Educational Games

Explore our range of educational games for kids, including matching games, memory games, literacy and numeracy activities, and fun learning games for different ages and abilities. From first games for preschoolers to more challenging activities for older children, these engaging favourites help develop important skills while making learning feel like play.

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A colorful board game box titled "Orchard Toys Catch & Count Game" from Orchard Toys showcases an illustration of a cheerful orange octopus spinner surrounded by various colorful fish. The game is designed for 2-4 players aged 3 and up, and includes an educational guide on the reverse.
The Orchard Toys Catch & Count Game by Orchard Toys is a children's board game that includes various pieces, such as blue tiles adorned with white dots, cards showcasing cartoon sea animals like fish, turtles, and starfish, and a central octopus spinner. The tiles and cards are spread out around the octopus.
Regular price $31.96 Sale price$39.95
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The image showcases the box for Orchard Toys' children's matching and memory game, "Smelly Wellies." The packaging is adorned with vibrant illustrations of quirky monsters—one blue and one red—sporting mismatched wellies. Ideal for kids aged 2-6 and designed for 2-4 players, this game is proudly made in Britain.
The Orchard Toys Smelly Wellies, a colorful matching and memory game by Orchard Toys, includes four boards adorned with illustrations of quirky monsters. Each board has four slots for pieces in various shades of green and a single red piece. Ideal for children aged 2-6, these pieces are designed to be matched with the corresponding spaces on the boards.
Regular price $34.95
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A box for the "Orchard Toys Old MacDonald Lotto Game," an early learning matching game by Orchard Toys. The cover illustration depicts a farmer in a vibrant farm setting, surrounded by various animals, including a cow, pig, sheep, dog, duck, and hen. Charming details such as a red tractor and small bees enhance this object matching skills game.
The Orchard Toys Old MacDonald Lotto Game by Orchard Toys is an early learning matching game that features charming farm-themed illustrations, including a young girl in a hat petting a horse, along with images of a cat, chicken, barn, ATV, bird, and an inset of the girl. The background also includes sun and birds to enhance the engaging farm environment.
Regular price $49.95
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The Toy Box U.Games Eric Carle Alphabet Go Fish Card Game box featuring colourful Eric Carle animal artwork
Cards from the U.Games Eric Carle Alphabet Go Fish Card Game showing uppercase and lowercase letters paired with Eric Carle animal illustrations
Regular price $12.95
U.Games Eric Carle Alphabet Go Fish Card Game
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The Orchard Toys First Times Tables by Orchard Toys comes in a colorful box featuring cheerful illustrations of a grinning boy and girl dressed as chefs, holding plates of pancakes and berries. This fun educational game is designed to teach 2, 5, and 10 times tables and is suitable for children ages 5-8.
Orchard Toys First Times Tables game components laid out, showing colourful pancake cards, place setting boards, number line boards, a card spatula and spinner - a fun educational maths game teaching the 2, 5 and 10 times tables for children aged 5-8.
Regular price $37.95
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The image showcases the packaging of "Smart Games IQ Perplex" by Smart Games. This vibrant and colorful IQ game is designed for ages 12 and up and is perfect for solo play. The box emphasizes its 120 challenges, which range from easy to expert levels, with an array of vivid puzzle pieces shown. It's ideal for puzzle enthusiasts and conveniently comes in a travel case.
A young girl wearing a colorful sweater and jeans is sitting on a blanket, playing with the Smart Games IQ Perplex. She is using the colorful, interlocking pieces and following instructions from an open booklet beside her.
Regular price $32.95
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The image displays the box for Orchard Toys Unicorn Fun Game by Orchard Toys. It showcases vibrant unicorns adorned with party hats, surrounded by an array of treats. This unicorn-themed board game for kids includes 3 games in 1, is double-sided, designed for ages 4-8, and accommodates 2-4 players.
The vibrant board game for kids, "Orchard Toys Unicorn Fun Game" from Orchard Toys, showcases a rainbow arching over the game board and includes charming unicorn and animal characters along with various playful icons. This unicorn-themed game features pieces such as unicorns, a dragon, a cat, and a dog. The label reads "Game 1 Orchard Toys Unicorn Fun Game.
Regular price $49.95
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Introducing the vibrant Orchard Toys Numbers Bear Game by Orchard Toys! The box showcases five charming cartoon bears, each holding a number, including a panda with the number 4, a brown bear with the number 7, and a polar bear with the number 3. Designed for children aged 5 and up, this engaging game teaches addition and subtraction through enjoyable mathematical challenges.
A young girl and an elderly woman enjoy playing the Orchard Toys Numbers Bear Game together at a wooden table. The girl holds a game piece from the Orchard Toys brand while the woman smiles, engaging in solving mathematical problems. The table is scattered with game pieces and cards.
Regular price $44.95
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A rectangular tin box with a green-themed design features "U.Games Eric Carle VHC Bingo & Matching Tin Game" along with an illustration of the famous caterpillar. Branded by "University Games," the box also includes an age warning.
The U.Games Eric Carle VHC Bingo & Matching Tin Game by University Games is a bingo game set themed after "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. The image features two bingo cards adorned with colorful illustrations of various animals and objects from the book, along with several small bingo chips for a vibrant matching game experience.
Regular price $22.95
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Orchard Toys Mucky Trucks colour-matching board game box
Orchard Toys Mucky Trucks game set up with the car wash board, truck cards, elephant piece and dice
Regular price $31.46 Sale price$34.95
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A yellow, banana-shaped pouch labeled "Bananagrams" from Planet Fun lies open with letter tiles spilling out. Some of the tiles are arranged above in a crossword puzzle form, displaying words like "HAPPY," "PLAY," "TIME," and "FUN." Loose tiles spell ā€œWOWā€ and ā€œFAS.ā€ It's the perfect word game for family fun.
A Bananagrams game set from Planet Fun, featuring an open yellow banana-shaped fabric pouch with letter tiles arranged like a crossword. Words such as "QUART," "WINE," "TRAINED," and "HARK" are visible among the scattered tiles on a white background, promising family fun with this engaging word game.
Regular price $26.36 Sale price$32.95
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The image shows the packaging for "Smart Games IQ Digits," a puzzle game by Smart Games. The predominantly blue and white box displays the puzzle pieces, advertising it as a portable travel game suitable for ages 7 to adult with 120 challenges, ranging from easy to expert levels.
Smart Games IQ Digits, by Smart Games, is an electronic puzzle game that features vibrant, numbered pieces in various shapes. These pieces are partly arranged on a sleek black playing grid under a transparent blue lid. Notably, puzzle pieces numbered 2 and 4 stand out against the digital-themed background, making it an engaging game for travel.
Regular price $37.95
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Orchard Toys Spotty Sausage Dogs game box, showing colourful spotty dachshund characters and the title of this matching and counting game for children aged 4 and up.
The Orchard Toys Spotty Sausage Dogs game components laid out, including the spinner board, sausage dog cards and coloured discs.
Regular price $27.96 Sale price$34.95
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A vibrant box for *Orchard Toys Dotty Dinosaur* by Orchard Toys, showcasing two delightful dinosaurs: a red one adorned with white spots and a green one with a long neck. This engaging game, abundant in shapes and colors, is ideal for children aged 3-6 and accommodates 2-4 players.
A children's board game titled "Orchard Toys Dotty Dinosaur" by Orchard Toys is shown. The game includes four colorful dinosaur boards, multi-colored shapes, a color die, and a shape die. The dinosaur boards have spaces for placing the shapes that correspond to their colors and shapes.
Regular price $44.95
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Orchard Toys Buzz Words literacy game box
Orchard Toys Buzz Words game boards, letter tiles and sand timer
Regular price $34.95
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The image shows the box for the Orchard Toys Dress Up Nelly Game, a delightful color matching game from Orchard Toys. The cover features two cartoon elephants in puzzle form: one dressed in a yellow raincoat with rubber duckies and the other as a pirate. The box states it includes 30 chunky cards and is suited for younger players aged 2-5.
Discover the Orchard Toys Dress Up Nelly Game: a vibrant collection of wooden puzzles showcasing cartoon elephants in diverse outfits such as firefighter, doctor, sailor, and more. Ideal for younger players, this color-matching game lets kids mix and match pieces for the head, torso, and legs to create endless fun combinations.
Regular price $34.95
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A box of Smart Games Diamond Quest by Smart Games features colorful 3D jewel pieces, with a prominent red diamond at the center. It mentions that Diamond Quest offers 80 challenges and is suitable for ages 10 to adult, designed for single players.
A black puzzle base with embedded multicolored gem-like pieces is shown with a transparent cross-shaped lid placed beside it. Five loose gem pieces in red, orange, yellow, blue, and green are scattered in front of the puzzle. This intriguing Smart Games Diamond Quest by Smart Games boasts 80 challenges for puzzle game enthusiasts.
Regular price $49.95
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The image shows the box for the "Smart Games Genius Star Battle Game" by Smart Games. The box features colorful geometric shapes and dice on the cover. It includes information such as "2 Players," "Ages 8+," and mentions it being a strategy and problem-solving STEM board game with 160,000+ combinations that boost spatial awareness.
Image of the Smart Games Genius Star Battle Game by Smart Games. This STEM board game features a star-shaped board, vibrant triangular and trapezoidal pieces, and dice with numbers and symbols. The box highlights its emphasis on problem-solving and spatial awareness, designed for 1-2 players aged 8 and up.
Regular price $47.95
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A vibrant, travel-friendly box for "Smart Games Monsters Hide & Seek" by Smart Games features playful cartoon monsters and a child peeking from under a bed. The packaging indicates it is a 1-player puzzle game suitable for ages 6 to adult and includes 60 challenges.
The Smart Games Monsters Hide & Seek by Smart Games is a travel-friendly puzzle featuring a dark blue theme with colorful monster characters. It includes a square tray with four compartments, each holding different shapes and images. The game comes with several loose puzzle pieces scattered around the tray, providing 60 unique challenges to solve.
Regular price $37.95
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Orchard Toys Giant Alphabet Jigsaw box, an extra-long 26-piece A to Z floor puzzle for children.
The Orchard Toys Giant Alphabet Jigsaw assembled and stretched out, showing colourful letters and pictures from A to Z.
Regular price $44.95
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Orchard Toys Three Little Pigs educational board game box, showing the three little pigs building their straw, wood and brick houses as the big bad wolf approaches.
Orchard Toys Three Little Pigs game components laid out, including the game board, slot-together 3D houses, playing pieces, dice and spinner for 2 to 4 players.
Regular price $69.95
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Orchard Toys Nutty Numbers counting game box with woodland squirrel artwork
Orchard Toys Nutty Numbers game set up with 3D tree, squirrel pieces and number cards
Regular price $34.95
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Orchard Toys Wiggly Words literacy game box, a spelling card game for children aged 6 to adult
Orchard Toys Wiggly Words double-sided worm cards joined head to tail to spell words
Regular price $24.95
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Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar Rainbow Picnic Game box
Very Hungry Caterpillar Rainbow Picnic Game board with rainbow boards and colourful food tokens
Regular price $39.95
U.Games Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar Rainbow Picnic Game
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How do educational games help children learn?

Educational games bring learning and play together, giving children the opportunity to practise new skills while having fun. Whether they're matching pictures, recognising letters and numbers, solving challenges or taking turns with friends and family, games encourage curiosity, concentration and confidence in a relaxed, engaging way.

  • Matching and memory games help develop concentration, observation and recall skills.
  • Literacy and numeracy games reinforce early reading, counting and number recognition through playful activities.
  • Strategy and problem-solving games encourage logical thinking, planning and decision-making.
  • Playing games together helps children practise turn-taking, communication and cooperation.
  • Age-appropriate challenges build confidence, persistence and a positive attitude towards learning.

Looking for more fun ways to support learning at home? Explore our Orchard Toys collection, featuring colourful educational games and puzzles that help children develop important skills through play.