playkidsgames.com

Another website boasting Pre-K through 8th grade content is PlayKidsGames.com. Parents and teachers can create their own custom games using the words and math problems your child is working with right now, or students can play pre-fabricated games by age and skill level. Those who prefer the customized option will find that it is fairly easy to set up a “classroom” and start entering words and math problems. Alternately, students can play games from other user-created classrooms simply by clicking on the appropriate grade level and selecting classrooms from a list. Very few classes are allowed to play online games for short time.

PlayKidsGames.com is Winner of multiple awards such as Clickschooling’s Distinguished Website award, USA Today Education’s Best Bets, a 2000-2001 Golden Web Award, and many others.

For youngsters just learning their alphabet, this site offers nine different alphabet games reinforce letter recognition and ordering. The Math section contains an additional nine games, including a timed math game with a printable test result. Unscramble your vocabulary and spelling words in the Vocabulary area, learn to read sheet music and play memory games in the Memory section.

The Geography and Puzzles section offers a number of unique surprises. Students can learn colors with Marble Blast, test their typing skills with a typing speed test, build an electrical circuit in the Circuit Game, learn the names of insects and correctly identify the parts of a computer in Bug Word Match and Computer Word Match. Use Map It to locate any place your child can think of, or increase their knowledge of geography with Jigsaw Puzzle and Country Find games by continent.