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Winter break learning games
Winter break is a well earned rest, and a few minutes of play a day keeps math facts and reading fresh for January. Start with a penguin sledding to sight words or a sky jar where kids make their own snow, then pick whatever your child needs most.
Snowy and wintry
Sledding and snow science · 2 games
Keep math fresh
From counting to times tables · 6 games
Keep reading fresh
Phonics, spelling and stories · 5 games
Try something new
Typing, coding, geography and music · 5 games
Two games with snow in them
- Sight Word Slopes (ages 5 to 8): Tuck the penguin sleds down the mountain, and every gate on the trail has a word on it. Your child hears a word and steers through the matching gate. It covers all 220 Dolch sight words, from Pre-primer to Grade 3.
- Cloudwhistle Lab (ages 6 to 10): kids heat, cool and blow wind on a sky jar, guess what will happen first, then watch ice melt, clouds form and rain or snow fall. A good one to play on a snowy day and then go look out the window.
Why a little practice over the break helps
Two weeks or more away from school is long enough for some math facts and reading skills to get a bit rusty. It doesn't take much to keep them fresh. Ten minutes a day, a few days a week, is plenty, and it works best when it feels like play rather than homework.
Sumwhere Isles (ages 5 to 11) adapts to your child as they play and reads its problems aloud, and Numeria covers math at every grade. Both are adventures with a whole world to explore, so they're easy to come back to day after day.
Ideas for the break
- Pick a morning slot. A few minutes after breakfast, before the day fills up, is easier to keep than a slot at the end of the day.
- Let them choose. Offer two or three games and let your child pick. They'll stick with it longer.
- Try something new. The break is a good time to start typing with Home Row Harbor or coding with Code Critter, with no school pressure.
- Make it real. Count change for a snack after Coin Cafe, or read the clock together after Clock Shop.
- Ease back in. In the last few days before school, a little more reading and math helps the first week back feel easy.
Find the right level
For math by grade, start with kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade or 4th grade math games. For reading and words, try our phonics and spelling games. Our learning games have no ads, no accounts, no chat and no purchases, and they don't use analytics. Progress stays in the browser on your device. See all our learning games for more.
Questions
How much should kids practice over winter break?
A little goes a long way. Ten minutes a day, a few days a week, keeps most skills fresh, and it's easier to keep up when it feels like play.
What ages are these games for?
Ages 4 to 12. Each game shows its own age range, from Phonics Pond for ages 4 to 6 up to Home Row Harbor for ages 7 to 12.
Are these games free?
Yes. They're free in the browser with no ads, no purchases and nothing to download.
Are they safe for kids?
Yes. No ads, no accounts, no chat and no tracking. Progress is saved only on your device.