Kids Computer Games Recommendations

ABCYa‘s tagline is “where technology and education meet”. I definitely agree and can easily see classrooms using this site. They break up the site by grade level from Kindergarten right through fifth grade. The Kindergarten games would be fine for some younger kids and the other games seem right on target. I will outline a few of mine from each grade level and will link directly to them as there is no registration necessary to play. There are ads on the site and while these look like they all link to other kid-friendly sites there is the worry of kids getting to another not-so-safe site. I would keep an eye on the younger ones when on this site to ensure they can find their way around and be safe. They also have words spelling out the games instead of pictures so you will need to read to the younger ones to find out which games they want to play.

Some of the games are the same throughout the ages and some get harder in the different grade categories….

Kindergarten

Once you get into the games there are verbal instructions for the children to follow on this level. There are MANY GREAT ones for this age including connect the dots and holiday games as well. Some of my favorites for this age range are:

Put the Alphabet in order — The Alphabet gets all mixed up and your child needs to put them back in the right order by dragging them into the boxes. Great for mouse control and learning the alphabet.

Upper & Lower Case Matching #1 — There are a few more of these — this is the first one with letters a-g. You have shirts with capital letters on them in different colors. The shirts with lower case letters are plain — you have to color the lower case letter shirts with the same color as its upper case match.

Take a trip — Guide the little ball through the neighborhood and discover what makes up the neighborhood. Great for mouse control and to give the kids an understanding of neighborhoods as well as mazes.

First Grade

Offers a lot of the same games as in kindergarten plus more.

Tangrams — Pick a picture you want to make and then manipulate the smaller shapes to fill in the picture. My only bummer about this was it doesn’t congratulate you when you get it right. Tangrams are a GREAT educational game.

Count the Fish — Great little game for kids to count the fish in the picture. Don’t let that peskly octopus throw you off!

Connect the dots — With an option of counting by 1′s or 2′s.

Second Grade

Addition Practice with Manipulatives — GREAT adding game. They give you a problem and items to use to come up with your answer. For example they will ask you 3 + 2 and will give space to move little stars, blocks, etc. around to figure out your answer. WONDERFUL idea!

Keyboard Challenge — Pick the type of keyboard and then put back all the characters where they belong on the empty keyboard.

Third Grade

Connect the Dots — Multiples of 3 — GREAT way for my kids to work on adding by threes. LOVE the hight each pictures upon completion.

Memory Game — Like Simon only you have to match the order the computer screens turned on….

Fourth Grade

The Letter Creator (5 Parts of a friendly letter) — This will take your child through the parts of a letter. They can create and even print out their creation.

Skeletal System — Can you match the names of the bones to the parts of the skeleton in under 20 clicks?

Fifth Grade

Math Bingo — You can choose addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. You have a bingo card and as you answer math facts you look for the correct answer on your card until you get BINGO!

Paint — Simple Paint and text program — fun for ANY age.

Overall this site is great. There are great activities for ages 4-10. Enjoy! Thanks ABCYa for putting such a nice site together!