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We'll tell you a secret: You can learn about reading by playing games! Practise history with Retro Videogames, geography with Penguin's googlemap game, or sail the caribbean by making words in Word Sailing!
Word Sailing
Make words into wind and cross the finish line first!
Word Vine
Place words on the vine and link every word to finish the level!
Be a spy in The Shadow War
Another game of extremes: you are a spy, either for Russia or for the home team. Play The Shadow War, an alternate reality game set up by the people behind the Young Bond novels.
Play learndirect's Legula Adventure game
Learndirect is encouraging you to challenge your kids to a journey of fun and discovery – and improve your maths and English skills at the same time – with its first game, The Legula Adventure.
The Legula Adventure combines maths and English based puzzles with the colour, adventure and excitement you’d expect from any top kids’ interactive game. And the best thing is it’s FREE to play by logging onto learndirect’s Read Together website: www.wheredidtherivergo.co.uk
A comet is heading for Earth!
Are you good in an emergency? A meterorite hits the earth and you've got to discover passwords to access top secret information to help mankind survive in Super Comet.
Retro Videogames
Go retro with some classic arcade games in I Videogame, a winner at the Webby 2008 awards, covering the history of video games from the 70s until now.
Games with Google maps
Penguin have created some digital stories in We Tell Stories including a journey around the globe using google maps and a ghost story on blogs and twitter.
Make your own game!
Tell your own stories using 50+ different web tools, including podcasts, video, comics, photo and slidesharing sites.
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