{"id":4621,"date":"2013-02-04T23:33:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T04:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2013-07-02T10:13:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T14:13:21","slug":"focus-on-kindness-week-5-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catinaanderson.com\/photography\/focus-on-kindness-week-5-game\/","title":{"rendered":"“Focus” on Kindness Week 5: GAME"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s word of the week was GAME, in honor of the Big Game that had everyone’s attention this week – the Super Bowl!<\/p>\n

In our house this resulted in 2 different acts of kindness.<\/p>\n

First, the kids and I found some old craft kits in the basement with a Valentine’s theme. \u00a0One was a foam mailbox kit they put together. \u00a0Then we decided to make a “game” of it. \u00a0We are each putting in notes to one another from now until Valentines Day when we’ll open it up and read all the messages to one another at dinner. \u00a0This one has motivated a bit of intentional kindness within our family.<\/p>\n

The second thing we did this week was play an online game called Free Rice<\/a> that earns money (through advertisers) for the World Food Programme<\/a> to purchase rice for the hungry. \u00a0For each correct answer, an advertiser donates enough money to the UN World Food Programme for 10 grains of rice. \u00a0This one was a bit of perfect timing for us. \u00a0My girls just finished up learning all their multiplication tables at school but they aren’t super solid with them yet (especially when they are out of order). \u00a0This online trivia game has a lot of categories but one of them just happens to be multiplication tables!<\/p>\n

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They both think it’s pretty hard right now but I’m noticing that each time they sit down to play they get a little bit faster. \u00a0They love watching the bowl of rice (on the right side of the screen) fill up with rice as they go from 10 to 100. \u00a0With each new set of 100 grains the rice bowl empties and refills. \u00a0If you create an account the website will keep a grand total of all the grains of rice you’ve earned in each subject area and the grand total over time.<\/p>\n

It also led to some interesting conversations over \u00a0a chicken and rice dinner one night last week as we estimated how many grains of rice were in a 1\/2 cup of rice and compared the estimates to what we found online. \u00a0We talked about how many grains of rice we would need to earn to feed someone for one day, or a whole family for one meal.<\/p>\n

Of course, you could just donate money to purchase the rice (which is always an option). \u00a0But if the funds are tight this is another way to help while also honing your skills in a particular subject area. \u00a0I figure I spend a bit of time each week playing online games just to decompress – words with friends or scramble with friends. \u00a0I can trade some of that time for this trivia game and help raise money to feed the hungry at the same time. \u00a0\u00a0Some of the subject areas include vocabulary, grammar, chemical symbols, world capitals, SAT prep, languages, human anatomy, literature and many more. \u00a0The vocabulary section is a fun one to start with as it has 60 levels and you can see how high you can get as you work your way through. \u00a0I also had fun seeing whether I could remember any of my chemical symbols or human anatomy from my former life as a science teacher. \u00a0And I tested my spanish knowledge a bit too.\u00a0\u00a0The website is described for ages 8 and up.<\/p>\n

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Now if you’ve been following these posts you’ve heard me mention Julie Royes<\/a> quite a bit. \u00a0I may just be sharing her kindness photos here every week because she is just amazingly creative and I love, love, love how she’s proving that you can start this project with a child as young as 2 years old and make it meaningful. \u00a0Here’s Julie’s photo this week:<\/p>\n

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She and her little boy Dylan bought a variety of trivia game books and puzzle books and delivered them to a local military base’s emergency room. \u00a0On her facebook page<\/a> she shares the story. \u00a0She said they gave the leftovers to the nurse’s station and little Dylan “proudly asked them to continue handing them out because ‘these dinosaurs make the sick children happy!'” \u00a0She says he is really beginning to understand the concept of giving and kindness and she’s having an amazing time doing this project with him. \u00a0I’m so impressed with their creative approach each week!<\/p>\n

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And now for the Word of the Week for Week 6:<\/h3>\n

Clothing<\/span><\/h1>\n

Make sure you follow my page on facebook<\/a> for daily posts with ideas for creative ways to approach each week’s word of the week – something new I’m implementing this week!<\/p>\n

And as I said last week, I hope that these posts might inspire you, if you\u2019re not already participating, to think about how you can make someone smile this week. \u00a0Afraid to commit to a whole year? \u00a0How about just one week? \u00a0Why not join us this week and see how it goes? \u00a0See how great it makes you feel to spread joy and create smiles. \u00a0It\u2019s never too late to jump in and you don\u2019t have to worry about commitment\u2026 just do one thing.<\/p>\n

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