Children Can Play While They Learn: Free Game-Based Learning Sites

Children can play while they learn, even when they’re at home. Children always love to play, but apart from having fun, they should never stop learning.

There is one issue, though, some kids don’t like pencil-and-paper instruction nowadays. They find it boring too. As parents, you want to instill in them a love for learning.

As instant homeschoolers during a global crisis, you can give them brain-stimulating activities (screen time, yes, but purely educational).

“Game–based learning can instill significant motivation in students and offer a practical learning experience to enhance effective learning.”

With the advancement of technology, it is possible to continue the scholastic growth of our kids. There are a lot of online educational platforms that are great tools in building the skills they need.

These game-based learning sites include learning games, children’s songs, printable worksheets, and videos.

Furthermore, interactive activities are enjoyable, engaging, and age-appropriate, enabling pre-school and elementary school children to learn important skills and, most importantly, these sites are free.

Below are some of the best game-based learning sites for kids:

Mr. Nussbaum

It was created by Greg Nussbaum, a public school teacher from Virginia. Mr. Nussbaum has a wide range of learning games. It can also be used on an interactive whiteboard and tablet.

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Arcademic Skill Builders

This site offers a powerful approach to basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills. Furthermore, Arcademic games challenge students to improve their scores through repetitive, timed learning exercises.

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MathScore.com 

MatchScore.com offers a free home use account for online math practice and assessment.

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Seussville 

Play with Dr. Seuss, read books, play educational games and activities. It also offers activities, crafts, and printable worksheets. Similarly, it provides hours of Seussian ideas to engage your child in playful learning.

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Scholastic

Scholastic provides the equivalent of three hours of learning opportunities. Furthermore, it includes projects based on articles and stories, virtual field trips, reading, and geography challenges.

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 National Geographic Kids

The world-famous National Geographic hosts over 100 fun, engaging, and interactive science, adventure, geography, quiz, and a lot more. Indeed, for a free game hub, the production quality of games is remarkable.

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PBS Kids Games

PBS KIDS creates curriculum-based entertainment. The game site hosts some browser-based gaming experiences like that of The Cat in the Hat, Sesame Street, and more.

Games also include math, healthy habits, science, reading, and teamwork.

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Vocabulary Spelling City

This program is a K-12 supplemental literacy tool. It helps children learn spelling and grammar skills. Likewise, it helps build vocabulary retention and reading comprehension.

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CoolMath.com

It offers online math games that help with different operations, decimals and more.

CoolMath is aimed at ages 13 while CoolMath4Kids.com is a sister site geared for ages 3 to 12. On the other hand, CoolMath-Games.com includes pre-school math games.

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NickJr.com 

This site offers games and other activities your kids will enjoy. The games allow children to explore their creativity and play dress-up. Also, kids learn new music, put together puzzles, and work on numbers and shape recognition.

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Disney Jr. Educational

Play games with your favorite characters like Doc McStuffins, Miles from Tomorrowland, Henry Hugglemonster, and many more. The games focus on memory, hand-eye coordination, color matching, and more.

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