their products to institutions and individuals who need them. In other words, it's an easy way to help spread your love of reading. 

And, as you go through the vocabulary words, they get progressively more difficult -- so you're learning something, while you're at it! Plus, it's just fun filling up glasses with lemonade.

(Photo by przybysz at stock.xchng)

Posted by Nancy Knight at 6:00 AM | | Comments (1)
        

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I work for Reading Horizons and we are so grateful for your article and are pleased that because of articles like this one our game has greatly increased its number of users! We’ve been able to award two different individuals our software in the past month!! Thanks for spreading the word!

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.
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