The Best Educational Games
One of my best homeschool tips is to play while learning. I actually enjoy spending time with my son (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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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.
- Gameschooling 101 all you need to know.
- 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.
- The best geography board games
- The best science board games
- The best board games about money
- 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
- 25 of the best board games for 7 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.
- Over 25 of the best Alexa games for kids and how Alexa can help with homeschooling!
- 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
- Christmas photo scavenger hunt
- Elf on the Shelf scavenger hunt
- New Years Eve scavenger hunt
Word Searches
- Greek mythology word search
- Bill of Rights word search
- Phases of the moon word search
- Human body systems word search
- Martin Luther King Jr word search
- Black history word search
- Valentine’s Day Word Search
- St Patricks Day word search
- The best Easter word search
- Earth Day word search
- Star Wars word search
- Cinco de Mayo word search
- Mother’s Day word search
- Memorial Day word search
- Father’s Day word search
- Printable July 4th word search
- Roald Dahl word search
- Halloween word search
- Thanksgiving word search
- Elf word search
- Christmas word search printable
- New Years word search
Word Scramble Printables
- Words Within Words holiday edition
- Greek mythology word scramble
- Chinese New Year word scramble
- Black History Month word scramble
- Super Bowl word scramble
- Easter word scramble
- Star Wars word scramble
- 4th of July word scramble
- Halloween word scramble
- Thanksgiving word scramble
- Elf on the Shelf word scramble
- Christmas word scramble
- New Year’s word scramble with answers
Bingo
- Book bingo
- Free printable road trip bingo
- Valentine bingo
- St Patrick’s Day bingo
- Easter bingo
- Fall bingo printables
- Halloween bingo
- Thanksgiving bingo
- Christmas bingo
- New Year’s Eve bingo printable
Fun Math Printables
- PI Day activity pack
- Order of operations worksheets
- Free Sudoku for kids printables
- Roald Dahl maths worksheets
Scattergories
- Halloween scattergories printable
- Thanksgiving scattergories
- Winter scattergories
- Christmas scattergories
- New Year’s scattergories
Printable Memory Games
- Planet memory game
- Presidents memory game – a matching game
- Money memory game printable
- Butterfly matching game
- Chinese New Year memory game.
- Valentine’s Day memory game
- Star Wars memory game
- Roald Dahl memory game
- Pirate memory game
- Halloween memory game printable
- Thanksgiving memory game
- Elf memory game
- Hanukkah memory game
- Christmas memory game
- New Year’s memory game
Other Fun Printable Educational Games
- St Patrick’s Day printables placemats
- Easter messages for kids to decode with cipher disks
- Halloween mad libs
- Halloween spot the difference
- Christmas spot the difference printables
- Christmas placemats printable
* 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.
- Osmo coding starter kit review, see why we highly recommend Play Osmo in our homeschool.
- Osmo coding jam and why it is a great coding game for kids.
- 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 7 December 2022 by homeschoolof1