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1st Grade Learning Games
First grade games bring together early reading, word building, addition and subtraction. Choose one subject for a short practice session, or switch between numbers, words and puzzles.
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Math Games for Grade 1
Addition, subtraction, tens and ones. Use number lines, groups and picture models to explore adding and taking away. Tens-and-ones activities offer another way to build and compare numbers.
Explore all 86 math games →Happy numbers
Count, add, subtract and explore numbers at your level.
Stepping-Stone Stairs
Adding quantities in growing steps on an illustrated board with instructions, hints and answer checking.
How Do We Measure It?
Matching a property to a measurement unit on an illustrated board with instructions, hints and answer checking.
Distance Between Two Addresses
Horizontal and vertical distance on a grid on an illustrated board with instructions, hints and answer checking.
Make Ten Without Changing the Total
Compensation in addition and conserving a total on an illustrated board with instructions, hints and answer checking.
Two Copies or Two More?
Distinguishing doubling from adding two on an illustrated board with instructions, hints and answer checking.
When the literature changes edge
The value of the place and the spread after a reversal In illustrated original activity, with hint and correction of errors.
Reading & Word Games for Grade 1
Letters become words and sentences. Fill a gap in a picture word, build a spelling with letter tiles or read a short story together. Look for clues in the words rather than guessing from the picture alone.
Explore all 122 reading & word games →Hide-and-seek letters
Meet the alphabet and find the first letter of each word.
Picture words
Look at the picture and find the missing letter.
Here depends on who is speaking
Explore here depends on who is speaking through a short, playful English activity.
Letters and sounds on the cards
Explore letters and sounds on the cards through a short, playful English activity.
Between and from among
Explore between and from among through a short, playful English activity.
Already, still and almost
Explore already, still and almost through a short, playful English activity.
What words do in a conversation
Explore what words do in a conversation through a short, playful English activity.
One card disproves the rule
Explore one card disproves the rule through a short, playful English activity.
Thinking & Puzzle Games for Grade 1
Patterns, memory and simple logic. Follow a pattern, plan a route through a maze or use clues to crack a color code. Talk through a possible move before testing it.
Explore all 132 thinking & puzzle games →Perfect pairs
Turn over the cards and find the matching pairs.
What comes next?
Look for the pattern and choose what comes next.
The treasure trail
Plan your path through the maze and find the treasure.
The mixed-up puzzle
Slide the tiles into place to put the puzzle back together.
Little Sudoku
Use the clues to find a place for every number.
The friends puzzle
Move the pieces into place to reveal your friends.
The secret code
Try a color pattern, read the clues and crack the code.
Three Symbols on the Path
Taking turns and blocking a line on an illustrated board with instructions, hints and answer checking.
Choose a starting point
Age and grade labels help you choose where to begin. Individual games vary in difficulty, so pick another level whenever it helps. Read the instructions together and take a break when you need one.