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.
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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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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?
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}
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
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
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!
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
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!
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~Becky
Qamar says
May 23, 2019 at 7:21 amThank you. This blog is definitely one of my favorites because of you.
Have a good day.
thisreadingmama says
May 28, 2019 at 2:02 pmAw, thanks!