Educational Kids' Games

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Educational kids' games combine fun and learning to create games that please both parents and kids. Learning games are available for kids from preschool age all the way through the teen years.

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Educational Kids' Games for Preschoolers

In the preschool years, most learning games focus on the basic skills. Shapes, letters, numbers, and colors are popular choices during the early years. Games focusing on concepts, such as "big and little" and "up and down," are also well-loved. If you are looking for beginning reading and phonics games, those are widely available as well. Some preschool educational games include:

The Cat in the Hat (ages 3 to 6) - Based on the beloved book, this board game teaches early reading.
Beginner Pattern Blocks (ages 3 to 6) - This award-winning game emphasizes such basic skills as colors, shapes, matching, and patterns.
Rhymes Puzzle Cards (ages 3 and up) - These picture card puzzles make learning the concept of rhyming sounds fun.
Counting Bugs (ages 3 to 6) - This domino game emphasizes counting and pre-math.
Gears! Gears! Gears! Building Set (ages 3 and up) - Preschoolers learn about simple tools in this fun building game.
Color Lab Mixer (ages 3 and up) - Make bath time educational with this color mixing science set.
I Never Forget a Face (ages 3 to 6) - This matching game features colorful faces for a fun and unique twist.
Gears! Gears! Gears! Safari Express (ages 4 and up) - This train-building set allows preschoolers to practice their coordination and motor skills.

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Games for Kids

Educational kids' games for school-age kids still feature reading and math, but many also feature history and other culture studies. Kids of this age are usually better able to handle turn-taking, so multi-player games are common. Some popular games are:

Skeleton Floor Puzzle (ages 5 and up) - A fun way for kids to learn about the body's skeletal system.
Pharaohs Phonics Games (ages 7 to 9) - This challenging board game lets youngsters practice the rules of phonics in an ancient Egyptian setting.
Kismet & Spill and Spell (ages 7 and up) - This two-in-one package features "Kismet", a strategy game, and "Spill and Spell", a fast-paced spelling game.
Alpha Bug Soup Game (ages 5 to 10) Kids have fun while practicing their reading and spelling.
Chameleon (ages 7 and up) - This color-changing building game intrigues kids as it helps them practice coordination and concentration.
Prospector's Mystery Rock (ages 7 and up) - This award-winning game takes kids on an excavating adventure.

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Educational Kids' Games for Tweens & Teens

Most tweens and teens have mastered the basics of phonics and reading and are ready for more complex topics, such as sentence structure, grammar, and complex spelling. History and science games are often more abstract and thought-provoking.

Sum Time (ages 8 and up) - This math-based board game emphasizes addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Factor Frenzy - This fast-paced, get-up-and-move game focuses on multiplication facts.
Made for Trade (ages 8 and up) - This fun American History game lets your tween become a colonist.
Sentence Game Cube (ages 8 and up) - Kids learn about and practice sentence structure in a dice-based game.
Name that State (ages 8 to 15) - This board game teaches national geography.
Smart Mouth (ages 8 to 13) - This fast-paced word game can be adjusted to cover a variety of subjects and age ranges.
Shipwrecked (ages 12 and up) - This fast-paced strategy game really makes teens think!
Flip Side Brainteaser Puzzle - This brain teasing numbers game will frustrate and challenge at the same time.
24 Game (ages 9 and up) - Tweens and teens improve their powers of concentration as they practice algebra skills.