Games

Pick a game. Each one starts at a level that suits you.

PlayToday's games, one after another

Phonics

Sounds, letters and first words.

PhonicsSounds, letters and words

Play Lab

Pick a game. Each one starts at a level that suits you.

Maths games

Quick number games. Each one starts at your level.

Make TenPop the bubble that makes 10: number bonds from 5 to 100, then decimals.
How to play
1. Look at the number and the target.
2. Pop the bubble that makes the target.
3. Not right yet? A clue shows how to count on or use the frame.
Number Line FrogHop the frog along the number line to add and subtract, all the way to negatives and decimals.
How to play
1. Read the sum and find where the frog starts.
2. Pick the lily pad where it lands.
3. The frog hops to show the answer, with a tip when you need one.
Times Table RaceRace Crayo to the finish by answering times-table facts. You choose the tables.
How to play
1. Choose your tables and a level.
2. Type each answer on the number pad.
3. Beat Crayo to the finish line!
Fraction PizzaRun a pizza shop: make, name and compare fractions, then find fractions of amounts.
How to play
1. Read the order.
2. Tap the slices or choose the answer.
3. The pizzas show why the answer is right.
Balance ScaleFind the mystery number that balances the scale, from missing numbers to equations.
How to play
1. Look at what is on each pan.
2. Choose the number in the mystery bag.
3. A wrong number tips the scale. Try again with the hint.
Place Value BuilderBuild numbers with ones, tens, hundreds and thousands blocks, then decimals.
How to play
1. Read the number.
2. Tap + and − to put blocks in each column.
3. Check it: the answer shows the number split into parts.
Money ShopPay the exact price and work out the change, in your own currency.
How to play
1. Look at the price tag.
2. Tap coins and notes to pay, or choose the change.
3. Hints show how a shopkeeper counts up.
Clock MatchMatch clocks, digital times and words, then work out how long things take.
How to play
1. Look at the clock or the time.
2. Choose the match.
3. Hints explain what each hand tells you.
Shape BuilderName shapes, count sides, find lines of symmetry and fill tangram puzzles.
How to play
1. Look carefully at the shape.
2. Choose your answer.
3. Hints help you count and fold in your head.
Mental Maths Sprint60 seconds of quick-fire mental maths that gets harder as you go. Beat your best!
How to play
1. Press Start: the clock runs for 60 seconds.
2. Type each answer and press Enter.
3. Right answers make it harder. Beat your best!

Brain puzzles

Spot the pattern, find the rule, think it through.

Pattern matricesFind the missing picture in a 3 × 3 grid of shapes.
How to play
1. Look along the first row. What changes, and what stays the same?
2. Check the second row follows the same rule. Then do the same for columns.
3. Use the rules to build the missing picture, then find it among the answers.
SequencesWhat comes next? Patterns of pictures, shapes and numbers.
How to play
1. Say the sequence out loud and look for a part that repeats or a steady change.
2. For numbers, write the jump between each pair of neighbours.
3. If the jumps aren't the same, look at how the jumps change — or try multiplying.
Odd one outWhich one doesn't belong? Pictures, shapes, numbers and words.
How to play
1. Look at all of them before you choose.
2. Find something that all but one share.
3. Check the odd one really is the only one that's different.
AnalogiesA is to B as C is to … ? Find the change and use it again.
How to play
1. Compare the first pair: exactly what changed?
2. Make the same change to the next one.
3. For numbers, check your rule works for every example pair.
RotationWhich one is the same shape, only turned? Flat shapes and 3D blocks.
How to play
1. Pick one special part of the shape, like a corner or a sticking-out bit.
2. Imagine turning the shape until that part points the same way.
3. Watch out for mirror images: they can never be turned into the original.
Mirror imagesWhich picture is the reflection in the mirror line?
How to play
1. Find the mirror line.
2. Things close to the line stay close; things far away stay far away — on the other side.
3. Check one square or detail at a time.
Cube netsFold flat shapes into cubes in your head.
How to play
1. Pick one square as the bottom and fold the others up around it in your head.
2. Two squares with one square between them in a straight line end up opposite each other.
3. Opposite faces can never be seen at the same time.
SudokuPicture sudoku for little ones, then 4×4, 6×6 and 9×9.
How to play
1. Find a row, column or box that is almost full.
2. Work out which number (or picture) is missing.
3. Check it isn't already in the same row, column or box, then write it in.
Maths cagesFill the grid so each cage makes its target number.
How to play
1. Start with one-square cages: they are already given.
2. List the pairs that make each small cage's target.
3. Use 'once in every row and column' to choose between them.
Logic gridsUse the clues to work out who has what.
How to play
1. Start with the clues that tell you something for certain.
2. Cross out what can't be true — 'not' clues are very useful.
3. When only one choice is left for someone, it must be theirs.
Code pathsProgram Crayo with arrows to reach the goal.
How to play
1. Trace the route with your finger first.
2. Turn each step into an arrow, in order.
3. Run your program. If Crayo bumps into something, find the step that went wrong.
Spot the ruleThings are sorted into groups. What's the sorting rule?
How to play
1. Look at what everything in the first group has in common.
2. Check that nothing in the second group has it.
3. Test every answer rule on every item.

Guessing games

Read the clues. Can you guess it?

Who am I?Read the clues one by one and guess the animal, thing, job or famous place. Fewer clues, more stars!
How to play
1. A clue appears. Look at the four answers — which one could it be?
2. Not sure yet? Ask for another clue. Each clue makes it easier, but costs a star.
3. Tap your answer. Guess with one or two clues for three stars!
Guess the wordGuess the letters of a hidden word. Every miss costs the flower a petal — save the flower!
How to play
1. Look at the topic and the blanks. How many letters?
2. Pick a letter. If it's in the word, it appears in every place it belongs.
3. A wrong letter costs a petal. Find the word before the flower has no petals left.
Guess my numberI'm thinking of a number. Guess it, and I'll tell you higher or lower. Can you find it in the fewest tries?
How to play
1. The secret number is somewhere in the range. Type your guess.
2. You'll hear 'higher' or 'lower'. The number line shrinks to what is left.
3. At the end, see how the 'always guess the middle' trick works.
Daily riddleA new riddle every day for each age group. Have a think, make your guess, then see the answer.
How to play
1. Read today's riddle (or have it read to you).
2. Type your guess — spelling doesn't have to be perfect.
3. See the answer, then come back tomorrow for a new one.