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27 Best Educational Games for Kids to Play Sorted by Subject

Educational games make a great alternative for children who don't learn best through pencil and paper instruction.

According to educational nonprofit EDUCAUSE, a growing body of research shows game-based learning platforms “can create an engaging dynamic that inspires students to develop competencies and skills as they focus on the activities of the game.”

Regardless of the subject, educational games for kids can help you instill a love of learning in your own child. This applies whether they're learning through homeschooling, online learning or traditional classroom setting.

Below, we’ve organized some of the best educational games for kids by subject! Interested in games for a certain subject? Click one below and jump right to it:

• Mathematics
• Language arts
• Art
• Health and physical education
• Science
• Technology
• Social studies
• History
• Geography

Available: Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore, Web

Age: 6 to 14

Cost: All in-game educational content is free, Memberships available

Prodigy Math is the engaging, fantasy-based math platform used by over 100 million students, teachers and parents around the world.  

It’s curriculum-aligned, offering content from every major math topic from 1st to 8th grade. Above all, Prodigy’s mission is to help every student in the world to love learning.

After creating their own personalized math wizard, your child will compete in math battles against in-game characters, just like how role-playing games like Pokémon work. To win, they must answer sets of math questions.

The game also adapts in difficulty to suit your child’s learning style and grade level, helping them build key math skills. In one school district, research showed that students who used Prodigy Math mastered 68% more math skills on average when they used Prodigy Math!

Create your free parent account to follow your child's progress as they have fun learning math. You can also get a Membership to level up your Prodigy experience — packed with plenty of extra benefits for you and your child!

Available: Web

Age: 8 to 14

Cost: $20 per month, $40 per quarter, $60 per year

This is a middle school math game aligned with the common core and TEKS curricula. Your child will be tasked with helping Alfred, an inventor, save Mathlantis —  a chaotic and disordered world — by restoring the population’s math knowledge.

On this adventure, they’ll time-travel and meet famous mathematicians, help them regain their lost knowledge, and transform Mathlantis back to its original state.

Available: Apple App Store

Age: 8 to 14

Cost: Free, in-app purchases

Developed by Touch Press Games, this educational math game helps children understand the beginning thought process of algebra and explore longer, more complex algebraic equations.

In Twelve a Dozen, your child will join the numeric hero, Twelve, on a journey through a universe of numbers. She’s on a mission to rescue her family and the crumbling world of Dozenopolis from the destructive Ultimate Prime. And they’ll use their skills and understanding of core math concepts to solve puzzles.

Looking for more amazing math games for kids? Check our list of the 13 best math apps for kids in elementary school!

Available: Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore

Age: 7+

Cost: Free, in-app purchases

Embark on a journey into the world of art, creativity, and visual learning with your personal Art Guides: Tickles, Furnace, and Ruby!

Start with Art! will walk your child through four foundational art lessons:

• Art as language
• Message in art
• Line
• Shape

It also has engaging “Creativity Builders” art projects designed to foster creativity, encourage problem solving, and enhance critical thinking skills.

Each lesson is aligned to Creativity Express, a multi-award winning visual arts curriculum that professional educators and former Disney animators created!

Available: Web

Age: 6+

Cost: Free

Tate is a family of four art galleries in London, Liverpool, and Cornwall. Its children-focused project, Tate Kids, lets children play free art-related games and quizzes, get help on art homework, and share their creations!

In addition to completing fun quizzes, kids can help robots save famous art in “Art Parts,” create their own landscapes in “My Imaginary City,” and more! 

No matter what area of art your child is into, they’ll find something engaging, educational, and creative!

Available: Apple App Store, Google Play

Age: 4+

Cost: Free, in-app purchases

No crayons? Run out of sketchbook pages? No worries! 

Colorfy is a digital coloring book for kids of all ages, filled with high-quality images. With over 1000 pictures to paint, your child will have the choice of florals, animals, patterns, gardens, mandalas, famous paintings, and other creative images.

This coloring game also includes a new AR virtual gallery that lets your child see what their art would look like in the real world!

Language arts games

Available: Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore, Web

Age: 4 to 18

Cost: 30-day free trial, then $9. 99 per month

As outlined on HOMER’s website, their “mission is to provide the best educational start possible by offering personalized, fun, and proven learning products for children.” 

This early learning program has two products: Reading and Stories.

HOMER Reading combines a child’s current reading level and their passions, in order to create a personalized learn-to-read plan. Using that child’s same interests, HOMER Stories curates stories they’ll love — from classic to contemporary.

Available: Apple App Store, Google Play, Web

Age: 4 to 18

Cost: Free, $34.95 per year (family annual membership up to five students)

This program is a K-12 supplemental literacy tool designed to help children at every learning level learn spelling and hone grammar skills.

Plus, it helps them build vocabulary retention and reading comprehension.

You can try out 40+ free online spelling games which come with pre-populated word lists. They also offer a premium membership that gives your child access to all of Vocabulary Spelling City’s games with customized lists, homework practice, and more.

Available: Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore

Age: 3+

Cost: $1.99

Based on the children’s animated television series on Nickelodeon, Wallykazam! helps preschoolers learn early reading skills.

Kids will join Wally Trollman, his pet dragon Norville, the mischievous Bobgoblin, Gina Giant, and Libby Light Sprite in magical and hilarious adventures! They’ll play games and learn letter recognition, letter tracing, and phonics.

Health and physical education games

Available: Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore

Age: 5 to 12

Cost: Free, premium version available

The purpose of GoNoodle is to help parents and teachers get kids moving, with the help of engaging video content. As their app description states: “make screen time active with 300+ videos that feature kids songs, dance, yoga, mindfulness, stretching, and more!”

Whether you want to throw your children a dance party to get them moving or make cleaning up around the house fun, GoNoodle has the perfect video.

Available: Web

Age: 4 to 13

Cost: Free

When it comes to health, it’s important that children learn about their bodies early to stay healthy. Although this website is outdated, there are 36 health-related games across four categories that will help children love to care about their health.From allergies and body parts to dental hygiene and staying fit, playing these games can introduce them to new concepts and help reinforce what they learn in school.

Available: Apple App Store

Age: 4+

Cost: Free

Developed by New Mexico State University Learning Games Lab, Eat & Move-O-Matic aims to encourage young people to learn about — and practice — healthy and active lifestyles.

Children scroll through a food list and match it with something from an activity list. Based on the food and activity combination you choose, it will tell you how long it takes to burn off that food’s calories. For example, eating a medium-sized banana with 27 calories will take you four minutes of playing high-impact active video games to burn off, at 7.2 calories per minute.

With 35 activities and 80 foods, children will make new discoveries about their favorite foods and get healthy “Pro Tips.”

Science games

Available: Apple App Store, Google Play, Microsoft

Age: 4+

Cost: $2.99 per app, discounted bundles available

Tinybop can be summed up in three words: play, create, and learn. 

Using educational apps and digital games created for curious and creative minds, children can explore the awesome and invisible wonders of the world!

Children will develop foundational science literacy while engaging with educational games about the human body, plants, homes, weather, space, animals, states of matter, and other exciting topics.

Available: Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore

Age: 4+

Cost: Free with in-game purchases

Flowing from a belief that the power of play jumpstarts imagination, its games are open-ended, so children are encouraged to experiment and make new connections. The educational game developer Toca Boca creates digital toys from the kid perspective. 

Among Toca Boca’s products, science-related ones include Toca Lab: Elements and Toca Lab: Plants.

In Elements, children will explore the exciting world of science and meet all 118 elements from the periodic table, as they experiment with lab equipment!

And in Plants, they’ll have the opportunity to see how plants evolve, while collecting up to 35 different plant characters!

Available: Apple App Store

Age: 4+

Cost: Free

One of the most popular educational sites today, Wonderopolis was created by the National Center for Families in 2010.

Camp Wonderopolis started as a free way to keep children and their families learning outside of school and help avoid summer learning loss — the loss of academic skills and knowledge over the course of long school holidays. There are five Wonderopolis camps:

• Flex Your Wonder
• Mission to Wonder
• Symphony of Wonders
• Connect with Your Wonders
• Build Your Own Wonderocity

Each one aims to keep children engaged with fun, interactive STEM and literacy-building topics boosted by Maker experiments!

Available: Apple App Store

Age: 4+

Cost: Individual and Family Plans available, starting at $9 per month

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook, said: “In fifteen years, we’ll be teaching programming just like reading and writing… and wondering why we didn’t do it sooner.” 

Recognizing its importance, Tynker has created award-winning coding courses that are fun and offer self-paced learning for all experience levels.

With over 3,700 fun modules, Tynker designed its lessons to motivate children to further advance their skills, while earning cool new badges! They’ll also have help along the way thanks to interactive explanations, how-to videos, mini-game previews, and more.

Available: Apple App Store

Age: 7+

Cost: Free (in-app purchases), paid versions ($4.99)

Help! R-obbie the Robot crashed his spaceship in a galaxy far away and doesn’t have enough energy to get back to his planet all by himself. 

That’s where your child comes in. Using drag-and-drop programming instructions, they’ll help R-obbie reach the fuel levels he needs to get back home.

This is a programming game that helps people learn how to code in a child-friendly way. Your child will learn procedures, loops, and conditional instructions all while learning how fun — and accessible — programming can be!

Available: Web

Age: 10+

Cost: Free

In partnership with E-Line Media and the Institute of Play, Gamestar Mechanic is an online game and community with the sole aim of helping children learn the guiding principles of game design in a highly engaging environment.

There are three components to Gamestar Mechanic: Play, Design, and Share.

Here’s a quick overview of how it works:

1. Your child will start by going on an exciting single-player quest to learn about the principles of game design, while earning “sprites.”
2. After exhibiting a certain level of mastery, they can use their sprites to design their own original games!
3. Then, if your child wishes, they may publish their game in Game Alley as well as review and collaborate on other players’ games.

Have you thought about a STEM program?

If your child loves technology games, they might benefit from a STEM program. STEM programs help kids build key STEM skills – all while they have fun!

Learn more

Available: Web, Apple App Store, Google Play

Age: 2 to 11

Cost: Free

Starring some of children’s favorite television characters, the social studies games on PBS Kids explore culture, different environments, identity, governance, science, and more.

Not sure there’s something for your child? PBS Kids offers a variety of styles of games — fromJet’s Planet Pinball to learn about our solar system to Fidgits to the Rescue! where they build structures to help victims of environmental disasters. There’s something for every type of learner.

Available: Web, Apple App Store, Google Play

Age: 8+

Cost: Free

In 2009, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor founded iCivics to reimagine civic education. Since its inception, her vision has been “to cultivate a new generation of students for thoughtful and active citizenship. Civic knowledge is a prerequisite for civic participation. Yet for decades, civic education had largely disappeared from school curricula and the repercussions are undeniable.”

Taking a game-based approach, iCivics transforms abstract concepts into problems that every child will face in real life. 

If it’s used in your child’s class, they’ll have a class code to sign in. If it isn’t, they can still make their own account to play engaging and educational games that will help make them better citizens!

Available: Apple App Store, Web

Age: 6+

Cost: Free, in-app purchases

This social studies game allows children to “meet” other kids around the world through photo- and audio-based stories called “A Day in My Life.” Choose from places like Haiti, New York City, the Netherlands, or Indonesia to hear each storyteller’s language as well as learn geographic, cultural, and political facts about each country.

Depending how your child would like to explore each friend’s story, they can choose from three different approaches: Adventure, Start to Finish, and Conversations.

History games

Available: Web, Apple App Store

Age: 10+

Cost: Free, Silver ($7. 99) or Gold (24.99) Memberships

If your child loves history, mystery and a great story, keep reading. 

Created by a parent, educator and anthropologist, this educational game brings fun historical facts, archaeology, and world cultures together.

You’re summoned to an old manor, full of ancient relics and mysterious people. But why? Unravel the secrets of a lost clan and claim your right to travel through time!

Your child will embark on a point-and-click journey that encourages exploration, self-expression, and self-directed learning — all while learning real history.

Available: Apple App Store, Google Play

Age: All ages (However, children under 16 are advised to have an adult present.)

Cost: Free

With this engaging app, Civilisations AR puts puts history in your hand with the BBC’s first ever Augmented Reality app. You and your child will discover things like ancient Egyptian secrets and reveal hidden layers beneath Renaissance masterpieces.

Whether at home or on a walk in the park, you can use Civilisations AR to bring realistic, to-scale artifacts to life. Become the explorer as you move, scale, and rotate the collection. And, if interested, use features like the “Spotlight” to reveal audio guides and special features, or the “X-Ray” to discover some of history’s greatest secrets.

Available: Apple App Store

Age: 7+

Cost: Free, in-app purchases ($2.79 to $13.99)

Children will have fun discovering the ancient world and exploring through games and adventures. With vibrant colors and high-quality images, they’ll find themselves engaged with the history of 14 different civilizations.

Kids also get to create their own avatar! And when they do, playing the game will allow them to level it up so they can unlock some awesome prizes.

Available: Web

Age: 6+

Cost: Free

Parents may remember the National Geographic Kids magazine. Now, children can engage with the same fun aspects of the magazine online.

To learn more about geography, head over to their website for some fact-filled, fast-paced fun! There are many educational quizzes, funny fill-ins, and action-adventure games to play.

Available: Web

Age: 6+

Cost: Free

Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

Your child will just have to hop on the internet to find out. In collaboration with education publishing company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Google Earth created a series of Carmen Sandiego games: The Crown Jewels Caper, Tutankhamun's Mask Caper, and The Keys to the Kremlin Caper.

Your child will help Carmen Sandiego track down burglars working for a global criminal organization called VILE. Flying from continent to continent, players interview characters to gain clues that help track down the burglars while testing their geography knowledge.  

Simply go to Google Earth → Voyager → Games → Scroll down!

Available: Web

Age: 6+

Cost: Free

Created by education publishing company Houghton Mifflin, GeoNet is a geography game led by Chester the beaver. Children first choose where in the world they’d like to go, then answer questions broken down into six categories: the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, and the uses of geography.

Chester will ask different types of multiple choice questions. But don’t worry -- if they get it wrong the first time, they can keep trying until they get it right. Then, Chester will give a short explanation as to why that answer was correct! And if your child doesn’t find Level 1 challenging enough, try Level 2!

Gamification in education need not be limited to the classroom. Encouraging your child to spend their screen time playing educational video games for kids not only strengthens their skills in various subjects but can also help transform them into lifelong learners!

20 Best Educational Games for Kids by Subjects & Grades

1. Introduction 

2. Free Interactive Learning Games by Grades

3. Free Educational Games for Kids Based On Subjects

4. Benefits of Game-Based Education For The Young Ones 

5. Achieving Goals with SplashLearn

Game-based learning offers a deeper understanding of concepts to kids and helps them become fearless learners. These fun games are created to inspire children and develop competencies, talents, and skills, thus giving them maximum exposure.

Studies reveal that there has been a massive surge in the gaming industry to develop games for a child’s social and emotional learning skills. Some games exhibit strong pedagogical properties for teaching core subjects like humanities, mathematics, and sciences.

Online educational games provide a balanced curriculum to compete with and complement the programs offered at kids’ schools. These involve inspirational games, predictable routines, and fun activities through play.

There are many fun online games for educational purposes. These games inspire fun learning and keep kids occupied at home.

Splashlearn develops games based on scientifically developed pedagogy on child motivation and learning. It nurtures a fearless learning curiosity among young ones and adapts to kids’ evolving needs. ELA has various games on topics like:

• Letters from A-Z
• Reading words
• Sight Words

And Math has games on topics like:

• Counting and Comparison
• Addition and Subtraction
• Geometry

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CBeebies by global. cbeebies.com 

CBeebies is a pre-school company by the BBC for kids aged 6 years and under. They encourage learning through play and provide various pre-school programming activities. They also provide options like watching programs, watching video clips, and playing free interactive online games:

• Feeding Time Game
• Puzzle game
• Memory game
• Colouring game
• Exploring game
• Andy’s puzzle game
• Dinosaur match game
• Super Numtum and the flying moles of mischief game
• Outdoor fun games

Shifu kits are available at Play Shifu, which provide engaging and interactive augmented reality-based early learning. Stories create unforgettable experiences and come alive right before our eyes, leaving a smile on the faces of children and adults alike. They create STEM toys and learning games which are thoroughly loved and enjoyed by parents, kids, and teachers. This is one gamepad with five interactive kits:

For ages 9-13, this game tries to answer questions that hover in a child’s mind about the world that they live in. Through this game, they try to develop media literacy skills.

CBC Kids has free games based on adventure, puzzles, games for beginners, action, animals, sports, strategy, and many more. Some exciting games are:

• Beginner Game – A helping hand            
• Action Game – Air Hockey
• Strategy Game – Alien Bridge, Antigravity, Battle Battle, Blue Story
• Puzzle Game – All aboard, Aztech Treasure,
• Animal Game – Animals crush, Bouncing Squirrel
• Adventure Game – Baby Cat adventure
• Sports Game – Balance Ball, Baseball pro

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Bommerang by Bommerang. Asia

Boomerang provides games like Tom and Jerry Puzzle Escape, Tom and Jerry Music Maker, Mr. Bean, and Spot the difference.

Some of their best games are:

• Forest Rush
• Midnight Munchies
• Make and Race
• Music Maker
• Bouncy Cubs
• Puzzle Escape
• Tom and Jerry Games
• Mr. Bean Games
• Wabbit Games
• Scooby-Doo Games

Let us go through some exciting and interactive free online games for kids targeted to enhance knowledge and learning in specific subject areas.

SplashLearn is the perfect blend of fun and learning. Your kids can now play interactive games to build math and reading skills.

As a parent, you can teach your kids through customized lesson plans. SplashLearn offers a fun learning experience that is appreciated and loved by over 40 million kids.

With SplashLearn, you can get access to:

• Library of 4000+ games, books, and educational activities.
• Personalized schedules and plans
• Motivating rewards
• Kid-friendly and safe learning
• New and innovative games that are updated regularly

Math Playground is a tremendous mathematical game platform. Its games have amusement parks, bridge-builder sums, and superheroes. The featured games are:

• Division Games
• Step Equations
• Algebraic Reasoning
• Place Value Party
• Division Derby
• Adding Fractions
• Sum Stacks
• Number sequence
• Galaxy pals 20
• Superhero subtraction
• Amusement park addition
• Factor pair up and so many more

Math vs Monsters is a castle-based game wherein mathematical problem-based monsters follow the kids. Kids take the role of mathematical geniuses and build a castle. They then solve the problems using their analytical, technical, and mathematical skills.

Kids in grades 1 – 7 can practice maths with hundred of worksheets available online. They can also learn through video tutorials and play maths games like:

• Math Agar
• Math Slither
• Mathimals
• Math vs. Monsters
• Math and Snacks
• Viking Queen Defense
• Cat wars
• Number worms
• King of Maths
• Candy Stacker
• Math Smash – Animal Rescue
• Toon Balloonz
• Math Missile

2. Art

Color, paint, and have fun! Colorfy is the perfect game for kids to paint pages with mandalas, cartoons, patterns. They experience all kinds of paint drawings with colors and create fantastic paints.

Colorfy can help your children have fun with the best coloring game. It has incredible features like:

• It is easy to color. Kids can choose palette, brushes, gradient colors, and harmonious colors.
• It gives the options of 1000+ pictures to paint.
• Kids can get inspired by the art works of great artists.
• It is optimized for both iPhone and Android users.
• Kids can also share their work through social media.
• It is a stress buster exercise.
• Kids can work offline as well.

b) Start With Art by Madcap Logic 

This creativity-based hands-on project helps kids work on their animation skills. It enables and empowers the little artists through various art guides like:

• 16 lessons to explore the elements and principles of art
• Creativity builders – 32 hands-on art projects with integrated lesson plans,
• Artist cards and puzzle pieces that are awarded after lesson challenges,
• Virtual gallery of lesson artwork,
• Glossary of art terms,
• Assessment Rubric – Evaluate student comprehension and progress aligned with the National Standards.

3. Language Arts

 a) Endless Alphabet by Originator Inc. 

This application has delightful animations and fun games which teach children letters and definitions. Some of its basic features are:

Features:

• 100 words to explore and learn.
• Delightful animations that teach the definitions of the words in a fun and engaging way.
• Word game that teaches children letters.
• Alphabetetical knowledge

b) VocabularySpellingCity by SpellingCity.com, Inc. 

This is an intriguing and addictive game to improve children’s reading comprehension, storytelling, and vocabulary.

4. Health and Physical Education

 a) PDQ Test or Jump Tag 

This is a fun group exercise-related game that is quirky and has a fun tag attached to it. It is one of the most powerful ways to teach children the relevance of health and physical education.

5. Science

 a) Animal Jam by WildWorks 

Children can complete in various animal games, adopt awesome pets, and learn about the natural world from videos. Its best features are:

• Explore a gorgeous, living 3D world
• Join a friendly community of players worldwide
• Chat with animal buddies
• Learn about real animals and their habitats

b) Roblox by Roblox Corporation 

Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets kids create, share experiences with friends, and be anything they want.

• Children can explore together anytime, and anywhere. It features full cross-platform support.
• They can be anything they can imagine.They can be creative, and show off their unique style.

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6. Technology

 a) Code-Karts by EDOKI ACADEMY 

Code Karts aims to teach kids the fundamentals of code. They want to enable and empower kids with a more profound understanding once they become old enough to begin writing code themselves.

It is a fun and engaging educational game with features like:

• An intuitive user interface for children from age 4.
• Known for developing games on sequencing, problem-solving, and logic.

b) Thinkrolls2 by Avokiddo 

Avokiddo has logical and puzzle-based games with advanced technology. These games aim to enhance the technical and scientific skills of children.

Kids gain confidence in their deductive reasoning and problem-solving abilities. They complete the puzzles that require juggling multiple possibilities and planning moves well in advance.

Kids can hone their fine motor skills, test theories, experiment with force, take an out-of-this-world sci-fi trip, enhance visual memory, and solve complex puzzles. This app comprises:

• 270 challenging levels with mind-sharpening puzzles,
• 135 easy levels for ages 3-5,
• 135 hard levels for ages 5-7,
• Experiment with levitation, gravity, density, electricity, buoyancy, and acceleration,
• Games to enhance logic, problem-solving, spatial cognition, memory, observation, and more,
• Progress tracking,
• Language-neutral gameplay.

7. Social Studies

 a) Camp Wonderopolis by National Center for Families Learning 

This game is based on reading and learning about the world. It aims to cultivate kids and families learning together. It is full of fun, interactive STEM and literacy-building topics boosted by Maker experiments.

b) Civilisations AR by Medial Applications Technologies for the BBC 

Focusing on history, this game brings reality from history into homes with augmented virtual reality. The BBC’s first-ever app, ‘Civilisations AR,’ brings art.

Features:

• Children can become the explorer and use the magic spotlight to reveal audio guides and unique features.
• They can use the X-Ray feature to discover history’s secrets hidden within and rub through the layers of history with Restore.
• They can translate hieroglyphics, navigate the collection geographically in AR, and take and share photos of the objects.

8. General Knowledge

a) Kids vs Plastic by National Geographic 

This game is inclined towards environmental stability and fun educational learning at the same time.

Besides learning about how plastic is ruining the habitats and territories of so many innocent animals, kids can also play fun games like:

• Patrick’s Day Quiz
• Which animal trickster are you?
• Bug Bash
• Play Zeus the Mighty

b) Play Music by Playmusic.org 

An entertaining online game that enhances the learning of kids of all age groups. They can indulge in segments like Children’s Room Décor, Play Music Computer, and learn the depths of music through Free Online Music Programs.

c) All About the Moon by Space Place 

This game enables kids to learn about space. They will learn using structures, figures, and presentations about how far the moon is, the phases of the moon, how many moons each planet has, and much more.

Learning about the space is encouraged by educational gaming through:

• Nasa Space Art Challenge
• Colour Your Universe
• Explore Mars
• Play Solar System and so many more

Benefits of Game-Based Education For the Young Ones

Advantages of Online Gaming Education

1. Makes students smarter

Online gaming develops effective self-directed learning skills. Students apply skills to the problem at hand and evaluate resultant feedback. It sharpens analytical and critical reasoning, engages students, and increases their efficiency and productivity. In addition, it promotes cooperation and teamwork.

2. Teaches students discipline

Interactive social skill games teach children discipline. They motivate them to follow the rules and guidelines, thus developing their skills and patience. Kids also develop positive feelings of achievement and accomplishment from mastering new knowledge and skills.

3. Makes students self-motivated and more accountable

Students engage in growing their knowledge base. They become more engaged in the process. They learn through interactive methods like
– storytelling,
– problem-solving,
– peer education,
– teamwork,
– reverse teaching,
– staging,
– concept maps,
– role-playing, and
– gamification.

4. Involves educators and parents

Making education more fun can add the aspect of collaborative learning. It makes the task of parents and educators much simpler. They can keep themselves updated and connected with the most relevant content to teach better through engagement and enjoyment.

5. Increases information sharing and students’ employability

Learning through games allows students to access and customize more and more information suited to their personal needs. It allows them to learn at the best pace along with boosting their learning, experience, and communications skills.

Equipping students with game-based education can enhance their problem-based learning skills. As it imbibes real-world approaches to learning, it will eventually empower them to create their own employment opportunities and ideally even generate jobs for others.

Other Benefits

Other benefits of online gamification of education are microlearning & multimedia expertise. Games also enable personalized learning and provide access to interactive content. Students can learn through diverse learning styles like text, audio, video, and graphics. Education is customized based on the students’ strengths and weaknesses.

Let us look at a few more advantages of education through online gaming:

Online educational games play a significant role in enhancing children’s self-confidence and personality. Online educational games:

1. Can enliven the teaching methodology and make it more constructive.
2. Encourages kids’ to participate using a hands-on approach.
3. Can help students remember through active participation and apply it in real-world situations.
4. Prepare children for innovative, and advanced technologies through visual and computer literacy skills and techniques.
5. Encourage students to think out of the box.
6. Hugely beneficial for children with attention disorders.
7. Sharpen and polishes other skills in kids like critical thinking, sportsmanship, and collaboration & interaction with peers.

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How can Parents Contribute?

Pedagogy has evolved with modern technology and revolutionized the approach of teaching. Now children can get educated without leaving their homes through online courses, online degree programs, etc. Nevertheless, parents need to encourage interactive learning through online games to grab and keep their kids’ attention.

Aims and Objectives: Interactive Online Gaming Education

Let us understand a few aims and objectives of interactive online gaming education:

• To shape kids into enthusiastic learners
• To instill the fun factor into online education systems
• To motivate, inspire, and engage students
• To mitigate monotonous learning methods
• To assist students with self-esteem, focus, and memory

How to Use Online Games as a Support Tool and a Resilient Educator

Interactive learning through online gaming education involves student participation and enhances their approach to work. It also encourages the personalization of discussions and student collaboration.

It includes:

• Inclusive learning spaces for children
• The digital learning experience
• Smooth interaction with students
• Motivation and encouragment
• Personalized touch

Achieving Goals with SplashLearn

Online interactive learning through educational games has been through many changes. It is now the epitome of digitized learning and interactions. It may further go through several transformations if technological innovations continue to abound.

Parents and children now rely on SplashLearn for digital interactive learning, augmented knowledge, better pedagogy, even though there may be resistance and barriers. They also rely on holistic educational facilities provided by SplashLearn for children’s education.

Children can participate in competitive and co-operational games, achieve formidable goals, use digital learning technology to better grasp ideas, gain qualitatively different experiences, and prevent mental health problems.  

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What makes a good educational game?

A good educational game has a lot of factors:
1. The game should be motivational, interesting, and engaging
2. The levels should progress on the basis of difficulty
3. The game should offer personalized rewards
4. User feedback should be collected on a timely basis
5. The games should be visually appealing to retain the kids’ interest levels

What are some of the best educational games for Math?

1. SplashLearn
2. Monster Math
3. The Math Tree
4. Khan Academy Kids
5. Moose Math
6. Kids’ Math

What are the examples of classroom educational games?

1. Bingo
2. Puzzles
3. Pictionary
4. Charades
5. The Floor is Lava
6. Gratitude everyday
7. Hangman
8. Scatter-gories
9. Draw swords
10. Hot potato

Educational games - Fun learning and development games

Educational games

Educational games, these are games for the development of attention, memory and thinking in children . Here are collected a variety of educational games that can be played with children both at home and on a walk.

Rhymes-miniatures for the development of children's auditory attention, phonemic hearing, language sense. Go >>

12 Months game
Purpose of the game:
- remember the names of the months and their order in the year.
- develop the child's imagination, fine motor skills , memory, attention, reading skills.
All improvised means for the game are made together with the child. To the detailed description of the game>>

Game “Fold the pattern”.
Make a path or a pattern of figures (start with three or four elements, when the child gets used to such tasks, increase the number). Ask him to look at the path (pattern), then turn away. Change the location of one shape (then two or three). Ask the child to restore the original arrangement of the figures on the tracks (patterns).
Complicated option: remove the track (pattern) from the field. Offer to restore yourself. You can once again remove the pattern and invite the child to restore it with closed eyes to the touch.

Educational game “Guess what disappeared”. Purpose of the game: development of attention and memory.
Place 3-4 toys in front of the baby. Ask him to look, and then turn away. Remove or add one toy and ask the child to guess what has disappeared or appeared. Gradually increase the number of toys. At 6-7 years of age, a child should easily memorize up to 10 items.

Monkey game. Purpose of the game: development of attention, coordination of movements, memory.
Equipment: bricks (cubes) of one or more colors (all children and the leader must have the same sets), counting sticks, matches, etc. can be used.
Game progress: the host offers the children: “Let's “turn” into monkeys today. Best of all, monkeys are able to mimic, repeat everything they see. The leader, in front of the children, puts together a construction of bricks (or from the material on which the game is played). The guys should copy as accurately as possible not only the design, but also all its movements.
Option: the construction built in front of the children is covered with a sheet of paper or a box and they are asked to fold it from memory (then the result is compared with the sample).

Queue. Variations of the previous game.
Take picture cards or some objects and put them in line with the child, for example, to the dentist, hairdresser, and so on.
Ask the child to turn away and remove someone, ask the child: “Who ran away from the queue?”. Again ask the child to turn away, swap the cards and ask: “Who mixed up the queue?”. Turn over the cards and ask: “Where is the butterfly sitting? Where is the Elephant sitting? and so on.

Educational game "Catch a fish" .
This game requires "fish" (objects with handles) and a fishing rod. You can make a fishing rod yourself - tie a rope with a hook to a stick. The length of the rope should correspond to the height of the child, so that it is convenient for him to “catch a fish” from the floor.
Lay out small items that have handles on the floor. For example, small saucepans, watering cans, rattles, plastic mugs and so on. Now you can invite the child to become a “fisherman”: “Look, what strange fish swam to us. Let's catch them and we'll have order again." This game can be played with children from 4 years old. The game develops dexterity and coordination of movements.

Lines mixed up.
Following a line from its beginning to the end, especially when it is intertwined with other lines, promotes the development of concentration and attention .

Educational game "Hide in the locker".
Glue a cabinet out of empty matchboxes. Boxes can be glued in a different order, different levels of complexity. The simplest locker: 3 glued boxes on top of each other. The most complex locker: 6 boxes high and 5 boxes wide.
We put some small object, for example, a bead, on any shelf in front of the child. We push it, then turn the locker and ask: “Which shelf is the bead on?”. As you master it, you can put different objects of different colors on different shelves. The questions will be: “On which shelf is the green ball? On which shelf is the blue pin?” and so on.

Top-clap game.
Game for the development of attention, memory.
The leader pronounces phrases-concepts - correct and incorrect.
If the expression is correct, the children clap, if not correct, they stomp.
Examples: "It always snows in summer." Potatoes are eaten raw." "A crow is a migratory bird". It is clear that the older the children, the more difficult the concepts should be.

Variations on the theme of top cotton.
You can play like this. Give your child different words: table, bed , cup, pencil, bear, fork, etc. The kid listens carefully and claps his hands when he comes across a word denoting, for example, an animal.If the kid gets confused, repeat the game from the beginning.
Another time, suggest that the child stand up every time they hear the word for a plant. Then combine the first and second tasks, i.e. the baby claps his hands when he hears words denoting animals, and stands up when pronouncing words denoting a plant. Such and similar exercises develop attentiveness, speed of distribution and switching of attention, and in addition, expand the horizons and cognitive activity of the child. It is good to play such games with several children, desire, excitement and a prize for the winner will make them even more exciting.

4 funny educational games for children from one year old

Although most experts are sure that in the first years of life, contact with a significant adult is the most important thing for a child, active moms and dads always want to keep him “something useful”. Sally Goldberg, in her book Fun Educational Games, published by Alpina Non-Fiction, tells how a child's brain develops from zero to three years old and what simple activities can be offered to him at different ages.

The ability to understand many words and say some of them opens up new ways for your child to participate in the lives of the people around them. He may already ask you for something. You see how he follows simple instructions and begins to understand simple stories.

Give him a pencil and he will scribble; put cubes or other similar objects in front of him, and he will begin to arrange them or put them in different places. You probably notice with pleasure that he performs these simple actions meaningfully. Read, sing to your child, and talk to him whenever possible. Throughout the first year of his life, he absorbed everything from the environment that you created for him. Now you can see what he learned this year.

New year of life - a new level of play

Your baby used to change a lot from month to month, but now progress has become slower. What you will probably enjoy most about the games below is that they can be played many times, and your child will learn and understand something new each time.

Milestones

• Trial and error
• Touches one object with another
• Follows an object when it is out of sight
• Purposefully uses items
• Simulates gestures
• Simulates new actions
• Simulates household chores
• Manipulates small objects
• Places cubes or other objects of the same type on top of each other
• Begins to scribble
• Starts throwing objects
• Crawls up and down stairs
• Likes rituals and routines
• Follows simple directions
• loves fairy tales
• Helps around the house
• Likes poems and songs
• Speaks simple words; vocabulary - about 10 words
• Repeats words after others
• Uses various intonations
• Formulates requests from one word
• Identifies one part of the face, usually the nose, and several parts of the body

Development of cognitive skills in purposeful play

1. Tu-tu

Children of all ages love trains. At the same time, a home-made train may turn out to be even more attractive for the baby, because its compilation is a creative and fun process.

What you need

Items that can be used to make a train, such as large curlers, empty spools of thread, large beads, small toy cars, empty boxes of portioned products (juices, cereals, etc.). Ribbon, rope, piece of yarn or cord about a meter long.

What to do

1. Assemble the wagons for your train, tie them with a ribbon, rope or string about a meter long.

2. Play how you want! Together with the baby, you can carry the train around the house. You come up with stations and destinations yourself!

3. While playing, tell your child about the sounds the train makes and discuss the parts it is made of.

The Benefits of Playing

Your baby is just starting to walk and talk, and you should constantly encourage him to learn new skills. Therefore, it is very useful to have some funny object on hand so that the baby drags it along to different places. A child who has learned to walk will enjoy the opportunities and freedom that such a toy gives him. Most likely, he will begin to make sounds and pronounce words expressing delight.

What the scientists say

As stated in the article "Best Toys for Toddlers" on WhatToExpect. com, the game is the main occupation of your baby, his work. When he is fascinated by "puzzles or building blocks, cars or plush toys, cubes or books, he looks like a little scientist." Now he can move more freely, which means he can get to new places, and improved fine motor skills give him more control over the world around him.

According to the article, all this allows the child to "be the boss in his own world (although sometimes such a thought is frightening)".

If you are going to buy, borrow or make a toy, variety is the main principle that you should be guided by. and hand movements and even pattern recognition. “The best toys are those that perform multiple functions at the same time and offer enough freedom of movement to keep your little explorer happy as he grows and develops,” the article says.

2. Housework

The child loves to pull or push things. It is easy to associate such activities with some household chores, for example, sweeping. You can buy a special children's set or just take an old broom and cut its handle so that it is not too long for a child.

What you need

Broom and dustpan.

What to do

1. Take a broom and dustpan and show your child how you sweep.

2. Ask him to sweep with you.

3. During the process, talk to him and describe in detail what you are doing.

Benefits of the game

Now your baby has come to a period when he tries to copy you in everything. Take advantage of this. Early development sets the program for further serious study, so try to ensure that the experience is always positive and attractive for the child.

What Scientists Say

As Chana Stiefel writes in the parent.com article What Your Child Learns By Imitating You, your child learns by imitating. She cites Lisa Nalven, a developmental and behavioral expert, who argues that a one-year-old child learns a lot of skills, from speech to social, precisely by imitating adults. Children at this age especially enjoy imitating activities such as sweeping and vacuuming the floor. Try to do different things in front of your child as often as possible, because he learns from your example.

3. Trash can II

The simulation game involves the use of objects for a specific purpose. Keep this in mind when picking up items for your game.

Items needed

Items that can be used in role-play, such as empty plastic bottles, Styrofoam lunch containers, plastic plates, and other containers.

What to do

1. Prepare for a simulation game with your chosen items.

2. Make sure that all objects are safe - no sharp edges or small parts that a child can swallow.

3. Tell your child about the items he uses, making sure your vocabulary is rich enough. Ask questions: “Oh, are you pretending to drink cold water?”

Advantages of the game

Now you can not only describe something to the child, but also invite him to do different things with different objects. If he likes to open and close boxes, come up with some kind of game scenario for this activity. If your child enjoys pretending to eat or drink, talk to him about different foods or drinks. When he was smaller, he had enough explanations of "up and down" and "in and out", but now you can compose any plots for his games, which will be both fun and useful for him.

What scientists say

In the book “Baby and Child. From Birth to Five, Penelope Leach says that for a one-year-old child, the main concept is "play and learn." You can buy many different toys designed specifically for developing this or that skill, but the main thing for a child is to use any object that comes into his hands for learning. At this age, children strive to learn as much as possible about the world around them and learn to do what adults do.

4. What is going on?

Day after day, your little one explores the world, trying to figure out what's going on around him. In this exploration game, he can do what he likes: push or pull large objects and manipulate small ones.

What you need

Nothing.

Things to do

1. Choose specific places for your child to explore, such as under a chair, behind a sofa, or in a closet.

2. Always keep an eye on what is happening and keep the child safe.

3. While your little one is exploring an interesting place, talk to him and ask questions about what he sees and does there.

Benefits of the game

In a variety of ways, the child strives for one goal - to know the world. In this desire, almost nothing can stop him. He experiences for himself what is "wet" and what is "dry", what hurts, what can be lifted, pushed or pulled, what makes things stop and move, why some objects stick together and others fall apart.

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