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Let's Go Luna!

Luna's Postcards Around the World

Come travel the globe and learn about these 6 wonderful cities in this match game!

Donkey Hodie

Go Fetch With Bob Dog

Mathematics,Computational Thinking,Executive Function Skills

Bob Dog is on a mission to become a top fetcher with his coach, Penguin Referee! Go Fetch! With Bob Dog is a fun, claw machine-style game from Donkey Hodie where players use classification, flexible thinking, and visual discrimination to help Bob Dog sort the toys he wants and toss the ones he doesn't as fast as they can. Everyone will dig it!

Wild Kratts

Animal Match

Science

Match animals from different habitats!

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  Travel around the world and make up dances with Grover.

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  A Job For Me

  Explore the jobs that make up a community!​

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  a meat collecting game with active verb vocab curric.

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  Help Martha collect her socks... in space!

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  New room unlocked! Build your own museum!

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  AJ has a mission to to reuse litter in the park and clean it up for his friends to enjoy.

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  The chickens vote for someone to watch them while the farmer is away!

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  Keep your customers happy in this restaurant game!

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  Join Abby and Rosita on an adventure and learn about new people, places, and things!

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  Abby's Sandbox Search

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  Xavier Story Creator

  Create stories your own way!

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  The Big Dog Problem

  Read a storybook with Peg and Cat!

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  The chickens vote for someone to watch them while the farmer is away!

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  Storybook Builder

  Create stories with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and Cookie Monster!

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  In this game, your child can practice letter recognition and dance with Big Bird and Snuffy.

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  All Aboard with Alma! Build your own subway system to drop off and pick up passengers!

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  Design your own animal-inspired vehicles!

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  Sara and Fur Blur need help fixing treehouses around City Town!

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How to play our Online Memory games?

In these online games, the cards are laid in rows on the board. The number of cards vary from 12 (for toddlers) to 42 (for older kids). You can increase the number of the cards in the matching game, and so the level of difficulty, thanks to the buttons located below the game.
For teachers who want to play matching games with their students or for all those who want to play together and remotely via screen sharing, a new feature is now available for each game: you now have the possibility to display numbered cards.

The principle of the game is to find all the pairs by returning the cards 2 by 2. If the cards turned up are the same (a pair), it's a match and you win the pair, otherwise, the cards are automatically turned face down and you have to make a new try.
In the "SOLO" mode: The principle is to find all the pairs with the fewest possible moves and in a shortest time.
In the "2 PLAYERS" mode: the player who found the most pairs wins.

Quickly understand how to play with the Quick matching game rules here, you will find there a step-by-step illustrated description, or you can also Download the Printable game rules in PDF format.

These matching games are compatible with all your devices: desktop, tablets and smartphones (IOS ou Android).The content and the game adjust automatically to your device, so do not hesitate to play on a tablet or a smartphone.

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Why play the Matching games for kids?

These free Matching games are specifically designed for kids. Many themes and several level of difficulty are available and adapted to the child's age. The pictures chosen to illustrate the games are suitable are specifically choosen to please them.

The matching game is a great game to stimulate kids memory in a playful way! The more you play, the easier it is to remember where the cards are and therefore, the easier it is to find the pairs.

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What are the games in kindergarten

What are the games in kindergarten

What are they playing in kindergarten? This question is of interest to many parents: it is the game that develops the child, makes him stronger, faster, smarter and more attentive.

In an outdoor game, muscles and immunity are strengthened, coordination develops, in an intellectual game, memory improves, attention expands vocabulary and knowledge about the world around, thinking develops.

Games for children in kindergarten are organized by educators, taking into account the age and training of their pupils. It can be indoor or outdoor activities.

What kinds of games are there?

Different types of games for children are practiced in the kindergarten: creative, didactic, mobile, folk. Some of them are individual, others are group, some are held at the initiative of the educator, others are played by the kids themselves:

• , draw and build. Any activity can be creative: from gatherings with dolls to sculpting houses in the sandbox;
• in the didactic game for preschoolers, intellectual abilities develop: children learn to pronounce sounds and recognize letters, get the very first counting skills, recognize the names of objects and gain other knowledge;
• outdoor game for children in a group is an ideal way to improve their health and support immunity, develop coordination, strength and agility. Kids love this variety the most;
• It is difficult to distinguish a folk game for kindergarten children from a mobile game, but, in addition to physical activity, it also gives an incentive to develop intelligence.

All types of games in the group are supervised by the teacher. He cares about the safety of the children and sets the rules if required.

What kind of group games are there in kindergarten?

There are a lot of options, and the choice depends solely on the educator: it is he who sets the rules. Here we will tell you what games are played in the younger (3-4 years old), middle (4-5 years old), older (6-7 years old) groups of kindergarten. Not all are listed: you can find descriptions of other activities on the Internet.

For 3-4 years old

"Silence"

Participants disperse around the room in a chaotic manner. As soon as the teacher says a certain phrase, the participants lie down and pretend to be asleep. Those who don't sleep well enough lose. Instead of a teacher, there may be a child. Then the loser becomes the leader.

Don't be late

Blocks or other toys are placed on the floor. Each participant takes a place at his cube. The host gives a signal and the participants scatter. As soon as he says: "Don't be late!" - they return. The one who took his place last loses.

Cucumber

Participants disperse around the site. At one end of it is the leader ("trap"), at the other - those whom he will catch. Participants approach the "trap" skipping while he pronounces the sentence. As soon as it ends, the children scatter, and the leader catches them.

For 4-5 years old

"Cats and mice"

They play in the kindergarten. Benches or chairs are placed against the walls. In one corner is a "cat" - the leader. As soon as the "cat" falls asleep, the "mice" scatter. Waking up, the "cat" begins to meow and catch "mice". They must run to their places and hide. If the "cat" has not caught anyone, it returns to its place.

“Wider step”

On the playground of the kindergarten, hoops are laid out - in two or three rows, five in each. Children begin to step over their hoop to hoop. Their task is not to touch the hoops, not to go beyond them. At the end they jump up and down and clap their hands.

Camera

Camera can be played in a group or with one or two participants. Participants are shown a picture for 5-6 seconds, then removed. The task of the participants is to accurately describe what is shown in the picture.

White-sided Magpie

This is one of the group activities that can easily be transformed into an individual one. Several items are laid out on the table. The task of the child is to remember what items were lying. After 5-10 seconds, he turns away, and the host replaces one or two items. Turning to the table, the participant must say what exactly was missing.

"Associations"

The teacher shows some pictures. Participants must find something in common between them. These can be both logical associations (for example, pictures of a giraffe, elephant, dog, cat or plates, forks, glasses, pots) and illogical ones (bed, washbasin, soap, plate, shoes). If these are illogical associations, the participants must come up with a mini-story and link the objects together.

For 6-7 years old

Older groups in the kindergarten enjoy playing both outdoor and intellectual games. Often they are associated with preparation for school: they teach you to count, help you remember letters and learn to read.

At the age of 6-7 they leave the preschool age, and the teacher may well bring checkers, dominoes, "monopoly" and other board games. Relay races are also suitable, especially with the participation of parents.

Two or three groups of children participate in relay races. They perform tasks for speed: they run, carry sand, inflate balloons. The fastest team that did not break the rules wins.

Mirror game is suitable for everyone. The teacher or leader from among peers stands in the center. A prohibited movement is determined. The host starts moving, and the participants must repeat everything exactly, except for the taboo. The one who failed or violated the taboo becomes the leader.

How are games chosen?

When choosing, they take into account the characteristics of the group in the kindergarten, age, level of development, even the weather. In the warm season, outdoor activities are optimal. In bad weather, it is better to make up for the lack of physical activity in the kindergarten building, and on the street - make riddles, learn songs, play "Camera" or "Mirror".

Play uniform is the best option for any activity. Toddlers are much more willing to go in for sports, creativity or study if it is presented to them as games. That is why entertainment is given maximum attention in kindergartens.

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Play is the leading activity for preschool children. It is with the help of the game that children master the world of relationships between people. The game carries social adaptation: children learn to read the feelings of other people, try to defend their beliefs, learn the rules of behavior in a social group. The ability to live in society, to find one's place, to build relationships with others is not innate. It can and should be developed. As studies show, children who play various games well, with enthusiasm, fantasy feel better in any team.

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Children's outdoor game "Fire Dragon" is used to promote fire safety. It develops physical skills in children, the ability to crawl and walk with an added step, speed of reaction, accuracy, dexterity and courage. It instills in children a sense of self-preservation and careful handling of fire.

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indoors

with a ball

calm

target

Educational and cognitive game on the theme of wildlife and ecology. Children get acquainted with the animals that inhabit our planet. The purpose of the game is to consolidate the ability of children to systematize animals, birds, fish according to their habitat. The game also emphasizes the danger of fires for the entire animal world. The game develops dexterity, attention and concentration on the task.

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mobile

target

Children's outdoor game "Fire in the hearth" is used to promote fire safety. Develops speed of reaction, dexterity, orientation in space, attention and endurance. Forms a sense of courage, discipline, will and desire to win, a culture of behavior in everyday life and an understanding of the danger of fire.

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mobile

target

For children, this game will be a good logical conclusion to a comprehensive lesson on the literary work of N. A. Nekrasov "Grandfather Mazai and Hares". After getting acquainted with the work, the pupils will gladly want to play the role of hares and their rescuers themselves.

The game, on the example of a literary hero, teaches children to take care of animals, instills a desire to help the defenseless. Just like a physical game, it develops dexterity, speed and coordination of movements.

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mobile

Children's outdoor game "Two frosts" develops speed and spatial orientation. In the game, children practice running and agility. Well suited for playing with the whole team of the group on the street or in the gym. The number of participants from 8 people or more.

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indoor

team

mobile

One of the most fun team games. You need to play it with a large company, and the more participants, the more fun. Since there are many players, more free space is needed. The game teaches to work in a team, unites the team, develops purposefulness.

Game type:

indoors

mobile

Sly Fox is a fun children's game of skill and artistry. Develops endurance, leadership skills and control of emotions. Suitable for outdoor and indoor play. It is played by a group of at least 8 people. The rules of the game are a bit like the children's game "Ring, ring, go out on the porch."

Type of game:

team

mobile

ball

Pioneerball is a ball sport in which teams compete on a court divided by a net. The rules of the game are simple and if there is an instructor, kindergarten students can play it.

The game appeared in the 30s of the last century as a backyard version of volleyball, and its name comes from the word "pioneer" - a member of the children's communist organization in the USSR.

Game type:

indoors

mobile

Returns - rather than a game, but an exercise to collect pupils.

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