Fun Educational Games

The 39 Clues: A Genius Reading Game and Scavenger Hunt for 8-12 years - Fun Educational Games

The 39 Clues is a fantastic, exciting and challenging reading game that will lead children 8-12 through an amazing worldwide scavenger hunt game. The 39 Clues is unique. It is an adventure, a book, an online scavenger hunt game as well as a reading game, a card collecting game and might be the next big thing after Harry Potter, once the film, probably directed by Steven Spielberg, will come out. The 39 Clues will stimulate and encourage children's reading. Turning reading into an interactive scavenger hunt game will thrill kids, parents and grandparents.

Challenge You: Online Educational Game Site - Create a Game or Play Online

CHALLENGE YOU is a site where kids are encouraged "to create games, or art, or mazes ... not just run around and "kill" things or each other." CHALLENGE YOU aim is to challenge kids to learn and create. CHALLENGE YOU game-building tools have been created and developed to challenge children and allow them to create and challenge each other.

SPACESUITS AND SPACEWALKS - NASA New Educational Web Site for Kids

NASA Education is launching a new educational website: SPACESUITS AND SPACEWALKS, a great site that  will allow children to discover the wonders of space.

The site features information about:

Spacesuits : learn all about the different parts of a spacesuit via an interactive experience. Each click will give children information regarding the name and function of each part of the suit. Children will also have a chance to watch several videos on Spacesuits including how they might look like in the future and how they looked like in the past. Other videos include brain bites and an interesting one on how you can learn how to make a "hard move" in space. The site contains a lot of information as well as many space related activities that will fascinate anyone interested by Space expeditions.

Free Online Maths Games for Primary School

Maths can sometimes be hard work. More and more schools and teachers are using video maths games to help assist children with maths concepts. Fun educational games bring fun to the children while contributing to their learning experience.

Maths games make the whole concept of maths more appealing, attractive, interactive and more fun for children. Maths games can also help in easing the understanding of more complicated maths concepts. All games reinforce the practice and understanding of maths but do not teach it.

STAR CHARTS for children: a fun way to learn the value of work and be rewarded for good behaviour

The majority of us parents have tried start charts one day or the other. There is no need to claim the benefits of it. Start charts are great in motivating children. The problem I always have with Star Charts is that they are effective in the short term and with 3 kids it is sometimes hard to keep up with it.

Virtual Villagers - Fun Adventure Games / Role Play Game real time

Fun Educational Games should not always be school related.  It is not because a game does not bear the label Math, Reading, Learning that you have to turn your back. Video or computer games can be educational in many different ways.

Take for example adventure games . These games are educational in the sense that they give your kids a story with beginning  and ending points. In order to go from the beginning to the end children need to solve puzzles, uncover clues and mysteries. They need to use their imagination, logic and thinking in order to move on in the game. Adventure does not always mean action, fights and battles.

Here is a very good series called the Virtual Villagers. Virtual Villagers is composed of 3 sequences.