Educational games have become a vital part of curriculum planning for school. The fact that children learn best through play makes games a critical part of school curriculum. Games help kids in learning social skills, basic etiquette, and values like teamwork, without even realizing that they are learning. If kids are encouraged to learn with the help of interesting games, learning becomes much easier.

There are plenty of free online educational games available! Here are a few to get you started:

Switcheroo Zoo | Watch, listen, and play games to learn about amazing animals.

Fun Brain | Play games while practicing math and reading skills.

National Geographic for Kids | Learn about geography and fascinating animals.

PBS Kids | Hang out with your favorite PBS characters, and learn lots of fun things.

Star Fall | Practice your phonics skills with these read-along stories.

Seussville | Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss and his friends.

Storyline Online | Have some of your favorite stories read to you by movie stars.

ABC YA | Practice math and reading skills all while playing fun games.

Highlights Kids | Read, play games, and conduct cool science experiments.

Fuel the Brain | Students practice their math, science, and language skills with games and interactive activities.

Turtle Diary | Over 1,000 educational games, animated lessons, printable worksheets, interactive storybooks, and more.

Storybird | This website allows you to combine pictures and drawings to tell a story. It is very user friendly.

Wordle | Create beautiful word clouds from text that you provide. You can print and share your designs.

Tagxedo | An awesome word cloud creation tool. You can turn customized text, websites, and blogs into stunning designs. There are numerous color schemes and designs to choose from, and the results can be saved to your computer or shared.

StoryJumper  |  Help kids create and publish their own story book.

Wonderopolis | This website allows us to answer questions that we didn't know we had, like, "Does one apple spoil the whole bunch?" This website is lots of fun for curious minds!