Free Online Games for Kids

Free online brain games for kids aged 3 to 12, with no download and no sign-up: jigsaw puzzles of our own pictures, a memory match game, mazes, spot the difference, tangram puzzles, word search and a gentle word guess game. They play on a tablet, phone or computer, have no chat, accounts or in-game purchases, and the adverts are non-personalised and kept away from the games. Pick by age below.

Ages 3 to 5

Big pictures, few pieces, nothing to read.

Jigsaw puzzles
Start with 4 big pieces at age 3, then 9.
Memory match
“Kids” style: 6 big, bright pairs of pictures.
Mazes online
Tiny 5 × 5 mazes: help the squirrel find the acorn.
Spot the difference
5 changes, with a grown-up pointing, from about age 4.
Colouring online
Tap a colour, tap a shape: our colouring pages colour on screen.
Picture sudoku
Kids 4 × 4 with pictures instead of numbers, from about age 4.
ABC flash cards
Picture cards for letters and first sounds; a grown-up reads, the child flips.

Ages 6 to 8

Early reading, counting and shapes.

Tangram
Easy shapes with the lines shown, from about age 5.
Word guess
A gentle hangman: a snowman melts instead, with picture clues.
Maths flash cards
Adding to 10, taking away and times tables: flip or type the answer, no clock.
Word search online
Large print or Easy 10 × 10, words across and down only.
Mazes online
Easy and Medium mazes with dead ends to back out of.
Dots and boxes
A 3 × 3 board against the easy computer.
Sudoku online
Kids 6 × 6, then Easy 9 × 9.
Christmas jigsaw puzzles
Festive pictures in 16 or 25 pieces.

Ages 9 to 12

Longer puzzles that need planning.

Nonograms
Picture logic puzzles from 5 × 5 to 15 × 15.
Word search online
Medium with diagonals, or Hard with backwards words.
Mazes online
Hard 22 × 25 mazes.
Tangram
Hard solid silhouettes with no lines.
Mahjong solitaire
Tile matching on the 72-tile board.
Klondike solitaire
The classic card game: try turn 3.
Dots and boxes
5 × 5 or 6 × 6 against the medium computer.
Sudoku online
Easy, Medium and Hard 9 × 9, with Notes.
Word ladder
Change CAT into DOG one letter at a time: 3-letter levels from about age 7, then 4-letter ladders.

For parents and teachers

There are no lives, timers to beat or rewards for watching adverts, so a game ends when your child has finished, not when the game wants more. Each game has a “Today’s game”, the same for everyone, which works well for a class. Most of the games also have a printable version: mazes, word searches, memory games, sudoku for kids and colour by number.

Questions

What are good free online games for kids with no download?

Jigsaw puzzles with big pieces, a memory match game, mazes, spot the difference, tangram puzzles and a gentle word guess game. Ours play in the browser on a tablet, phone or computer, with nothing to download and no sign-up.

Which games suit a 3, 4 or 5 year old?

Jigsaws with 4 or 9 pieces, memory match with 6 big pairs, tiny 5 × 5 mazes and spot the difference with 5 changes. None of them need reading, and a grown-up can help by pointing.

Are these games safe for children?

Yes. Kids game pages have no chat, no accounts, no in-game purchases, no prizes for watching adverts and no links to other sites. Adverts are non-personalised and kept below the games, away from where children tap.

Are they educational?

They practise real skills without feeling like homework: shapes and space (tangram, jigsaws), memory and concentration (memory match, spot the difference), planning (mazes, dots and boxes), and spelling and reading (word search, word guess). Many also print for the classroom.

Is there a time limit or lives?

No. The clock only records a best time, Pause stops it, and nothing is lost by a wrong move. There are no lives, energy bars or countdowns.

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