🎓 Skills Your Child Will Develop
- 🧩 Memory & Concentration — Memory and matching games directly exercise working memory — the ability to hold information in mind while using it — which is one of the strongest predictors of reading and mathematical success.
- ⚡ Quick Thinking & Processing — Fast-paced games that require quick visual scanning or rapid decision-making develop processing speed and visual discrimination — skills that support reading fluency and mathematical fact retrieval.
- 🤸 Physical Coordination — Active games that combine movement with rules develop both gross motor skills and the cognitive capacity to think while moving — a form of dual-task processing that prepares children for sports and coordinated physical activities.
- 📜 Rule-Following — Learning and following game rules builds the ability to hold instructions in working memory and apply them consistently — a direct parallel to the classroom rule-following that teachers identify as the top kindergarten readiness skill.
Preschoolers have an amazing ability to learn. Just about everything they do is an educational experience. No matter how basic or silly, all of the games featured on PreschoolRock.com have educational merit. Educational games focus on numbers, letters, and the preschooler’s environment. Play educational preschool games and tap into your preschooler’s amazing brain. Contact me if you’d like to share your educational preschool game.
Featured Educational Preschool Games
Color Wheel Preschool Parachute Game
Teach preschool colors while improving coordination with this exciting preschool parachute game! Preschoolers will have loads of fun trying to toss bean bags into the “hot” color while other preschoolers spin the parachute color wheel!
Preschool Emotions Role-Playing Game
Teach your preschoolers about emotions as you role-play through this Educational Preschool Game based on P.K. Hallinan’s Let’s Be Happy. Encourage preschoolers to “give out happiness” which will make them happy in return.
Where's My Pizza Pie Preschool Fraction Game
Throw a pretend preschool pizza party and teach your preschooler all about fractions! Top it off with pretend cake and your preschooler will have learned about sixths, thirds, quarters and halves! Make the game more challenging and preschoolers will be well on their way toward understanding fraction addition and subtraction!
More Educational Preschool Games
12 Days of Christmas Preschool Memory Game
Cornucopia Trivia Preschool Game
Apple Stacks Preschool Game Rainbow Colors Educational Game
Surprise Sack Stories Preschool Game
Taste & Tell Nutritional Game
Alphabet Ball
Featured Educational Preschool Product
Great States Junior
Preschoolers will love matching the shapes, pictures and names of the 50 states as they travel the colored paths across the country. This PreK game contains: 1 game board, 50 Find the Shape cards, 50 Find the Picture cards, 50 Find the Name cards, 4 playing figures, 1 colored die, and a timer. This is a great family game that parents and grandparents will also enjoy.
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Water and Ice Experiments
One of the most incredible compounds on earth is water. There are many great science experiments you can do with your preschooler that involve water and ice. All of these experiments teach preschoolers about chemical reactions, mixtures and how even though ice is frozen water, it behaves differently than water does.
One, Two Number Poem and Game
The
One-Two Number Poem is a great poem to help preschoolers learn their numbers and to practice their counting skills. With a fresh, alternative version of
One-Two Buckle My Shoe, the
One-Two Number Poem will become one of your preschooler's favorites. In a small or large group, you are sure to have a ton of fun!
Steps to Literacy in Preschool Education
Preschoolers each learn at their own pace. Some preschoolers will master writing their letters while others will be able to recite favorite books from memory. No matter what your preschoolers strengths may be, you can feel confident that they are learning, as long as you are providing a well rounded curriculum that encourages literacy.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends limiting all screens (including video games) to 1 hour per day for children ages 2–5. Simple, educational touchscreen games have minimal harm when time-limited; fast-paced, commercial, or violent video games are not appropriate for preschoolers at any screen time level. The best educational value comes from games that are interactive and challenge thinking — simple puzzles, matching, and story-based apps. Video games should not replace physical games or creative play for any preschooler.
Simple competitive games (who gets to the finish line first, who matches the most cards) are appropriate from age 4–5, when children can begin to understand rules and outcomes. Before age 4, fully cooperative games are more developmentally matched. Even at age 4–5, keep competitive game sessions brief and emotionally low-stakes, and always follow with a positive shared activity. The goal is building competitive tolerance gradually through repeated low-stakes positive experience.
