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Early learning apps for toddlers and preschoolers

Letters, numbers, shapes, colors and open-ended play for the youngest kids.

Ages 2–5

  • Numberblocks World: Counting games, number quizzes, songs and episodes featuring the Numberblocks characters.
  • Khan Academy Kids: An early-learning app of books, reading and math activities, videos and creative play.
  • Pok Pok: Open-ended digital toys for drawing, building, making music and pretend play.
  • PBS KIDS Games: Games and videos from PBS KIDS programs, gathered in one browser destination.
  • Sago Mini School: Preschool counting, tracing, drawing and puzzle activities set around everyday topics.
  • Montessori Preschool: A Montessori-inspired app covering early reading, numbers, art and practical-life activities.
  • SplashLearn: A browser catalog of math games sorted by concept and grade, from early counting and shapes to later elementary topics.
  • Moose Math: Counting smoothie ingredients, matching pets by dots and solving number problems in bingo.
  • LEGO DUPLO World: Digital DUPLO bricks and themed scenes with animals, vehicles and familiar places, for building and wandering around.
  • ABC Kids – Tracing & Phonics: Children trace capital and lowercase letters, hear the sounds they make and match letter shapes.
  • Kiddopia: Number and language games share the app with pretend jobs such as chef, doctor, farmer and musician.
  • HOMER: Fun Learning For Kids: Letter activities, stories, number games and creative tasks are arranged into a single learning path.
  • Lingokids: Games, stories, songs and movement activities touch on number sense, literacy, science and everyday social skills.
  • Bimi Boo Toddler Learning Games: Toddlers sort by color, size and quantity, fit shapes to outlines, feed animals and rebuild pictures from memory.
  • ABCmouse: Kids Learning Games: A step-by-step learning path combines early reading, numbers, science, songs, puzzles and art.
  • Reading.com: A parent and child go through scripted phonics lessons together, followed by decodable stories and practice games.
  • ABCya: ABCya has a large catalog of short browser games for kids, covering math, reading, art, typing and other elementary subjects.
  • Sesame Street: Sesame Street’s website mixes character games, videos and printable coloring pages for preschoolers.
  • TRT Çocuk: A Turkish-language children’s site with games, program episodes, short videos and a live TV section.
  • ictgames: ictgames has math and English browser games and teaching tools for ages 5–10, tied to the UK primary curriculum.
  • Education.com: A searchable library of games, worksheets, lesson plans and hands-on projects.
  • Sheppard Software: A broad collection of short learning games across early concepts, math, geography, animals, science and language arts.
  • IXL: Practice organized into detailed skill lists for math, language arts, science and more.
  • Teach Your Monster Number Skills: A character-led game in which young children explore early number ideas.
  • DREME Family Math: Adult-led activities that bring numbers, shapes, patterns and measurement into everyday family life.
  • Studycat: Young kids tap, match and sing their way through first words in Spanish, French, German, Chinese or English.
  • Little Pim: Little ones watch five-minute episodes in which a cartoon panda and native speakers introduce words in a new language.
  • Prodigies Music: Kids sing, use hand signs and ring colorful bells along with short video lessons.
  • Danny Go!: Kids jump, dance and freeze along with Danny’s high-energy songs, games and make-believe adventures.
  • Canticos Bilingual Preschool: Preschoolers sing nursery rhymes, watch videos, read books and play games in English and Spanish.
  • Endless Spanish: Kids drag wiggly letters back into Spanish words and watch the Endless monsters act out what they mean.
  • Bee-Bot: Young children tap forward, back and turn arrows to steer a cheerful bee across a grid toward a flower.
  • Rodocodo: Code Hour: Kids lay out arrow and action commands to steer Rodocodo the cat through five worlds of grid puzzles.
  • Bluey: Let’s Play!: Kids wander the Heeler family house, finding surprises and replaying Bluey games room by room.
  • Hey Duggee: The Big Badge App: Kids pick a Squirrel and play six quick games with Duggee, earning a badge for each one they finish.
  • Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame: Kids help a Sesame Street monster breathe slowly, pick an idea to try and work through a frustrating moment.
  • Endless Alphabet: Kids drag wiggly, talking letters back into place to rebuild a word, then watch monsters act out its meaning.
  • Busy Shapes & Colors: Kids drag, match and sort their way through puzzles that name 11 shapes and 11 colors.
  • Mathseeds: Kids move along a map of short animated math lessons and games, from first counting to early problem solving.
  • Daniel Tiger’s Play at Home: Kids help Daniel Tiger through bedtime, bath time and a visit to the doctor across six short games.
  • Moshi Kids: Sleep, Relax, Play: Kids wind down with bedtime stories, sleep sounds, music and breathing exercises featuring the Moshling characters.
  • NumBots: Kids help a rusty robot rebuild itself by solving addition and subtraction challenges.
  • Dr. Panda – Learn & Play: Little ones appear to count, match letters, sort shapes and puzzle through small logic games alongside Dr. Panda and his friends.
  • Pepi House: Happy Family: Kids seem to play house across four floors, cooking, running the laundry and tinkering with the family car.
  • Endless Numbers: The Endless monsters seem to bring each number to life through little puzzles, animations and first sums.
  • Avokiddo Emotions: Kids dress up, feed and hand toys to four funny animals, then watch how each one reacts.
  • Pango Kids: Kids tap through soft interactive stories with Pango and friends and play small puzzles, sorting and dot-to-dot games.
  • Hungry Caterpillar Play School: In Hungry Caterpillar Play School, kids trace letters, count, paint, make music and listen to stories with Eric Carle’s caterpillar.
  • LEGO DUPLO Peppa Pig: Kids snap together 3D DUPLO bricks and act out everyday adventures with Peppa, George and their friends.
  • Sesame Street Games Club: Preschoolers appear to bake with Cookie Monster, climb a beanstalk with Elmo and tinker with the Mecha Builders.
  • Miffy’s World: Toddlers guide Miffy through her day, from bath and breakfast to gardening, painting and bedtime.
  • LEGO Bluey: Kids build with LEGO bricks and play out Bluey moments, from a garden tea party to floor-is-lava indoors.
  • My Very Hungry Caterpillar: Toddlers hatch, feed and look after Eric Carle’s caterpillar until he turns into a butterfly.
  • Thomas & Friends: Let’s Roll: Kids drive Thomas and friends across the Island of Sodor and lay out their own train tracks.
  • LEGO DUPLO Marvel: Preschoolers build with DUPLO bricks and go on kind, helpful adventures with Spidey and the Avengers.
  • LEGO DUPLO Disney: Kids snap together DUPLO bricks and play with Mickey, Belle, Woody and other Disney characters.
  • Alphablocks World: Kids watch Alphablocks clips, sing phonics songs and read interactive books that use the sounds they just heard.
  • Alphablocks: How to Write: Kids trace pre-writing lines, letters and numbers with the Alphablocks, each letter paired with a short rhyme.
  • CBeebies Playtime Island: Kids join Andy on a dinosaur adventure and pick from dozens of games starring CBeebies characters.
  • PAW Patrol Academy: Preschoolers work on letters, numbers, shapes and feelings during missions with the PAW Patrol pups.
  • Budge World: Kids hop between more than 100 games, from ABCs and early math to coloring, cooking and dress-up with familiar characters.
  • Noodle Loaf: Kids sing, clap rhythms and dance along with short, playful music episodes led by educator Dan Saks.
  • Novel Effect: Kids hear music and sound effects chime in as a picture book is read out loud.
  • Ello: Kids read aloud to Ello, a friendly elephant tutor who listens, helps with slips and adjusts the next session.
  • Yoto: Kids slot a card into a screenless speaker to play audiobooks, music, podcasts and stories themselves.
  • Phonics Hero: Kids help superhero Zak rescue his friends by playing phonics games that build from letter sounds to sentences.
  • Storyberries: Kids read and listen to bedtime stories, fairy tales, poems and chapter books sorted by age and reading time.
  • Tiny Wrist Bilingual Books: Bilingual Vietnamese and English board books, picture books and a sing-along music book about Vietnamese rhymes, colours and festivals.
  • Peep and the Big Wide World: Preschoolers watch Peep the chick and friends poke at how the world works, then play simple games about sound, light and motion.

Ages 6–8

  • Numberblocks World: Counting games, number quizzes, songs and episodes featuring the Numberblocks characters.
  • Khan Academy Kids: An early-learning app of books, reading and math activities, videos and creative play.
  • Pok Pok: Open-ended digital toys for drawing, building, making music and pretend play.
  • PBS KIDS Games: Games and videos from PBS KIDS programs, gathered in one browser destination.
  • Montessori Preschool: A Montessori-inspired app covering early reading, numbers, art and practical-life activities.
  • SplashLearn: A browser catalog of math games sorted by concept and grade, from early counting and shapes to later elementary topics.
  • Moose Math: Counting smoothie ingredients, matching pets by dots and solving number problems in bingo.
  • LEGO DUPLO World: Digital DUPLO bricks and themed scenes with animals, vehicles and familiar places, for building and wandering around.
  • Kiddopia: Number and language games share the app with pretend jobs such as chef, doctor, farmer and musician.
  • HOMER: Fun Learning For Kids: Letter activities, stories, number games and creative tasks are arranged into a single learning path.
  • Lingokids: Games, stories, songs and movement activities touch on number sense, literacy, science and everyday social skills.
  • ABCmouse: Kids Learning Games: A step-by-step learning path combines early reading, numbers, science, songs, puzzles and art.
  • Reading.com: A parent and child go through scripted phonics lessons together, followed by decodable stories and practice games.
  • ABCya: ABCya has a large catalog of short browser games for kids, covering math, reading, art, typing and other elementary subjects.
  • TRT Çocuk: A Turkish-language children’s site with games, program episodes, short videos and a live TV section.
  • Toy Theater: Short learning games mixed with virtual manipulatives, creative tools and classic puzzles.
  • ictgames: ictgames has math and English browser games and teaching tools for ages 5–10, tied to the UK primary curriculum.
  • Education.com: A searchable library of games, worksheets, lesson plans and hands-on projects.
  • Sheppard Software: A broad collection of short learning games across early concepts, math, geography, animals, science and language arts.
  • IXL: Practice organized into detailed skill lists for math, language arts, science and more.
  • Teach Your Monster Number Skills: A character-led game in which young children explore early number ideas.
  • DREME Family Math: Adult-led activities that bring numbers, shapes, patterns and measurement into everyday family life.
  • BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr.: Animated explanations followed by quizzes, drawing and vocabulary activities on the same topic.
  • Studycat: Young kids tap, match and sing their way through first words in Spanish, French, German, Chinese or English.
  • Little Pim: Little ones watch five-minute episodes in which a cartoon panda and native speakers introduce words in a new language.
  • Prodigies Music: Kids sing, use hand signs and ring colorful bells along with short video lessons.
  • Danny Go!: Kids jump, dance and freeze along with Danny’s high-energy songs, games and make-believe adventures.
  • Bee-Bot: Young children tap forward, back and turn arrows to steer a cheerful bee across a grid toward a flower.
  • Rodocodo: Code Hour: Kids lay out arrow and action commands to steer Rodocodo the cat through five worlds of grid puzzles.
  • Bluey: Let’s Play!: Kids wander the Heeler family house, finding surprises and replaying Bluey games room by room.
  • Endless Alphabet: Kids drag wiggly, talking letters back into place to rebuild a word, then watch monsters act out its meaning.
  • Mathseeds: Kids move along a map of short animated math lessons and games, from first counting to early problem solving.
  • Moshi Kids: Sleep, Relax, Play: Kids wind down with bedtime stories, sleep sounds, music and breathing exercises featuring the Moshling characters.
  • NumBots: Kids help a rusty robot rebuild itself by solving addition and subtraction challenges.
  • Pepi House: Happy Family: Kids seem to play house across four floors, cooking, running the laundry and tinkering with the family car.
  • Avokiddo Emotions: Kids dress up, feed and hand toys to four funny animals, then watch how each one reacts.
  • Pango Kids: Kids tap through soft interactive stories with Pango and friends and play small puzzles, sorting and dot-to-dot games.
  • Hungry Caterpillar Play School: In Hungry Caterpillar Play School, kids trace letters, count, paint, make music and listen to stories with Eric Carle’s caterpillar.
  • Sesame Street Games Club: Preschoolers appear to bake with Cookie Monster, climb a beanstalk with Elmo and tinker with the Mecha Builders.
  • Thomas & Friends: Let’s Roll: Kids drive Thomas and friends across the Island of Sodor and lay out their own train tracks.
  • Alphablocks World: Kids watch Alphablocks clips, sing phonics songs and read interactive books that use the sounds they just heard.
  • Budge World: Kids hop between more than 100 games, from ABCs and early math to coloring, cooking and dress-up with familiar characters.
  • Noodle Loaf: Kids sing, clap rhythms and dance along with short, playful music episodes led by educator Dan Saks.
  • Novel Effect: Kids hear music and sound effects chime in as a picture book is read out loud.
  • Bookbot: Kids read decodable books out loud while the app listens along and steps in on tricky words.
  • Ello: Kids read aloud to Ello, a friendly elephant tutor who listens, helps with slips and adjusts the next session.
  • Yoto: Kids slot a card into a screenless speaker to play audiobooks, music, podcasts and stories themselves.
  • Phonics Hero: Kids help superhero Zak rescue his friends by playing phonics games that build from letter sounds to sentences.
  • Storyberries: Kids read and listen to bedtime stories, fairy tales, poems and chapter books sorted by age and reading time.

Ages 9–12

  • Numberblocks World: Counting games, number quizzes, songs and episodes featuring the Numberblocks characters.
  • SplashLearn: A browser catalog of math games sorted by concept and grade, from early counting and shapes to later elementary topics.
  • ABCya: ABCya has a large catalog of short browser games for kids, covering math, reading, art, typing and other elementary subjects.
  • Toy Theater: Short learning games mixed with virtual manipulatives, creative tools and classic puzzles.
  • ictgames: ictgames has math and English browser games and teaching tools for ages 5–10, tied to the UK primary curriculum.
  • Education.com: A searchable library of games, worksheets, lesson plans and hands-on projects.
  • Sheppard Software: A broad collection of short learning games across early concepts, math, geography, animals, science and language arts.
  • IXL: Practice organized into detailed skill lists for math, language arts, science and more.
  • Teach Your Monster Number Skills: A character-led game in which young children explore early number ideas.
  • BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr.: Animated explanations followed by quizzes, drawing and vocabulary activities on the same topic.
  • Prodigies Music: Kids sing, use hand signs and ring colorful bells along with short video lessons.
  • Bee-Bot: Young children tap forward, back and turn arrows to steer a cheerful bee across a grid toward a flower.
  • Rodocodo: Code Hour: Kids lay out arrow and action commands to steer Rodocodo the cat through five worlds of grid puzzles.
  • Bluey: Let’s Play!: Kids wander the Heeler family house, finding surprises and replaying Bluey games room by room.
  • Mathseeds: Kids move along a map of short animated math lessons and games, from first counting to early problem solving.
  • Moshi Kids: Sleep, Relax, Play: Kids wind down with bedtime stories, sleep sounds, music and breathing exercises featuring the Moshling characters.
  • Pango Kids: Kids tap through soft interactive stories with Pango and friends and play small puzzles, sorting and dot-to-dot games.
  • Alphablocks World: Kids watch Alphablocks clips, sing phonics songs and read interactive books that use the sounds they just heard.
  • Novel Effect: Kids hear music and sound effects chime in as a picture book is read out loud.
  • Ello: Kids read aloud to Ello, a friendly elephant tutor who listens, helps with slips and adjusts the next session.
  • Yoto: Kids slot a card into a screenless speaker to play audiobooks, music, podcasts and stories themselves.
  • Storyberries: Kids read and listen to bedtime stories, fairy tales, poems and chapter books sorted by age and reading time.

Ages 13+

  • Numberblocks World: Counting games, number quizzes, songs and episodes featuring the Numberblocks characters.
  • Education.com: A searchable library of games, worksheets, lesson plans and hands-on projects.
  • Sheppard Software: A broad collection of short learning games across early concepts, math, geography, animals, science and language arts.
  • IXL: Practice organized into detailed skill lists for math, language arts, science and more.
  • Teach Your Monster Number Skills: A character-led game in which young children explore early number ideas.
  • BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr.: Animated explanations followed by quizzes, drawing and vocabulary activities on the same topic.
  • Bee-Bot: Young children tap forward, back and turn arrows to steer a cheerful bee across a grid toward a flower.
  • Pango Kids: Kids tap through soft interactive stories with Pango and friends and play small puzzles, sorting and dot-to-dot games.
  • Alphablocks World: Kids watch Alphablocks clips, sing phonics songs and read interactive books that use the sounds they just heard.
  • Yoto: Kids slot a card into a screenless speaker to play audiobooks, music, podcasts and stories themselves.