Learning games for 6-year-olds

By six, many children are starting to read on their own, and they want games that respect how much they know. Maestri World is designed for pre-readers, so at six it works best for children who are still early readers, or as a deep second stretch for those who started younger.

Every game is open at six. The top rungs ask for real reasoning: magic blocks (functions) and turning from the robot’s point of view, heavy loads on the bridge, ordering more stock in the warehouse, and look-alike flags on the world trip.

22 games open at 6

A half-painted Union Jack: the blue and the diagonal stripes are done, the red and white cross is still to fill, with the real flag and five paint pots beside it

Around the world

Meet a country, paint its flag, drive there, and earn a passport stamp

Ages 3–6GeographyCoding

Confetti bursts round a big red letter g as the grapes card gets a green tick, chosen over a pig and a turtle as the picture that starts with the g sound

Letters and sounds

One letter sound at a time, from s, a, t, p to sh and ee, then little books

Ages 3–6Phonics & reading

The picture word book open at Bb, with a beach ball, bear, bee, balloon, banana, school bus, rowing boat and butterfly, each word's b in red, above an a-to-z strip

The word book

Swipe from A to Z and round again. Every picture says its name.

Ages 3–6Phonics & readingLanguages

The yellow crane lowers a red container marked 1 onto a green truck already carrying a 3, and the order board asks for 4

The port

Trucks want a number. Your child loads containers until it adds up.

Ages 3–6Math

Landing in Brazil: the Brazilian flag and a beach postcard with palm trees and a flag stamp sit on a sunny beach scene, with confetti falling

The airport

Ticket, suitcase, flight and postcard: a trip to a country your child knows

Ages 4–6GeographyMath

The bunny sits on square 3 of a colourful 1-to-20 number track ahead of the turtle, the dice shows two dots, and the child picks where the bunny lands from 4, 5 or 6

The number race

Roll, hop square by square, say each number, and race a friendly turtle

Ages 3–6Math

A map card asks for towers of 1, 1 and 2 blocks, and the child has built the matching yellow staircase on the 3x3 plate, with the tick ready to check it

The block builder

Copy the build, then build what the puppy’s camera sees from the other side

Ages 3–6Shapes & spatialBuilding & engineering

In an autumn town the orange tow truck drives the road the child drew in orange squares, across a bridge toward a friend with a flat tyre

Helper Town

A cat up a tree? Send the right helper and plan the way there

Ages 4–6Life skillsCoding

A blue bus drives across a cable bridge the child built over the river, its cables glowing yellow and green to show which ones take the weight

The bridge builder

Join the dots, send the truck across, and see what happens

Ages 5–6Building & engineeringScience

The yellow forklift carries a green book box stacked on a red ball box away from the shelves, while the order board shows the green truck still wants a ball and two books

The warehouse

Sort the boxes, fill the trucks, and save up for a faster forklift

Ages 5–6MathLife skills

Four leafy plants have grown tall under the grow lamp in a 3D greenhouse, with a guide hand showing where to tap to pick them and an empty basket waiting below

The plant lab

Plant seeds, keep the gauges in the green, and pick what grows

Ages 5–6Science

The yellow digger, its driver in an orange hard hat, holds a bucket of earth over a blue dump truck already heaped with soil, next to a freshly dug pit

The dig site

A digger to drive yourself, a world to explore, and no levels at all.

Ages 4–6Building & engineeringScience

The robot

Picture blocks, a robot that bumps but never breaks, and a road home.

Ages 4–6Coding

A soapy hand under the bathroom tap, with foam where a germ was just rubbed away and three smiling germs still to wash off, between the pink soap and a blue bunny towel

Our house

A family home with four rooms, each one full of everyday life to practice.

Ages 3–6Healthy habitsLife skills

Packing for a camping trip: the tent and the marshmallows are in the backpack and the sleeping bag is being dragged in, while a kite and a toy robot wait on the shelf

The adventure planner

Pack what the trip needs, make room for a toy, and count coins at the shop.

Ages 5–6Life skillsShapes & spatial

Under the microscope lens a water bear has just been found and circled in green among a diatom, a water flea and a paramecium, while the young scientist stands by the smiling microscope

The microscope lab

Turn the focus knob, catch a water bear, and find out what soap does.

Ages 4–6ScienceHealthy habits

Bo sleeps in his dark cabin under a nightcap while stars light up one by one across the night sky and his battery fills halfway with yellow bars

Bo’s cabin

Sleep charges you up, like a battery: a gentle game about bedtime.

Ages 3–6Healthy habitsScience

A rainbow lunch plate already holds a carrot, corn and a bowl of black beans around the crown spot, with radish, salmon, pumpkin, aubergine and fish fingers waiting to fill the last colour

Meal time

Bo has never eaten at a table before. Your child shows him how.

Ages 3–6Healthy habitsLife skills

Tuca the toucan stands beside a fruit stall with a watermelon, a strawberry and a banana, waiting for the child to pick the one asked for in Portuguese

The language school

Hello, colors, fruits and numbers in Portuguese, from a toucan who speaks nothing else.

Ages 3–6Languages

Shape detective: of six outlines (a half circle, a broken ring, an oval, two circles and a big purple ring), the green and pink circles already have a tick

The shape studio

Six colored shapes, a tap to turn them, and pictures that can always be finished.

Ages 4–6Shapes & spatialMath

A bunny on a blue e-bike flies off a wooden ramp in the stunt park, with gold stars to catch in the air

Moto valley

Deliveries by electric dirt bike, and the science of motion in every hill and jump.

Ages 4–6ScienceBuilding & engineering

Three rhythm wheels for the big drum, the clapping hands and the maracas are set to 6, 3 and 8 beats, while the bear, elephant, frog and bird band waits below with the bear drumming

The band stage

Every note lands in time and in tune, so your child sounds good from the first tap.

Ages 3–6Music

What helps

What to look for in games for 6-year-olds

Depth over new menus

Instead of more mini-games, each game climbs higher. A 6-year-old meets harder versions of ideas they already know.

Bigger projects

The dig site is an open world with goals to discover, and the band stage keeps up to six songs your child made.

A second language

Tuca the toucan’s language school teaches Portuguese words and little sentences.

FAQ

Questions parents ask

Is Maestri World right for a 6-year-old who already reads?

It is made for children who cannot read yet, so a confident reader may find the spoken style slow. Children who are still early readers usually enjoy the higher rungs of the coding, building and science games.

Games for other ages

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