Variety is the spice of life, they say, and I agree! I love having a ton of different games to choose from, but more often than not, my budget says, “Sorry, no.” That’s where free print-and-play games come in!
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There are many free printable games available online. Here’s what you need:
- Printer Access (color printing is best)
- Laminator (not vital, but keeps your games like new so they last)
- Dice
- Spare Pawns (or spare LEGOs or other small toys; I won’t judge)
Sources of free print-and-play games for preschoolers:
- Castles and Cats has some free printable role-playing games that can work for preschoolers
- Messy Little Monster has a collection of a wide variety of games, from math to sight words, color sorting, emotional intelligence, and more! Perfect for preschoolers!
- Simple Everyday Mom has a Star Wars I Spy game
- Paging Supermom has this awesome chore game (okay, I totally want to play this with my kids)!
- Mr. Printables has an animal charades game
- Wondermom Wannabe has a free printable Tangrams activity
- Do your little (or not-so-little) ones need motion? Try this free movement dice game from Hey Let’s Make Stuff!
- Does your preschooler love bugs? Try this catch-a-bug game from Picklebums on a rainy day!
- Any Pete the Cat fans out there? You’ll love this adorable game from Crystal and Comp
- Kid Zone has some alphabet recognition games
If you want to buy a game or two, check out my roundup of the preschool games my family has enjoyed!
Math Games
- The Measured Mom has several games available
- Math Geek Mama has more games
- Here’s a Roman numerals game
- Math Dice is easy to DIY, and I have a worksheet for free download, too.
- The game Qwixx can be played with a handful of regular dice. Here are the scorecard and instructions
- Math Curious has a lot of math games
- Multiplication Battleship
- Beast Academy has several printable games to supplement their curriculum (but they’re fun all on their own)
- Parent Concept has a free algebra game
- You’ve Got This Math has a ton of free printables
- Fingerpaint and Spaghetti has a free Roman Numeral caterpillar game
- 123Homeschool4Me has a huge list of printable math games
- Mathematics Shed has a nice collection in this free download – just print the pages you want!
- Math-Salamanders has a wide variety of different math games, organized by topic
- Math Easily also has free printable math games
- This Reading Mama has a free game to practice telling time on analog clocks; I love that there are different levels!
If you’d like to look at a couple of games to purchase (some can even be DIY’d!), check out the many math games available!
Free Science Games
- Periodic Table Battleship
- Abundant Atoms chemistry game is available from Teaching Without Chairs
- Science with Mrs. Lau has some free games (available after you sign up for her newsletter)
- Phylo is a Pokemon-like game using real creatures
- Elemental Science has a nice collection of a variety of different science games and activities
- 123Homeschool4Me offers a free Animal Habitat Game
- If you sign up for their 30-day free trial, Scholastic offers hundreds of free print-and-play games. Just make sure to make an event on your calendar reminding you to cancel!
- Ecosystem for Kids has 2 different printable boards that you can pair with your choice of flashcards on Adaptations, Classification, Force and Motion, or Living & Nonliving – perfect for 6th graders!
- Brittany Washburn has 3 Coding Quests – printable computer science games!
- Here’s a yummy Atoms and Isotopes game by Elemental Science
- Sugar Spice and Glitter has a game to teach about healthy eating and nutrition
- Chemistry Nguyen offers a free Chemistry Taboo download
Do you think you might be ready to purchase a game? Check out my family’s favorite science games!
Social Studies, Geography, and History Print-and-Play Games
- Journey Home is a fun game made by an indigenous person, about the First Nations
- Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus has a collection of free printable games
- If you want to incorporate flashcards into a board game, Kid Social Studies has both the flashcards and boards.
- Here’s a free Black History Month trivia game by Student Handouts
- Deceptively Educational has a free Ancient Greek Temple Building Game, as well as a printable Underground Railroad Quilt Game
- Here’s a game about the Civil War by Uhlan Games
- You can print your own Genghis Khan game using the files on Board Game Geek, as well as Kolejka (a game about living in a communist country)
- Ellen McHenry’s Basement Workshop has a Viking Voyages game
Here are the Social Studies and Geography games my family has tried. Find your new favorite today!
Free English/Language Arts Games
- Castles and Cats has some free printable role-playing games, perfect for practicing storytelling, reading, and writing
- You can download and print a family edition of Cards Against Humanity (scroll down a little way) – great for working on those language skills!
- Foreman Teaches offers a free cause-and-effect game
- Lemon & Kiwi Designs brings together 11 free, printable, literacy board games
- Parts of Speech Bingo
- Teaching Expertise has 50 ELA game ideas for middle schoolers!
- Ms. Jordan Reads offers Roll-a-Dice Literacy activities (including a roll-and-write)
- Your Dictionary has several ideas for elementary and middle school
- We Are Teachers has 5 games to get your kids moving while learning language arts!
- File Folder Fun suggests several games you can make and play with your kids to help them learn to read and write
- Free Mad Libs abound online, but there are also free printables created by the Mad Libs company!
- Now Spark Creativity has 10 ideas for games, even for high school students!
Check out these other English/Language Arts games!
Art Print-and-Play Games
- Cathedraw looks like a fun game that’s currently being updated, again 🙂
- Artsology has so many free printable games!
- Art with Crystal has quite a few on offer
- Picklebums created free drawing challenge cards
- Adventure in a Box has free instructions for kids to create their own puzzles
- If you sign up for Art History Kids‘ newsletter, you get access to their free member library
- Or how about these free roll-and-draw games from How to Draw!
Free Fun Printable Games
- Here is my free Family Game Night board game to help you choose what games to play!
- Catan came out with a free mini-expansion as a print-and-play to help people quarantining during COVID-19
- Pirates and Plunder was inspired by Carcassonne
- Asmodee actually has several of their games available on their website for free Print-And-Play, including Dixit, Ticket to Ride, Story Cubes, Love Letter, and tons more! You do have to create a free account, but I think it’s totally worth it to access all these free games!
- Royal Baloo has a bunch of free printables, for a variety of ages and subjects
- Printable Paper has all your favorite classics – Hangman, the Dot game, Battleship, paper airplanes, and lots more
- More classics from Mommy Made That
- My Party Games has a good collection of party games for kids
- Been There Done That Homeschool has free board game templates, so you and your kids can make your own board games to help you learn about any topic!