Games

31 games, one difficulty slider, kindergarten to grade 12.

Not rewards for finishing the real work. The games are extra practice on the same skills a classroom is already teaching, set by a single slider that runs from K to grade 12. Slide it up and the same game gets harder. Win a few in a row and it climbs on its own. Useful for the student who is done early and for the one who needs a fifth pass at the same idea.

Why they are built this way

Nothing is timed and nothing is ever lost. A student can slide to their own grade or push past it, and a wrong answer is treated as the useful event — it is the thing that shows where the gap actually is. Because the difficulty is one control rather than thirty separate levels, a fifteen-year-old reading at a fourth-grade level can work at fourth-grade difficulty without being handed something that looks like a children’s game.

Twenty-four of the thirty-one games carry a Minnesota benchmark code directly — among them The Fraction Wall (MN 3.3.5.12), Balance (MN 3.3.6.01), The Place Value Machine (MN 3.3.5.02), Pull One Strand (MN 5L.3.1.1.3) and What Is It? (MN 5P.1.2.1.2). The seven that do not are Prove It, Fracture, Equate, Trailblaze, Clock Stop, Thermometer and Map & Government; they are left untagged rather than given a borrowed code.

The full roster

Names and descriptions below are the hub’s own.

Reading & Literacy 9 games

Prove ItWhich line proves it? Not what you think — what the text actually said. Sometimes: nothing did.

Rhyme TimeWhich word rhymes? Rhyme is the first door into reading — the ear before the eye.

Sound HuntFind the sound inside the word. This is exactly the ear-work the LETRS training is built on.

Real or NonsenseSound it out. Is it a real word — or did you just decode a fake one? Either way, you read it.

Synonym DuelWhich word means the SAME? Growing your words is growing your mind.

Prefix PowerWord parts carry meaning. Crack the prefix, and you can read words you have never seen.

TrailblazeTrace the hidden word — tap its scattered letters in order and blaze the trail.

Word PowerWhich word means the same? Build the vocabulary that unlocks harder reading, tests, and writing.

Figurative LanguageName the device: metaphor, simile, personification, and more. See how writers make language do work.

Math 10 games

The Fraction WallWhich is bigger, 3/4 or 2/3? Stop guessing. Look at the bars.

BalanceThe equals sign does not mean 'the answer comes next'. It means these two sides weigh the same.

The Place Value MachineTen ones become one ten. Carrying is not a rule — it is a trade, and you can watch it happen.

Ten-Frame FlashHow many, fast? Fill the frames in your head. Ten is a friend you will use forever.

Number Line LeapEvery sum is a jump. Land on the answer. Stop counting on your fingers — see the leap.

Money MatchCount the coins. How much is on the table? Money is just adding with pictures.

Shape ShopName it. Count its sides. Geometry starts with really looking.

Measure UpLonger, heavier, more? Measuring is comparing — and then counting the units.

Solve for XFind the value of x. One clean move at a time — the heart of every algebra course.

Clock StopDrag the hands to the time. The short hand is the hour; the long hand counts the minutes by fives.

Science 4 games

Pull One StrandTake one thing out of the web. Follow it all the way round. It comes back to you.

What Is It?Here is the evidence. Name it — or admit you do not have enough yet.

Living or NotLiving, or not? Plant or animal? Predator or prey? Sort the world — that is what a scientist does.

ThermometerSlide the mercury to freezing, boiling, or body heat — and watch °C and °F move together.

Social Studies 1 game

Map & GovernmentDirections, states, flags, and the three branches — read the map and the country. It climbs from Kindergarten to civics.

Critical Thinking 5 games

What Happens Next?One thing causes another. Follow the arrow. Reading the future is just reading cause and effect.

Odd One OutThree belong together. One does not. Find it — and say WHY. That is the whole game.

Pattern PathWhat comes next? Find the rule, not just the next thing. This is where real algebra begins.

Sequence ItWhat comes first? Order is everything — in a story, a recipe, or a plan.

AnalogiesA is to B as C is to ___? Find the hidden relationship. The core reasoning move behind every test.

Puzzles 2 games

FractureA picture, broken into pieces. Drag each one home — the math tells you where. Finish it and it comes alive.

EquateCross-math. Two equations share a number — fill the blanks so both come out true. The cross grows as it gets harder.

Screenshots pending. The arcade’s stylesheet was not included in the export this site was built from, so there are no images of the games here yet. Rather than mock up something that looks close, this page shows the real roster in plain text and waits for real screenshots.