11 Fun Math Games from PBS KIDS
Math shapes the world around us in fascinating ways. It’s more than just counting or adding or memorizing math facts. When parents help kids explore everyday math — at home, at the store, in the park and at play — we help our children begin to think like creative, curious mathematicians.
To extend your child’s math skills, here is a list of our favorite PBS KIDS games that all center around counting, shapes, measurement, and more.
These free learning games are all available to play on the PBS KIDS website and the PBS KIDS Games app.
Math Games for Preschoolers
Don't Go Bananas
Peg needs help counting the monkeys at the circus, but the monkeys are all hiding. Your child can spin a wheel to find out how many monkeys Peg wants to count next and then look for the hidden monkeys in the circus picture.
Sorta-ma-gogo
Nick and Sally are sorting items by type and color. Your child can help them by gathering items based on attribute and then sorting them into their proper bins.
Super Peg
Super Peg + Cat Guy need help saving Mathtropolis from mischievous math villains. Your child can use geometry and shape skills to solve several shape puzzles and restore order to Mathtropolis.
Leaf Leader
It's a game of dinosaur tug-of-war and the teams need to been evenly matched. In this game, your child will select dinosaurs so that each team has the same total weight.
Math Games for Elementary-Aged Kids
Puppy Quest
The Odd Squad agents have been turned into puppies! In this game, your child will use specific puppy toys to move a given number of puppies through a series of obstacles to turn the puppies back into agents.
Corn Maze Craze
Your child can practice the fundamentals of engineering and programming in this maze-building game!
Down The Tubes
The Odd Squad needs help fixing their transportation tubes. Your child can practice math concepts including measurement, addition and spatial reasoning skills while helping the Odd Squad make the needed repairs.
Mission Motherboard
Motherboard needs help stopping Hacker from his latest mischief. In this long-playing game, your child will use direction skills, inverse operations, addition, money, and more to collect snelfus and complete the mission.
Animal Match
Find pairs of animal cards in this matching game from Wild Kratts. For an added challenge, match animal cards to the Wild Kratts Creature Power suits.
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