Educational games
Games and activities: 3 to 5 years
The following is a small selection of educational activities that you and your child can do together. Whether you're looking to help your child in a particular subject, or want to find new activities or games for relief on those rainy days, you can get started here.
Please note: these links will take you to websites outside of the Department for Children, Schools and Families. While every care has been taken to test the following sites, we cannot be responsible for the content available, or the availability of the pages.
Fun
Match Memory Game
[External Site]
Young children are asked to find all the matching pairs
of cards. Parents may want to set the level of difficulty.
Fun Brain is an American site that features educational games for children
of all ages. Simply click on the age of your child to find games appropriate
for their age level.
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games
[External Site]
Nick Jr: make paper
planes
[External Site]
Let your child meet Dora, Maisy, Thomas the Tank Engine and
more fun characters. There is also a section that offers printouts for hours of
colouring fun.
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more activities and games from the Nick Jr website
[External Site]
Little Animal
Activity Centre
[External Site]
The Little Animals Activity Centre is a fun way for 4 to 8
year olds to learn and play at home. Reading stories, telling rhymes, playing
numbers games and more.
Fishycount
[External Site]
A fun and colourful game which features swimming fish. Your
child will be asked to guess how many fish are swimming across the screen.
Great for counting.
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more activities and fun at Primary Games
[External Site]
