Free Games for 5 and 6 Year Olds

Five and six year olds are getting ready to read and starting school maths. They can follow short stories, hear rhymes and first sounds, and work with numbers up to 20. These games build exactly those skills with picture cards and read-aloud questions.

Best games for this age

Start each game on Level 2. Children can move up or down a level at any time.

• Sounds & Rhymes (Level 2): Rhyming words, first sounds and clapping syllables: the building blocks of reading.
• Story Sequence (Level 2): Putting four-step routines in order, like making a sandwich or getting ready for school.
• Maths Rocket (Level 2): Numbers to 10 and 20 with pictures, adding, taking away and comparing which is more.
• WH Questions (Level 2): Why and how questions about places in the community and simple cause and effect.
• Categories (Level 2): Narrower groups like fruits, vegetables, tools and instruments, plus odd one out.
• Actions (Level 2): Naming specific actions and tools, and what happens next.

Skills these games build

• Phonics: rhymes, first sounds and syllables
• Retelling a story in the right order
• Adding and taking away to 20
• Explaining why and how things happen

Tips for parents and teachers

Children this age enjoy playing on their own and watching their stars add up. Ask them to explain an answer in a full sentence ("It goes first because…"), and try the next level once they get three stars easily.

Every FunMinds game is free, works in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, and needs nothing to install.

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