Awesome Learning Games!
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Learning can be fun!
Learning and studying doesn't have to be dry and boring!. There are many ways to brighten up a lesson or concept for students. Creating what could be uninteresting material into something they want to learn about encourages them to work harder at the subject and retain the information longer. One of my favorite things to do with my students is to play games! I have created many file folder games, board games, card games and more over the years which I will share with you, but lately I've also been searching and finding some really cool online games. Some are pre-made and others may be created with your own specific objectives. I love when students come in and ask me, "Can we play that game again today?" I hope your students will enjoy some of these websites and game ideas, too. Please share some of your favorite learning games, ideas, and links below! I'm sure many students will benefit from them!
Since all teachers and parents want to find quality resources for their children at an affordable rates, I am on a constant lookout for FREE learning materials. All of the sites I have reviewed below contain free games and sections. Some of them have paid membership areas for additional activities, but membership is not required to play most of the games. Please help me and other parents and teachers who are looking for free ways to help their children by adding sites you would recommend on the plexo list or in the comment box. Thanks! There will be so much more to come on this page in the future!! :D
Special Thank You to Mr. Phillip Martin for his free, fun, educational clip art!
Contents at a Glance
Spelling & Vocabulary Games
for Learning, Reviewing, & Testing!
We enjoy the activities at this great site to practice our spelling and vocabulary! You have to register to use the site, but all the basic activities are free. After entering your personalized spelling list and number you want, students can press "Teach Me" which says each word, spells it to them, and reads the word in a sentences. Another option is to play a game for spelling practice such as: Match It, Alphabetize, Hang Mouse, Word Search, Unscramble, Audio Word Match, Which Word, Sentence Unscramble, and Crossword. Al of the games may be played online, and several may be printed out as a worksheet. The lists may be printed out as a chart / study sheet, or as a handwriting worksheet in your choice of writing style and size. A "Test Me" option is also linked to your lists to use as a pre-test or final test of the list. You may access many premade lists to use or make your own. Additional resources are lists on abbreviations, compound words, contractions, Dolch words, geography lists, homophones and homonyms, literature based word lists, phonics & sight word spelling lists, popular word lists, possessive nouns, sample lists, sequential spelling program, and sound alike words. Spelling and teaching suggestions are found here also.
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Create Your Own Flash Games ...
at Super Teacher Tools!
I've been looking for ways to make it a little easier and fun to study our subjects. We discovered a really fun, easy to use website to create flash games. Teachers are able to enter the questions and answers to personalize the game, or may choose from an enormous list of games other teachers have made.
When my oldest child thought it was awesome, the other children heard us having a good time and wanted to make games out of their lessons, too! I had the children help me create the games ~ we picked vocabulary term and concepts out of our books, I had them recite to me the answer and question that I typed in. (They were learning and reviewing just by creating the game - shhh - don't tell them!) Then, of course, we had fun playing the games to reinforce the concepts. In fact, they played them several times with a smile - now, you know if I ask them to keep studying the old fashioned way, they wouldn't be as excited. :)
*2/10/10 My son and I were having trouble with the following links yesterday. I will try to figure out what is wrong and get it fixed :)
Sample of the Jeopardy Game ~ Verbs & Their Uses ~ Questions and answers came from the Abeka Grammar & Composition III Text for Grade 9.
Sample of the Board Game ~ Grammar I - Unit 3 ~ Questions and answers from Abeka Grammar & Composition I Test for Grade 7.
Sample of the Board Game ~ Math Race ~ Addition & Subtraction for Grades 1-2.
When my oldest child thought it was awesome, the other children heard us having a good time and wanted to make games out of their lessons, too! I had the children help me create the games ~ we picked vocabulary term and concepts out of our books, I had them recite to me the answer and question that I typed in. (They were learning and reviewing just by creating the game - shhh - don't tell them!) Then, of course, we had fun playing the games to reinforce the concepts. In fact, they played them several times with a smile - now, you know if I ask them to keep studying the old fashioned way, they wouldn't be as excited. :)
*2/10/10 My son and I were having trouble with the following links yesterday. I will try to figure out what is wrong and get it fixed :)
Sample of the Jeopardy Game ~ Verbs & Their Uses ~ Questions and answers came from the Abeka Grammar & Composition III Text for Grade 9.
Sample of the Board Game ~ Grammar I - Unit 3 ~ Questions and answers from Abeka Grammar & Composition I Test for Grade 7.
Sample of the Board Game ~ Math Race ~ Addition & Subtraction for Grades 1-2.
Make learning fun!
Class Tools Game Generators
Free Flash Templates for Educators
Class Tools has templates you may use for free to create online flash games for your students! It's easy to use for any subject study and review, and so much fun for the kids!
Games that you may create are: Arcade Game Generator, Flashcard Generator, Countdown Timer, Random Name Picker, Dustbin Game, Post It, Diamond 9, Fishbone (Ishikawa), Venn Diagram, Animated Book, Timeline, Lights Out, Target, Hamburger, Living Graph, Learning Cycle, Jigsaw Diagram, Priority Chart, and Source Analyser.
Games that you may create are: Arcade Game Generator, Flashcard Generator, Countdown Timer, Random Name Picker, Dustbin Game, Post It, Diamond 9, Fishbone (Ishikawa), Venn Diagram, Animated Book, Timeline, Lights Out, Target, Hamburger, Living Graph, Learning Cycle, Jigsaw Diagram, Priority Chart, and Source Analyser.
- Class Tools
- The homepage of Class Tools is here along with access and directions for all of the games.
- Lewis & Clark Game 1
- This is a sample of a game from Class Tools that I made for my children. They really enjoyed playing it while reinforcing what I wanted them to know.
Play Kid's Games
Create your own games with concepts you want children to know!
Play Kid's Games ~ Fun & Learning for all Ages!: "Play Kids Games provides free online kids games that are both fun and educational. Aimed at ages pre-K through middle school, Play Kids Games offers kids a safe environment to discover their abilities and learn new skills with interactive and fun computer games. Our games build skills in math, logic, memory, vocabulary, alphabet, spelling, geography, computer skills, color identification, shape identification and other various problem solving. Our commitment to parents, teachers, and kids, is to connect learning and skill building with a sense of challenge, fun, and self esteem."What I enjoy about this site is that it gives you the opportunity to create your own "classroom" of games! You may add any content that your children or students are studying, and the site turns it into a game! What a fantastic way to reinforce learning objectives or review for a quiz!
Games for Language Arts Instruction!
- Langage Arts at Arcademic Skill Builders
- Nine games to work on spelling, word reading, vowels, spelling special sounds, capitalization, verbs, countries, antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms.
- Reading Games!!
- Find matching word games, sight word stories, sentence building fun, poetry, crosswords, and more at the Mansfield / Richmond County Public Library website!
- Dolch Words Games
- Mr. / Mrs. Perkins have some printable games for strengthening Dolch word reading skills (at the bottom of the page). There are also worksheets, activities, and related lessons for these preschool - 3rd grade words.
Nobel Prize Games!
Nobel Prize - All Productions: I have to admit that these intense games for high school level and up made me feel rather intimidated at first, but once I got the feel of them, I realized that I learned quite a bit and had fun!From the site: "Nobelprize.org:s educational section consists of 41 productions. Of these, 29 are interactive learning games of various sorts and degrees of difficulties. Most of them also includes a "Read more" about the subject."
* Physics: Accelerators, Energy from Matter, Imaging Life, Integrated Circuit, Invar & Steel Alloys, Laser Challenge, Liquid Crystals, Microscopes, Observing the World of Particles, Relativity, Semiconductors, Star Stories, Structure of Matter, The Quantised World, Transistors, Vacuum Tubes, X-rays
* Chemistry: Chirality, Conductive Polymers, Plastics, The PCR Method
* Medicine: Blood Typing, Control of the Cell Cycle, Diabetes and Insulin, DNA - RNA - Protein, DNA - the Double Helix, Ear Pages, ECG/Electrocardiogram, Immune System, Malaria, MRI, Nerve Signaling, Pavlov's Dog, Split Brain Experiments, The Cell and the Organelles, The Genetic Code, Tuberculosis, Vitamin B1
* Literature: Find the Authors, Lord of the Flies
* Peace: Conflict Map, Nuclear Weapons, Prisoners of War
* Economics: Trade
Language Arts LOL's
Mathematical Online Games!
- CoolMath - Games
- Tons of interactive online games plus math lessons, problem generators, flashcards, puzzles, and teacher / parent resources!
- Math Games
- Games for basic and mixed operations (+ - x /), fractions, place value, telling time, dollars & cents, early math, pre-algebra are found at Sheppard Solfware along wih math quizzes.
- Arcademic Skill Builders
- These games may be played against the computer or multiple people. Math related games: addition & subtraction, multiplication & division, intergers, fractions & ratios.
Calculation Nation
Online Competitive Mathmatical Games!
Calculation Nation: "Calculation Nation uses the power of the Web to let students challenge opponents from anywhere in the world. At the same time, students are able to challenge themselves by investigating significant mathematical content and practicing fundamental skills. The element of competition adds an extra layer of excitement. ~ The games of Calculation Nation are organized around content from the upper elementary and middle grades math curriculum. By becoming a citizen of Calculation Nation, your child or student will play online math strategy games that allow them to learn about fractions, factors, multiples, symmetry and more, as well as practice important skills like basic multiplication and calculating area - all while having fun." Mathematical Skills Fun!
Educational Online Game Sites
- Kid's Educational Games at Prongo
- Prongo has the following games for ages 3-12+. You may search the games by age range if you wish.
The site also has E-Cards, Kid Jokes, Downloads, & Brain Teasers. Looks like tons of fun!!!
Fish World Game ~ Memory Match ~ Hatch and Match ~ Drag and Drop Game ~ Space World Cartoon Game ~ 8 Planets - The Solar System Game ~ Colorful Shape Making Game ~ Fish World 2 ~ Dino Draw Game ~ Batter's Up Baseball (Math Game)
2 Player Math Game (Adding) ~ Copy Cat Jack Color Game ~ Hungry Caterpillar ~
Checkers ~ Lemonade Larry (Math) ~ Stock Market Game ~ Space Jumble Puzzle Game ~ Word Find ~ Farm Stand Multiplication & Addition Game ~ Over 18 Mazes! ~
Puzzle Game ~ Connect the Dots ~ The Guessing Number Game ~ Tic Tac Toe ~ Multiplying to 25 Game ~ Guess the Number Game ~ The Wizard Game ~ Alien Code ~ Hide ~ N ~ Seek with Ellie Elephant ~ St. Patrick's Day Games ~ Easter Games ~
Mad Math (several levels)
Dinosaur Quiz Game ~ The Human Body Quiz Game ~ The Outer Space Quiz Game ~ The Inventors Quiz Game ~ The Earth Quiz Game ~ The United States Quiz Game
- Funschool Arcade
- Over 200 free online educational flash games are found here! The games are listed under curricula area: math, language, science, geography & history, sports, and arts & music.
- The Kidz Page
- Kidz Page has free learning games for kids of all ages: Math & Numbers ~ Word Games ~ Picture Games ~ Sudoku ~ Spelling Words & Objects Games ~ Printable Crosswords ~ Memory ~ Logic Puzzles ~ Mazes and Others.
- Fun Brains Games ~ Teacher's Lounge Resources
- Kids will enjoy the crazy colorful graphics and characters that accompany these educational games! Children may pick out games they would like from the kids page, but I was enjoying the teacher page.
~ Fun Brain Game Finder ~ What a wonderful way to choose the best game for the topic and level you want! Simply click on the finder, then the age (5-17+) and subject (math, language arts, science, history, music, geography, art, technology, physical education) you are searching. It gives you a list of games and grade levels that match. Details of concepts covered in each game are displayed for your reference.
~ The 'Curriculum Guide' allows you to find games and their descriptions by alphabetical order, subjects, and grade levels.
~ 'Standards Finder' assists you in searching subject and grade standards so you may match your objectives.
~ The 'Flash Cards' section creates flashcards with your choice of mathmatical processes and integers to print out for children to study. It also contains a few resources for math homework assistance.
Many of the games may be adapted to the level you choose for your students. For example, the "Change Maker" game allows you to choose easy, medium, hard, or super brain levels. You can also choose which country's money you want to study: United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, or Australia. There is a similar page for parents to search games for their children.
- Soft Schools
- Online games, worksheet generators and premade, flashcards, and quizzes are found here for just about any subject for grades Pre-K through middle school!! ~ Math, Language Arts, Phonics, Handwriting, Science, Social Studies, Spanish, French, & Theme / Seasonal Topics
- Macam Mana
- Mumbly Jumbly Word Games for Adults
- Edumation
- Computer animated games for various grades and subjects.
- Primary Games
- Fun games for primary children in language arts, math, social studies, science, and other areas!
- PBS Educational Games
- Games related to all of your children's favorite PBS shows and characters! This is a website that was well loved by my kids when they were in preschool and early elementary!
- Edugames from Education Place
- * "Wacky Web Tales - This interactive game has students completing cloze stories with designated parts of speech.
* FakeOut! - Students can try to guess the correct definition of each word or submit a creative one to stump others.
* GeoNet - GeoNet is a challenging online game based on the six essential elements from the National Geography Standards.
* Power Proofreading - Students become proofreading technicians as they correct errors in scripts, memos, and other writings at the HME-TV station.
* Brain Teasers - Students will really have to use their brain to solve each weekly math word problem.
* Spelling Match - Help Dobie find treasure under the sea by matching letter patterns and word parts to spell words."
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PurposeGames.com
PurposeGames.com ~ Create, Play, & Learn!
"Create ~ PurposeGames.com is host to educational quiz and trivia games created by its members. In just a few minutes, you can create your very own game to share with your friends!"
"Play ~ Play games and tournaments to compete against your friends, co-workers, and classmates! Become the reigning champion of your community!"
"Learn ~ The easiest way to learn something is to have fun while doing it! Geography, Science, and Languages, any subject is easier and more fun to learn by playing a quiz game!"
"Create ~ PurposeGames.com is host to educational quiz and trivia games created by its members. In just a few minutes, you can create your very own game to share with your friends!"
"Play ~ Play games and tournaments to compete against your friends, co-workers, and classmates! Become the reigning champion of your community!"
"Learn ~ The easiest way to learn something is to have fun while doing it! Geography, Science, and Languages, any subject is easier and more fun to learn by playing a quiz game!"
Sheppard Software
Wow - I love Sheppard Software! My kids have been playing their games for a very long time and still enjoy and learn from them. There is so much, I don't know how to even start to describe what they have!
Sheppard Software offers a great many FREE educational games that are definitely high quality. They are not the cutesy games with colorful flashing pictures, but they have solid information and appeal to older students and adults. They do have software that they sell on the site, but these are free ones. Other learning materials may be found on the main site, also.
Sheppard Software offers a great many FREE educational games that are definitely high quality. They are not the cutesy games with colorful flashing pictures, but they have solid information and appeal to older students and adults. They do have software that they sell on the site, but these are free ones. Other learning materials may be found on the main site, also.
- Geography Games
- On the Geography Games main page you will find areas of the world to learn about: Africa, Asia, Canada, The Caribbean, Europe, Mexico, Middle East, Oceania, Central & South America, United States, and The World. Click on the area you are interested in. From there you may choose to study countries, capitals, states or provinces, landscape, or others. Each category starts with a tutorial level and then follows with beginner, intermediate, expert, cartographer, and games. In the top left corner you will find a printable map to use in conjunction with the region you are studying. Some of them are rather difficult, but that's what makes them fun to me. My high schooler will be using these in more depth this year. It sure makes it more fun to memorize countries, capitals, and geographic features than just from a textbook!
- Vocabulary Games
- The games in this section would be wonderful for advanced middle school , high school, college, and for people like me who need to enhance their vocabulary! They come in the categories of SAT / GRE Prep Words, Vocabulary Context Skills, Expert Word List, Medical Jargon, and Talking Tech (Computer Terminology).
- Kid's Corner Animals
- Games and pages for the following: What Kind of Animal? ~ Endangered Animals ~ Carnivores, Herbivores, and Omnivores... ~ Animal Classification ~ Food Chain ~ Seek and Find ~ Memory Matching ~ Paint and Make ~ Paint and Learn Environments ~ Jigsaw Puzzle Pages ~ Hidden Animals ~ Preschool and Kindergarten Animals ~ and Activities for the more advanced students...
Social Studies Amusement
Geography Games
: Find online interactive games for places all over the world. These ones are in English, but if you scroll to the bottom of their page, you will find links to games in several other languages such as French, Spanish, German, and others!~ USA: Cities of USA, Cities of USA Junior, Geo Quiz USA, Cities of California, Cities of Texas, Cities of Florida, Cities of New York, Counties of California
~ United Kingdom: Cities of UK, Cities of UK Junior
~ Canada: Cities of Canada, Cities of Canada Junior, Provinces of Canada
~ Commonwealth: Cities of Australia, Cities of Australia Junior, Cities of New Zealand, Cities of New Zealand Junior, Cities of India, Cities of India Junior
~ Europe: Cities of Europe, Geo Quiz Europe
~ World: Flags of the World, Capitals of the World, Cities of the World, Geo Quiz Africa, Geo Quiz Middle East, Geo Quiz Asia, Geo Quiz Central America, Geo Quiz South America
GeoNet Game from Houghton Mifflin Social Studies is an online game to learn and study about geography. Choose either the United States or the world, then choose the region you want. Game questions come in six categories.
~ The World in Spatial Terms: Location
~ Places and Regions: Physical and Human Characteristics
~ Physical Systems: Land, Air, Water, and Living Things
~ Human Systems: Population, Culture, & Interdependence
~ Environment and Society: Human Environmental Interactions
~ The Uses of Geography: Changes Over Time
~ Try playing some Fun Geography Games at National Geographic for Kids such as: GeoBee Training, Copycat, Quiz Your Noodle, GeoFacts, CritterCam: African Adventure, CritterCam: Antarctica Adventure, Brain Teaser: Grand Canyon, Brain Teaser: Inca, Brain Teaser: Tornado, GeoSpy, GeoBee, and Go West with Lewis & Clark.
The above geography games plus many more may be found on the geography page! :)
Practical Life Skills Practice
Conservation Efforts
Make Your Home Energy Efficient: "Our children are the future. That's why we created this page of Kids Educational Online Games to help children learn about Energy Efficiency. Teaching children about Energy Efficiency early will form good habits they can pass on to their children. Make practicing Energy Efficiency a fun, educational activity for the entire family."
Online Games: Switch It Off! ~ Hog and Seek ~ Watt's The Answer
Offline Activities: Printable Coloring Book ~ Crossword Puzzle ~ Create you own Comic ~ and more.
Online Games: Switch It Off! ~ Hog and Seek ~ Watt's The Answer
Offline Activities: Printable Coloring Book ~ Crossword Puzzle ~ Create you own Comic ~ and more.
Online Flash Cards & Games
Learning Reinforcement at Study Stack
Study Stack has some interesting features to make learning facts more enjoyable. My high school student enjoys using this site to study. Quoted from site:
~ "Find flashcards to study or create your own flashcards.
~ Study flashcards or use the other activities such as matching, crosswords, hangman, scrambled word, or bug chase.
~ Study flashcards anytime and anywhere by printing your flashcards or by using them with applications on your cell phone, PDA, or iPod."
Sample!
Grade 9 Earth Science
Flashcard Machine ~ This one is not a game, but it is useful for studying. My daughter likes to use it for her vocabulary terms. She enters the terms and definitions into a list. They make virtual flashcards - read one side, answer the other side, then check your answer. Lists may be printed out or downloaded to an ipod if desired. The FlashcardDB has pre-made cards from other users that you may use in your studies.
~ "Find flashcards to study or create your own flashcards.
~ Study flashcards or use the other activities such as matching, crosswords, hangman, scrambled word, or bug chase.
~ Study flashcards anytime and anywhere by printing your flashcards or by using them with applications on your cell phone, PDA, or iPod."
Sample!
Grade 9 Earth Science
Flashcard Machine ~ This one is not a game, but it is useful for studying. My daughter likes to use it for her vocabulary terms. She enters the terms and definitions into a list. They make virtual flashcards - read one side, answer the other side, then check your answer. Lists may be printed out or downloaded to an ipod if desired. The FlashcardDB has pre-made cards from other users that you may use in your studies.
Educational Game Blogs
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What kinds of games do you like to play to make learning fun?
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cacey-taylor May 23, 2012 @ 9:05 pm | delete
- Great stuff posted here.
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piarejuden
May 21, 2012 @ 5:46 pm | delete
- This is simply awesome!! Going to be back again.. loved your printable games lens too! God bless for all the great sharing!
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karen550 Feb 20, 2012 @ 6:40 pm | delete
- Wow! So many ideas. I will be coming back to visit more often. Thank you so much!
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lbrummer
Dec 23, 2011 @ 1:10 pm | delete
- It's easier for any of us to learn something when there is some excitement involved, and games are much more exciting than being talked at. I volunteer teach art, so it's pretty easy to make that fun.
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JaguarJulie Nov 26, 2011 @ 2:38 pm | delete
- Oh wow ... blood typing ... I love vampires, so I think this is my game!!
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