Free Brain Games for Kids (Online + Printable Fun!)

Try these free online brain games for kids to help boost critical thinking, spatial awareness, cognitive skills, and more as they play!

Brain games like mazes, matching activities, and puzzles are more than just entertaining—they’re helpful tools for building cognitive abilities in young learners.​

These brain games for kids are designed to strengthen critical thinking, spatial awareness, memory, and problem-solving skills—all while keeping kids engaged and having fun.​ As they play, kids will also practice with letter and number recognition and other foundational literacy and math skills.

Whether you’re looking to supplement your child’s learning at home or seeking engaging classroom activities, these free online brain games offer a fun and effective way to support early cognitive development.​

Free Brain Games from ABCmouse

Puzzle Brain Games

Nutly’s Puzzle Box

Help Nutly open his unique puzzle box by solving compound word puzzles and practicing spelling along the way.

Secret Agent Word Trap

Solve word puzzles with prefixes and suffixes to help Agent Whiskers and Agent Fido rescue a fellow agent from General Claw.

Austin and Scout: Letter Trap

Help Austin escape by filling in the missing letters to word puzzles. Use the pictures to guide your way!

Combining 2D Shapes with Ivan

Get ready for a shape-filled adventure with Ivan! Help him piece together 2D shapes to create brand-new designs.

Making 3D Shapes with Ivan

Hop into Ivan’s shape machine and get ready to transform flat shapes into amazing 3D creations!

Shawna’s 3D Paper Shapes

Join Shawna on a shape-building mission! Use 2D shapes to create awesome 3D objects.

Maze Brain Games

Penguin Passage

Waddle your way through the chilly fun of Penguin Passage! Help the penguin find its way through the maze by following the right numbers and letters.

Bunny Hops Maze Numbers 1-5

Bounce along with the bunny as you follow the numbers 1 through 5 to make it through the maze!

Little Lost Chicks (Challenge)

Oh no—Mama Chicken’s chicks have wandered off! Help her find them by following the right number path through the maze!

Letter Aa Koi Maze

Swim along with the koi fish as it weaves through a water maze following the letter A! This alphabet adventure helps kids build letter recognition skills!

Letter b Race Maze

Make your way through the twisty maze by spotting every lowercase letter b in this speedy game that helps you learn letters as you play.

Letter c Bunny Hops

Hop along with the bunny on an alphabet adventure! Follow the trail of letter Cs to help your fluffy friend find the way out of the maze!

Memory Brain Games

Memory Match Play Together: Halloween

Team up with a friend to find matching spooky Halloween cards! Take turns flipping them over as you boost your memory and turn-taking skills in this fun game for two.

Memory Match Play Together: Addition 1-10

Play with a friend in this fun two-player math challenge! Take turns flipping cards to match addition problems with their correct sums from 1 to 10.

Memory Match: Opposites

Flip the cards and find the opposites! In this playful memory game, kids match up opposite word pairs while building their vocabulary skills.

Memory Match: Colors

Get ready to match and play! In this color-learning game, kids match bright pictures to their color words while boosting memory and color recognition skills.

Memory Match: Counting

Count, match, and play! In this bright and interactive memory game, kids match numbers 1 to 10 with the number of objects in pictures—building early math skills with every flip!

Memory Match Single Player: Addition

Get ready to add and match! In this memory game, kids flip cards to find equations and their correct sums—making math practice a fun and brain-boosting adventure!

Printable Mazes & Riddles for Kids

Simple Printable Mazes

Pair these online brain games with free printable brain games These mazes come in 3 different challenges for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first grade.

Math Printable Mazes

Make math fun with these free printable math mazes for kids. As children solve each maze, they’ll build important skills like addition, subtraction, and number sense. These brain-boosting worksheets are perfect for first and second graders and easy to print at home!

Riddles for Kids

Because riddles require thinking outside the box and often involve wordplay or abstract connections, they’re a great way to exercise the brain—just like puzzles, mazes, or memory games. They’re also fun, quick, and easy to fit into everyday routines.

Challenge your brain while getting some laughs with these giggle-worthy jokes and riddles for kids.

Practice with sound patterns and rhyming with these hilarious rhyming riddles for kids.

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