Meet a country, paint its flag, drive there, and earn a passport stamp
Ages 3–6GeographyCoding
5
Learning games for 5-year-olds
Five-year-olds can usually count to ten, take turns in games and pay attention to one activity for longer. They are ready for games with a goal that takes a few steps, and for the satisfaction of building something that works.
At five, Maestri World opens every game, adding the bridge builder, the warehouse, the plant lab and the adventure planner. The later rungs of the earlier games, like repeat blocks and magic blocks in the robot game, look-alike flags on the world trip and two-letter sounds on the letters path, keep them stretched.
22 games open at 5
One letter sound at a time, from s, a, t, p to sh and ee, then little books
Ages 3–6Phonics & reading
Swipe from A to Z and round again. Every picture says its name.
Ages 3–6Phonics & readingLanguages
Ticket, suitcase, flight and postcard: a trip to a country your child knows
Ages 4–6GeographyMath
Copy the build, then build what the puppy’s camera sees from the other side
Ages 3–6Shapes & spatialBuilding & engineering
Join the dots, send the truck across, and see what happens
Ages 5–6Building & engineeringScience
Sort the boxes, fill the trucks, and save up for a faster forklift
Ages 5–6MathLife skills
A digger to drive yourself, a world to explore, and no levels at all.
Ages 4–6Building & engineeringScience
A family home with four rooms, each one full of everyday life to practice.
Ages 3–6Healthy habitsLife skills
Pack what the trip needs, make room for a toy, and count coins at the shop.
Ages 5–6Life skillsShapes & spatial
Turn the focus knob, catch a water bear, and find out what soap does.
Ages 4–6ScienceHealthy habits
Sleep charges you up, like a battery: a gentle game about bedtime.
Ages 3–6Healthy habitsScience
Bo has never eaten at a table before. Your child shows him how.
Ages 3–6Healthy habitsLife skills
Hello, colors, fruits and numbers in Portuguese, from a toucan who speaks nothing else.
Ages 3–6Languages
Six colored shapes, a tap to turn them, and pictures that can always be finished.
Ages 4–6Shapes & spatialMath
Deliveries by electric dirt bike, and the science of motion in every hill and jump.
Ages 4–6ScienceBuilding & engineering
Every note lands in time and in tune, so your child sounds good from the first tap.
Ages 3–6Music
Child development
What many 5-year-olds can do
A few examples from the CDC's milestone checklist, which lists what most children can do by this age. Every child develops at their own pace.
Counts to 10
Names some numbers between 1 and 5 when you point to them
Names some letters when you point to them
Follows rules or takes turns when playing games with other children
Source: CDC, Milestones by 5 years
What helps
What to look for in games for 5-year-olds
Goals that take a few steps
Fill a truck order, then work out how many boxes to order when the shelf is short. Build a bridge, then watch the truck try it.
Early reading that builds
The letters path moves on to two-letter sounds and little books, always in a set phonics order.
Waiting and saving
The garden rewards waiting for a bigger reward, and the warehouse has coins to save and spend.
A parent who can see
The parent area shows time played, what was learned and what is tricky right now, without streaks or red counts.
FAQ
Questions parents ask
Is Maestri World too easy for a 5-year-old?
Each game has a ladder of skills that goes well past where it starts, and the games that open at five are the most demanding ones. A parent can also mark flags a child already knows.
Will it help get my child ready for kindergarten?
It practices things kindergarten builds on, like letter sounds, counting and steps in order. It is not a curriculum and does not replace reading together.
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