The Best Educational Games

One of my best homeschool tips is to play while learning. I actually enjoy spending time with Freddie (good job as I am with him 24/7) but I really do. Check out the best educational games, online games, free printable games, and board games.

These educational games are broken down into the following sections:

Board games for kids
Online educational games
Free printable games for kids
Homeschool games
Free games

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Table of Contents

Board Games for Kids

We love board games and have been playing them for years, whether just for fun or to help with homeschooling. Below you will find any board game reviews we have written through the years or lists of our favorite board games.

Over 40 of the best educational board games to play in homeschool.
20 of the best math board games for ages 3-99
If you enjoy playing games at home why not check out our top 20 history board games and have fun going back in time with the kids.
Over 20 of the best Christmas board games to play for fun
The best word games for kids
The best board games for 8 year olds
Educational one player games for kids are not all board games, but a lot of them are.
The best one player card games for both kids and adults
Trekking Through History review
Ghost Blitz
Igloo Mania
Emojito
Big Beard Battle
Dynamite Dare game
Safe breaker
Staccups
Bang on game
Cobra Paw game
Pandemic board game
Ticket to ride
Set the family game of visual perception
Frenetic game

Online Educational Games

All of these online homeschool games are educational, but they are only used as a supplement to other homeschool resources. The links will take you to our detailed review We have enjoyed playing them all (apart from ABCMouse as we had not heard about it when Freddie was a preschooler.)

Adventure Academy is perfect for elementary-aged children, playing while learning, it is an excellent game. (check out our Adventure Academy reviews)
ABCMouse is the same as Adventure Academy but for younger children (check out our ABCmouse review)
We love Night Zookeeper so much we have written about them twice! Check out the most recent Night Zookeeper Review. Check it out for yourself here (or if you are in the UK here) where you will get a 7 day free trial plus an exclusive 50% off.
This homeschool typing curriculum from Typesy has lots of educational games included.
Digital Stem from StemWerkz.
Cool Math Games on Roblox – Brainika.

Printable Games for Kids

Have fun with these free printable games, we are constantly creating new ones and most of them are related to a holiday.

If you don’t want to have cupboards full of board games like I do, why not print out these printable board games instead. These are perfect to play on the holidays and we have pretty much every holiday covered! All of our printable games are completely free too.

Scavenger Hunt Printables

Zoo scavenger hunt
Beach scavenger hunt
Homeschool scavenger hunt perfect for back to school fun
Camping scavenger hunt
Tree scavenger hunt
Book scavenger hunt
Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt
St Patricks Day scavenger hunt
Easter scavenger hunt clues
Earth Day scavenger hunt
Star Wars scavenger hunt
Mothers Day scavenger hunt
4th of July scavenger hunt
Neighborhood scavenger hunt
Free printable road trip bingo
Halloween treasure hunt
Halloween photo scavenger hunt
Thanksgiving scavenger hunt
Thanksgiving photo scavenger hunt
Christmas treasure hunt
Elf on the Shelf scavenger hunt
New Years Eve scavenger hunt

Word Searches

Bingo

Fun Math Printables

Word Scramble

Word scramble with answers for New Years
Easter word scramble
Halloween word scramble
4th of July word scramble
Thanksgiving word scramble
Words Within Words holiday edition

Scattergories

Other Fun Printable Educational Games

Presidents memory game – a memory and matching game
Christmas spot the difference printables
Christmas placemats printable
Halloween mad libs
Halloween memory game printable
St Patrick’s Day printables placemats
Easter messages for kids to decode with cipher disks

* If we haven’t made the game you are looking for, I highly recommend checking out Etsy, They have hundreds if not thousands of awesome downloadable printable games at really reasonable prices.

Escape Rooms

Escape room puzzle ideas and create your own escape room at home, for free! We love to do escape room style scavenger hunts now he is older.
Easter escape room ideas
Halloween escape room ideas and free invitations
Thanksgiving escape room
Christmas escape room

Homeschool Games

These games or activities do not fall into any other category, but I wanted to include them in this list as they are definitely fun, and educational.

Lego has been a huge part of our lives for many years, and now as he is 12 he enjoys building adult Lego. This has definitely helped with homeschool, and especially with coding.

Challenging lego sets are an excellent and fun educational game that can be played with kids of ALL ages. Take a look at coding toys from Lego here. Also, why not check out over 115 of our favorite gifts for Lego lovers that are NOT Lego sets!

Educational toys for 7 year olds
Ravensburger 3D Puzzle and the benefits of playing with puzzles even as the kids get older.
The best traditional 4th of July games to play with the whole family.
Despite being lots of fun these Halloween games definitely have an educational aspect to them.
11 sensory toys for ADHD

Free Games

I will be adding more free games in the coming months, but for now, these are the best free games for homeschooling we have reviewed.

Have fun with these free typing games from Kidztype.
Free math games from Beast Academy

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Last Updated on 8 September 2022 by homeschoolof1