How to learn English in games: 8 interesting and useful sites with online games for children

A child learns the world through a game - this fact will come in handy when learning English. Especially during the holidays, when forcing a child to read textbooks is not an option, but at the same time I want his time to be spent with benefit.

Games to learn English

Pretty simple in design and understanding site, which contains 13 online games of varying complexity, which help to learn words and basic grammar rules of the English language. An additional advantage of the site is that some games can be downloaded to your computer to play them at any convenient time and without access to the Internet.

English media lab

Also a very simple site in design, which is a large list of various games sorted by grammar topics. It is convenient if the child has difficulty understanding an particular topic - you can work it out separately in a playful way. On the site you can find tasks for any level, even for beginners who have just started to study English. The site is also popular with school teachers, because you can find a lot of materials useful for lessons on it: crosswords and tests, video and audio lessons, there is a separate selection of tasks for pronunciation training.

Fun brain

The very name of the site suggests that it contains various games that train the brain of both children and adults. Of the rich variety of games offered, the most useful for learners of English is Word Confusion. The meaning of the game is to fill in the missing word in the sentence with one of the proposed options. Such tasks in the future will often be found in children in school books and even in the exam. In addition, the game teaches the child to correctly use words that are often confused even by native speakers: for example, there and their, accept and except.

Sesame street

Remember the popular Sesame Street show in the 90s? With funny soft characters and interesting situations in which they constantly fall. In Russia, almost none of the children know this show now, but abroad it still remains one of the main educational products for children. And this site is a game resource for native speakers based on the popular show. However, for our children this resource will be very useful and will help to plunge into the English-speaking environment. In the Games section there are a lot of simple games with comments in English, the meaning of which is easy to understand simply from the initial situation. And in the Artmaker section you can colorize the pictures, complementing them with all sorts of funny objects.

2Game

A large site with a huge variety of online games for boys, for girls and even for two. There are a lot of games there, but we are primarily interested in the section for students of English. There are a lot of game options: from memorized words and bright coloring books to shooter-rpg games with zombies, super heroes and cartoon characters.

Lingvasto

Unlike previous sites where there were a lot of games, there is only one here - a game that helps to study vocabulary and useful phrases on the plots of famous films. At the moment, the game is only available for films about Harry Potter, but soon there will be more “Game of Thrones” and “Star Wars”. And as the developers say, the number of films will grow constantly, so that everyone can find an interesting plot. The type of game adapts to the level of language proficiency. And the main feature of the game is that for each level passed, the player will receive rewards that can later be exchanged for real prizes. While this function is not yet available, but you can practice the passage to become a real pro.

Digital dialects

A good and very stylish site for those who have just started to learn the language: it contains 12 simple games, each of which allows you to memorize 10-15 new words, and not only read and recognize them from large texts, but also pronounce correctly. The games work out the sections most popular for beginners: numbers, colors, food and fruits, animals, clothes, and so on. A beautiful design and intuitive interface also allow you to get aesthetic pleasure from passing games.