Today was Dictionary Day here in San Jose, where volunteers hand out dictionaries to all the 3rd graders in the local schools and play fun dictionary games with the kids. 19 of us from our company volunteered (7 from our team) and, like last year, had a great time. It's part of the California Dictionary Project. Our class was a bit crazy (it was right after lunch and recess) but the kids were excited to look up words for us and all wanted lots of attention.
The Merc has a quick piece: San Jose third-graders receive free dictionaries and Karen's classroom was taped for one of the local TV stations so maybe they'll be more coverage locally tomorrow.
Posted by Emily at April 2, 2007 09:32 PMI love dictionaries!
I used to read the dictionary during school lunch. I'm sure it's not the only reason I wasn't popular. :O