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Preschool to Grade 12

Learn through play, from learning numbers to algebra.

Interactive courses, guided learning paths, real learning games and creative studios, all in one storybook world, with Olly the owl as a friendly guide at every age.

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Worlds of play

Games with real levels, made for curious minds.

Every game practises real skills, from counting and phonics to maps and logic. The first levels are free, with no account needed.

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  • 30 free levels

    Logic & Puzzles

    Find Olly

    Olly is hiding! Spot him with clues about where things are.

    PS–8 72 levels · 3 tracks
  • 70 free levels

    Mathematics

    Number-Line Hop

    Help the frog hop to the right number — from counting to negative fractions.

    Pre-K–8 168 levels · 7 tracks
  • 20 free levels

    Logic & Puzzles

    Listen and Find

    Olly whispers a clue or plays a sound. Can you find it in the picture?

    Pre-K–2 48 levels · 2 tracks
  • 50 free levels

    Mathematics

    Paint by Answers

    Solve each space, dip your brush and watch a picture come to life.

    PS–4 120 levels · 5 tracks
  • 90 free levels

    English

    Memory Lanterns

    Flip glowing lanterns to find pairs that belong together.

    PS–8 216 levels · 9 tracks
  • 20 free levels

    Mathematics

    Shape Picnic

    Set up Olly's picnic by putting every shape on its matching outline.

    PS–K 48 levels · 2 tracks
  • 20 free levels

    Mathematics

    Number Train

    All aboard! Load exactly the right number of animals onto the train.

    PS–1 48 levels · 2 tracks
  • 20 free levels

    Logic & Puzzles

    Pattern Pond

    Frogs, fish and flowers line up on the lily pads. What comes next?

    PS–2 48 levels · 2 tracks
  • See all 138 games Filter by grade, subject and how you like to play

138 published games so far. New games are added as they pass review.

Create

Studios for making things

Paint, pixel art, comics, storybooks, animation and mini-games. Nothing is graded.

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3D 3D Adventures Original browser adventures with their own age, input and content notes.

PlayOwl Academy

Lessons you do, not just watch.

Courses mix short explanations with hands-on steps (placing, sorting, building, mapping and explaining), and every course ends with its own quiz.

  • Number lines, fraction bars, graphs and balances
  • Maps, timelines, code tracing and writing checklists
  • Every drag has a tap and keyboard alternative
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Sample step · not scored · nothing saved

Grade 3 Mathematics · Fractions as Equal Parts and Numbers

Where does 3 fourths go on the number line?

The space from 0 to 1 is cut into 4 equal parts. Choose a mark, then check.

Step into a subject world

Every subject has its own illustrated world, from the crystal mountains of Number Peaks to the lantern library of Story Woods.

Learning paths

A clear route, with checkpoints along the way.

A path puts courses in order and adds checkpoint quizzes and a final assessment. Teachers and families can adopt one as it is, or adapt it for each learner.

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    1. Place Value and Rounding Free starter
    2. Addition and Subtraction within One Thousand Free starter
    3. Equal Groups and Multiplication Free starter
    4. Checkpoint quiz: courses 1–3 Free
    5. Division as Grouping and Sharing Free starter
    6. Properties and Fact Strategies Free starter
    1. Starter checkpoint: courses 1–5 Free
    2. Multiply and Divide within One Hundred With a plan
    3. Checkpoint quiz: courses 1–6 Quiz
    4. Two-Step Problems and Arithmetic Patterns With a plan
    5. Fractions as Equal Parts and Numbers With a plan
    6. Equivalent Fractions and Comparisons With a plan
    1. Checkpoint quiz: courses 1–9 Quiz
    2. Area, Arrays and Perimeter With a plan
    3. Time, Mass, Volume and Measurement Data With a plan
    4. Shape Categories and Mathematical Explanations With a plan
    5. Final assessment Covers all 12
The proposed Grade 3 Mathematics path from PlayOwl's curriculum blueprint: 12 courses, 4 checkpoints and a final. Which courses are published right now is shown in the Academy.

Travel · Meet · Experiment · Play

The Discovery Encyclopedia

Travel the world, meet incredible animals and change the rules of nature, with Olly as your guide. 1,296 topics to explore, free for everyone, with no account needed.

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Photos: Lindy Buckley from Nanjing, China, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Josh Olander, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Explore · Wonder · Discover

How Things Work

Watch it, look inside, try it, solve a challenge and go deeper. 500 interactive questions about planes, volcanoes, your heart and more, for Preschool to Middle school.

Explore every question

Listen · Read together · Read on your own

Read with Olly

An illustrated library for Preschool to Grade 8, with 220 books on the shelves today.

  • For kids: Olly reads to you, reads with you, or listens while you read. Tap any word for help.
  • For grown-ups: one book in every grade is free to read in full, and listening is never counted as reading alone.
Open the library
Sam and the Cat Free First words Preschool · 6 pages The Lion and the Mouse Free Growing reader Grade 1 · 16 pages The Secret Garden: The Hidden Door Free Chapter book Grade 5 · 21 pages Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle Free Chapter book Grade 8 · 29 pages

Read · Find it · Answer

Reading Comprehension

Short reading passages for Pre-K to Grade 12 with questions under each one: 140 passages to read today.

  • For kids: read it yourself or let Olly read it to you, then find the answer in the text. "Show me where" lights the sentence that proves it.
  • For grown-ups: every question is aligned to a reading standard, two passages in every grade are free, and a child's stars and first tries are saved.
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Stories with a job to do

Adventure Missions

Share the picnic, plan the route, build the bridge. In a mission the work is the learning, and every one is written for five ages from Preschool to Grade 8.

  • For kids: hear the story, do the job, and see what changes because of you.
  • For grown-ups: 3 missions are free from start to finish, nothing is timed, and a report says what was done and where help was needed.
See the missions
Free Mission 1 The Missing Picnic The blanket is out and the friends are hungry, but where is the picnic? Follow the clues, read the list, gather the food and share it out.
Free Mission 2 Delivery Day Sort the parcels, read the addresses, plan the way and bring every delivery to the right door.
Free Mission 3 Build the Bridge Measure the stream, choose the wood, build a bridge that holds, and test it.

Draw, fold and laugh

Off-screen fun with clear steps: free, no account needed.

For grown-ups

See what your child actually practiced.

Reports are built from real work: which skills were practiced, what was solved independently, where a hint helped, and a practical next step. Course completion, quiz results and stars are shown separately.

  • Skill evidence with dates and examples
  • Independent vs. with-help, shown honestly
  • Basic reports and saving progress are always free
Learn about family accounts For teachers
Example report · made-up data

Maya · Kindergarten

Last 30 days

Levels completed14
Active days6
Skills shown2

  • Positional language

    Demonstrated

    5 times on her own · 1 with a hint

  • Count and place numbers to 10

    Developing

    2 on her own · 2 with hints

A next step to try: count objects at home, then place the number on a line together.

An example progress report with made-up data, showing levels completed, active days and two skills with how often each was done independently.

Schools & organizations

Calm, structured and private by design.

Administrators, shared approved paths, rosters, policies and seats, with progress reports teachers can act on.

PlayOwl for schools

  • Private by design

    School work stays in the school's scope. No advertising, no selling data and no public student profiles.

  • Rosters and classes

    Add staff, create classes and import a roster from a spreadsheet (CSV). Children never need an email address.

  • Consistent paths

    Approve paths once for the school; teachers adapt them for each learner. Standards alignments appear on a course once they have been reviewed.

  • Built for every learner

    Designed to WCAG 2.2 AA practices (an engineering target, not a certification), with keyboard, touch, read-aloud and calm mode.

Honest pricing

Start free. Upgrade only if it helps.

  • No ads
  • No chat with strangers
  • No public profiles
  • Children never need an email address

For every family

Free Family

Free

  • The first five courses of every subject path, with their quizzes
  • The first 10 levels of every game (5 in 3D adventures)
  • Saving, basic reports and privacy controls
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Every level unlocked

For families

Family Premium

$7.99 per child / month

or $79.99 per child a year

  • Every course and every level of every game
  • Each child you add, with no limit
  • Deeper planning tools
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For schools

School

$89.99 per student / year

From 20 students

  • A seat for each student
  • Many teachers and classes
  • School administration and reports
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A plan unlocks the rest of each path and every game level. Quizzes, games and projects never count toward the free courses. See plans and prices