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35+ Summer Learning Games

By thisreadingmama 2 Comments

It’s nearly summer. And if you’re anything like me, I enjoy the break from planning and schoolwork. I really do. But I know better than to take a complete break. Summer learning games are a great way to sneak in learning, but in a FUN way!

I have a few workbooks ordered as well, but why not use the summer to be a little more relaxed and just play some learning games? We have tons here and today, I’ve gathered over 35 of our learning games to share.

35+ Summer Learning Games

*This post contains affiliate links.

 

35+ FREE Summer Learning Games

All the free games are listed in order of development. For example, I’ll start with activities for younger kids and then move up to older kids.

 

Before I get too far in sharing all the fun, you may just want to camp out in our Print & Play Low-Prep Learning Games Series! Between The Measured Mom and I, we’ve got you covered with math and phonics skills! These games are interactive and NO PREP!

 

 

Pre-Reader & Alphabet Learning Games

Roll a Rhyme - Rhyming Pack with THREE levels of learning

1. Roll-a-Rhyme – with THREE levels of rhyming fun

2. Run & Find Syllables – use our picture cards to practice listening and blending syllables

3. Alphabet Fishing Game – adapt it or use it as a name game, like we did

 

Roll and Race with Letter M from Learning the Alphabet

4. Roll and Race – from Learning the Alphabet; older kids can write the letters instead of placing the letter cards on the board. This printable came from our Letter M Printable Pack.

 

Alphabet Sound Tic-Tac-Toe Game

5. Alphabet BINGO– found in the extra goodies section of Learning the Alphabet

6. Letter Sounds Tic-Tac-Toe – a FUN game to help kids listen for beginning sounds in words

7. Alphabet Grid Games – reinforce letter sounds AND one-to-one correspondence

Alphabet Sounds Learning App - This Reading Mama

8. Alphabet Sounds App – with FOUR LEVELS of alphabet sound play including beginning sounds, ending sounds, middle vowel sounds, and blends/digraphs! It’s super FUN and such a great extension to your alphabet learning.

9. Roll and Cover Do-a-Dot Pages – a mix of a couple of printables from Learning the Alphabet. You can see my daughter in action on Instagram.

 

Handwriting & Writing Games

10. Handwriting Grids – Roll & Write Mats for print and for cursive

Roll and Write Adjectives Activity with Free Printable

11. Roll and Write Adjectives – create SILLY sentences with a focus on adjectives; this one WILL NOT feel like writing when you have this much fun!

12. Roll and Write Silly Sentences – roll and create simple silly sentences…FUN!

13. Family Scavenger Hunt Writing – create a scavenger hunt with clues that kids have to write

 

Writing Longer Sentences- a roll-and-write activity -This Reading Mama

14. Roll and Write Longer Sentences – another fun way to roll and write longer sentence {that are funny, too!}

 

Sight Word Learning Games

15. Roll and Write a Sight Word – a VERY simple way to play with sight words

 

FREE Sight Word Blackout Game - This Reading Mama

16. Sight Word Blackout – sight words {or high frequency words} included in the game were selected from Dolch Pre-Primer and Primer list as well as Fry’s first 1-40 words

17. Sight Word Guess Who? – adapted from a favorite logic game around here, Guess Who?

12 FREE Interactive Spelling Games - Word Bump! from This Reading Mama

18. Word Bump! – a spelling game that gets kids writing words in a fun and interactive way; use with any word list

19. Sidewalk Chalk Sight Word Game – a great and very simple game to play with tricycles, bicycles, scooters, skates and more!

 

Short Vowel Learning Games

20. CVC Rhyming Blackout & Word Family Blackout games – with CVC rhyming, kids read words based on their CVC pattern; word family blackout works on reading longer short vowel words and can also go along with the BOB Books Rhyming Words

21. Word Family Matching Game – help kids blend those simple short vowel word family words together with this easy peasy game

22. Short Vowel Word Study App – a great app for teaching the short vowel patterns in word families, CVC words, and longer words with blends & digraphs {only $2.99}

 

Short Vowel Activity Pack from This Reading Mama

23. Short Vowel Activity Pack – loaded with games and fun activities for learning how to read and spell simple short vowel words

24. Sh! Don’t Wake the Baby! and Check It! are both games that kids can play with digraphs and typically come towards the end of short vowel learning.

 

 

Long Vowel Learning Games

25. Long Vowel Spin and Spell – choose a game board, then spin and spell CVCe words

26. CVCe Rhyming Word Blackout – reading CVCe words based on their rime or pattern

Long Vowel Word Study App

27. Long Vowel Word Study App – with EIGHT levels of long vowel learning fun {only $2.99}

28. Roll and Write Word that Rhyme – both short and long vowel games included

 

Learning Games for Older Readers

29. Open and Closed Syllable Activity Pack

Learning About Prefixes and Suffixes - 10+ FREE Learning Activities - This Reading Mama

30. Prefixes and Suffixes Activity Pack

 

Math Learning Games

31. Number Puzzle Racing Game – put together that puzzle, but in an active way!

32. Grab a Handful – grab a handful of small manipulatives and count, write the numbers, then compare them…so many math objectives in one simple game!

Free Multiplication Games for Kids

33. Monster Multiplication Games – free games for multiplication tables

34. Ew! That’s Gross! Multiplication Game – a fun game for working on multiplication doubles

 

Car Games

35. Road Trip BINGO – a great traveling game for young learners with lots of pictures to find

Interstate BINGO Printable {FREE} - This Reading Mama

36. Interstate BINGO – a game that sneaks in reading as you travel

37. 20+ Activities for a Long Car Drive – LOTS of games included here!

 

Follow This Reading Mama’s board Summer Theme on Pinterest.

 

~Becky

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Comments

  1. Qamar says

    May 23, 2019 at 7:21 am

    Thank you. This blog is definitely one of my favorites because of you.

    Have a good day.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      May 28, 2019 at 2:02 pm

      Aw, thanks!

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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