Online games are an excellent way for ESL and EFL students to learn and review English reading, phonics, spelling, and vocabulary. Kids’ games offer the drill and repetition that children need to master new skills. ESL and EFL students will have fun trying to increase their scores and beat the high scores as their English improves. They can try an English vocabulary game for kids, an English puzzle game, a sorting game, and more. These free English games for kids help children learn English and practice reading and are the perfect follow-up to lessons in school, at home, or online.
Pack Them Up
Pack the boxes with the correct words to fit the categories. How many boxes can you pack
Guess The Sound
Listen carefully to the sounds and guess who makes every sound.
Puzzle
Choose a picture to match the word and reveal a hidden scene. How many scenes can you uncover?
Spell for Your Life
Race against the clock as you spell to beat your own score or challenge the high scores. How high can you climb?
Kayak Race
Practice spelling words, phrases, and sentences to advance your kayak and win the race. How fast can you go?
Alphabet Balloon Pop
Listen to a word and click on the letter button that shows its first sound to pop a balloon. Or, listen to a letter name and click on the matching letter button to make the balloon pop. Can you pop them all before they reach the top?
Guess the Word
Fill in the blanks in the right order to spell a word and reveal a hidden picture. How many can you uncover?
Sorting Game
Sort the words into groups based on topic or spelling pattern. Can you sort them all?
Memory Game
Uncover matches to score points. Test your memory and review vocabulary and spelling. Can you match them all?
Make The Connection
Build vocabulary and thinking skills on many different topics. Connect a sheep with wool, a giraffe with the savannah, and a farmer with a tractor. How many connections can you make?
Catch the Fly
Spell words correctly to catch as many flies as you can. Spell a word wrong and you might miss one. Beat your own score or challenge high scores. How many flies can you catch?
Ice Cream Sort
Sort words by spelling pattern or vowel sounds to scoop up ice cream. If you get one wrong your boss will be angry. How many scoops can you sort?
Pairs Game
Build reading and writing skills with homophones, synonyms, and antonym fun. How many can you match?
Cars race
Practice spelling sentences to advance your car and win the race. How fast can you drive?
Select one of seven free ESL games to review and strengthen English skills. The Pairs Game improves both writing and reading as kids learn synonyms, antonyms, and homophones. Puzzle is an English puzzle game that lets younger children learn to recognize words to match them with photos and reveal a hidden picture. Spell for Your Life is one of two English spelling games on the site. It offers spelling practice with the feel of a classic arcade game. Spell the words correctly to climb to the very top. The “hint” feature lets even struggling spellers experience success. In Guess the Word players are challenged to spell a mystery word by selecting letters in the correct order. With each letter selected, pieces of a photo of the word are uncovered helping the player determine the mystery word.
Memory Game builds both ESL vocabulary and spelling skills as players are challenged to uncover pairs of cards with photos. Ice Cream Sort is a sorting game where the player takes on the role of an ice cream server who sorts scoops of ice cream by spelling pattern or vowel sounds. Catch the Fly challenges the player to spell words correctly and quickly to help the iguana catch its meal. Play them all to help ESL and EFL children learn English while having fun!