The Best Places To Play Free Preschool Games

Sesame Street has got a ton of great free preschool games that feature your child's favorite Sesame Street characters.

You'll find games here that teach children shapes, numbers, letters, feelings, music, science, disabilities, self-confidence and much much more!

A great bonus to this site is that they have a "Play Together" parent tip for each game. This is an offline activity that you can do with your child in connection with the game.

There are lots of free preschool games at Nick Jr. featuring all of your child's favorite Nick Jr. shows. They've got Dora, Diego, Wonder Pets, Backyardigans and the rest of the gang! There are games for learning as well as games for fun.

Something I like about the Nick Jr. website is how easy it is to flip through the different games for your preschooler. You can use the scroll wheel on your mouse or the on-screen arrows to quickly move about the games, and the image descriptions are large enough to clearly see what the game is without any text in the way.

PBS Kids has free preschool games that feature your child's favorite PBS Kids characters. You'll find Sesame Street, Arthur, Curious George, Super Why, Bob the Builder, and more show-themed games here.

All of the games are educational and teach skills like memory, letters, math, puzzles, problem-solving and more. They're categorized for easy browsing in sections for science, music, holiday, spelling, rhyming, etc.

There's also a dedicated portion of PBS Kids setup just for some more difficult games.

All of the free preschool games at Starfall help teach your child to read! There are four levels of games here - ABCs, Learn to Read, It's Fun to Read, and I'm Reading.

This site is laid out a little bit differently than other sites that have free online preschool games. The games are meant to be played in a particular order and in and of themselves are supposed to be able to teach your child how to read.

In addition to the reading lessons, there are some basic math games and fun sing-along games.

You'll find a ton of fun, free children's games at Fisher-Price. There are games in categories like Counting & Numbers, Hidden Object, Peek-a-boo, Racing, Learning, Matching, ABCs, Shapes & Colors, and Surprise, just to count a few. You'll also find a wide selection of coloring pages you can print and then give to your child to color.

The link below mainly consists of games just for fun, but the Play & Learn Activities section contains some educational games for preschoolers.

You'll also find a good selection of infant and toddler games on the Fisher-Price website.

The Disney Junior website has a lot of great free games that are just for preschoolers! There are games that feature Handy Manny, Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Lightning McQueen and more of your child's favorite Disney characters.

There are some educational games here but most of them lean towards being just for fun.

Also at Disney Junior are some activities that you can download and print off for your preschooler, like for making a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse New Year top hat, Valentine's Day banner, Minnie & Daisy snowflake bow ornament, and lots of other fun things.

Treehouse has got some very fun free preschool games online that features all sorts of kids' TV characters. Just click on a character and then you'll see a list of games and printable coloring sheets that feature that character. You can also choose games by skill level.

There are both educational and fun games here at Treehouse - enough to keep your preschooler occupied for an afternoon!

Kid's Pages is a preschool website that has free games but also flashcards, stories, worksheets, coloring pages, puzzles, riddles, jokes, and more - plenty of things to keep your little ones busy!

Staying occupied isn't the only advantage of Kids' Pages because the games are not only fun but also educative.

There are over 200 free preschool games at Kids' Pages.

Another place for free preschool games is FunBrain Jr., which is a part of the FunBrain website. There isn't a huge selection of games here, but the ones that are available make it a fun place to learn.

At the bottom of the FunBrain Jr. website are categories for math, reading, like Balloon Blow-Up, Treehouse Builder, Rhyme Time, and Letter Splash. There's also a section for printable activities like Connect the Dots, Trace the Letters, and What's Different?.

Due to the animations, simple speaking, and colorful images, BabyTV provides a great source of games for preschoolers and other young kids.

The games are simple for children to play because they just require them to click on the highlighted items in the games in order to move thru the storyline. This helps them associate spoken words with physical objects.

These games all require Flash Player

The kids will really love the preschool games at Universal Kids. Follow the link below to find dozens of games for kids 2 and older, as well as free videos for the children to relax in front of.

In the category section as well as below each game, are categories and age groups. You can browse for games built just for kids aged 2-3, 4-5, or 6+, as well as by categories like Arcade, Puzzles, Memory, Math & Counting, and Letters & Spelling.

In addition to these filters, you can find games that feature characters from certain TV shows. The Goodnight Show, Stella and Sam, Maya The Bee, Poppy Cat, and Nina's World are a few examples.

Another place for free educational games for preschoolers is ABCya!. There are games on strategy, skills, numbers, letters, and holiday-themed games for Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, and others.

You'll find preschool games like BINGO, letter tracing, connect the dots, letter matching, and pattern completion.

A handful of free preschool games is available here at LearningGamesForKids.com. Some of them are probably a bit too hard for a preschooler but there are several that are perfect.

Many of these preschool games are educational, like the matching games that involve colors and letters. There are also some songs listed in these games that are played along with a video.

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You'll only find a handful of free preschool games at Thomas & Friends but they're so much fun!

There aren't very many educational games here but the games are big and bright and your preschooler will have a blast playing them. Plus, there are several free Thomas & Friends videos for the kids to watch.

Parents can see some other activities they can do with their kids, plus to print Thomas & Friends coloring pages for some offline fun.