Free math games for 5- to 7-year-olds: count, make 10, build numbers, tell time and name shapes.
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These 8 free math games for kindergarten and 1st grade cover counting, making 10, place value, adding, telling time, halves and shapes. Kids hop a frog along a number line, fill ten frames, build numbers with blocks, drag clock hands and spin solids. Each game works on tablets, Chromebooks and phones, with no sign-up.
What kindergarteners and 1st graders practice in these games
These are the Common Core State Standards for kindergarten and grade 1 that the games above practice, quoted from thecorestandards.org. Each one links to the games where students work on it.
K.CC.A.2 Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).Practiced in: Counting & Number Line
K.CC.B.5 Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.Practiced in: Ten Frames & Number Bonds
K.G.A.2 Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.Practiced in: Shapes & Symmetry
K.G.A.3 Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, "flat") or three-dimensional ("solid").Practiced in: 3D Shapes
K.OA.A.4 For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.Practiced in: Ten Frames & Number Bonds
1.G.A.3 Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, fourths, and quarters, and use the phrases half of, fourth of, and quarter of. Describe the whole as two of, or four of the shares. Understand for these examples that decomposing into more equal shares creates smaller shares.Practiced in: Fractions
1.MD.B.3 Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.Practiced in: Time & Clock
1.NBT.B.2 Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.Practiced in: Place Value
1.NBT.C.4 Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.Practiced in: Add & Subtract
1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 - 4 = 13 - 3 - 1 = 10 - 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 - 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).Practiced in: Ten Frames & Number Bonds
How to use these games in class
🚀 Starter (5 minutes)
Project Ten Frames & Number Bonds and build a number on the ten frame together. Ask how many boxes are still empty, then how many more make 10.
🧩 Station (10–15 minutes)
At a tablet station, pairs take turns with Counting & Number Line: one child hops the frog along the line, the other counts out loud.
🏠 Homework
Send the 3D Shapes link home and ask your child to find a box, a ball and a can in the kitchen and say which solid each one is.
Questions teachers and parents ask
What math do kindergarteners and 1st graders learn?
Common Core names two focus areas for kindergarten: representing and comparing whole numbers, starting with sets of objects, and describing shapes and space. Grade 1 has four: adding and subtracting within 20, place value with tens and ones, measuring length, and reasoning about shapes. These games practice all of them except measuring length.
Which game should my child start with?
Start with Counting & Number Line if your child is still learning to count, then try Ten Frames & Number Bonds to make 10. Once your child counts confidently to 100, move on to Place Value and Add & Subtract. A grown-up reading the instructions aloud for the first few minutes helps.
Are these math games free, and do students need an account?
Yes, they are free. Students do not need an account, a download or an email address: open the link in a browser on a Chromebook, tablet, laptop or phone and play.
How do the levels, missions and stars work?
Most games have three levels, so a student can start easy and move up: a free play mode where nothing can go wrong, missions that award up to 3 stars, and a short timed challenge with no penalties.