Educational games to play with the kids

• Scrabble Junior (5+ years)
• Slice Fractions – app (5 to 12 years)
• Dobble (6+ years)
• Discover Chemistry (8+ years)
• Sushi Monster – app (8+ years)
• Catan (10+ years)
• Netmaths – online resource (elementary and secondary levels)

As we all know, confinement has made remote learning part of our daily lives. To make life easier and school work and lessons more fun and playful, we’ve compiled a list of board games, apps, and online resources to help your child learn. Wait, is that a sigh of relief we hear?

Scrabble Junior (5+ years)

This colourful illustrated version of America’s most popular word game has been perfectly adapted for children. Players get to create crossword puzzles with letter tiles while moving a fun pawn around the board as they earn points. And don’t worry about your kids outgrowing this game: just flip the game board over and they can play the advanced version.

Based on key moments and daily activities, this game teaches five to seven year olds to read time in both analog and digital formats. Children can check their own answer using a colour code on the back of each card.

Slice Fractions – app (5 to 12 years)

Use this fun and colourful app to help a gentle mammoth learn about fractions! Players travel move through a variety of landscapes while solving problems about volume, partitioning, and equivalence to get their mammoth to the finish line.

Dobble (6+ years)

Dobble is a quick-moving game of association. The goal is to find a link between the cards in your hand and the ones on the table. Perfect for children aged six and up, this must-have pocket-sized game can be played with up to eight players!

Discover Chemistry (8+ years)

Do you have one or more budding scientists at home? This kit contains everything you need to perform more than 50 experiments, and will keep your little chemists busy and entertained for a long time! From lab equipment to chemicals, Discover Chemistry is a fun and safe way to experiment.

Sushi Monster – app (8+ years)

What does a sushi-hungry monster have to do with learning addition and multiplication? In this game, the monster gets angry and throws plates when the player doesn’t give the right answers to math problems! If you want to keep him happy and move on to the next level, be sure to calculate correctly. (the app is available in 17 languages)

Catan (10+ years)

This strategy game is popular with young and old alike. Catan is great for developing critical thinking and math skills! Build roads, settlements, and towns while learning to manage your resources carefully.

Netmaths – online resource (elementary and secondary levels)

Netmath is THE online reference when it comes to learning mathematics. With more than 10,000 bilingual activities for elementary and high school students that align with your provincial/state curriculum, Netmath will quickly become indispensable tool in your learning kit.