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ONLINE TODDLER GAMES
Our favorite free web activities for toddlers.
Many of these may well be educational, but our priority here is that
they entertain...otherwise someone's gonna start prying the keys out
of the keyboard.
HIGHEST RATED GAMES
SNM#1
 This
abstract web toy is not designed specifically for babies, but it
makes ours laugh like crazy. Each letter key pressed yields a
different reward.
Paint like Jackson Pollock
Painting
with the mouse at its most basic, with cool effects.
Yukyuk Dancers
Fun
little animated dancers that you can click to change their dance
moves as they boogie to the music. We especially like Shamanic
Reginald.
Fisher-Price Toddler Games
We
recommend the following games for toddlers at this site:
Learn your ABC's,
ABC's Zoo,
Little People Animal Sounds, Learn your
Colors and Shapes,
Count the Score, and Little People
Who's at the Door?
ANIMAL GAMES
Who am I? Animal Game (bilingual)
 Select
an animal to hear its sound and name in English and Spanish.
Spanish version too.
Little People Animal Sounds
We
recommend
The ABC's Zoo and
Little People Animal Sounds. Fisher-Price.com.
Baby Animal Photos
A
large collection of baby animal photos at Baby Animalz.com. Simple
and fun.
Animal Sounds
 Julia's
Rainbow Corner is a bright, tie-dyed, game-packed, home-made site by
Julia's mom, "Kozmik Pearl." We recommend the animals section.
Pick-a-Pet
 Simple
quiz game about pets, for toddlers who just can't get enough of the
animals.
Spanish version too.
Ze's Bug
a
A funny little bug, make his arms move. Basic fun.
Clifford the Big Red Dog
If
yours is a Clifford fan, or just plan likes dogs, these are our
recommendations for games about Clifford:
Pet Clifford,
Treasure Chest,
Puppy Days themesong,
Which Clifford?(size game),
Hide-and-Seek.
Bembo's Zoo
A unique ABCs game where the letters transform into animals.
Knee Bouncers
A
collection of cute, simple, little flash games featuring animal
characters. Peek-a-boo, music, boats, trains, sounds, and bubbles.
Well designed for random key punching.
Peep and the Big Wild World
A
large collection of excellent games from TV Ontario based on this
show. Cute artwork and unique gentle games with audio instructions.
Jay Calls
Match
the animal sound to the right photo. From TV Ontario.
Swoopa
Move
your mouse to guide a hungry seal around catch fish in this cute
little game from ezone.com.
PLANT GAMES
Dora's Magical Garden
Choose
from a large number of seeds, plant them, and make them grow.
Snuffy's Magic Garden
Water
the soil to make flowers grow. Other interactions make sounds
too.
Paper Flower Garden
Drop
flower seeds in the garden and water them to make them grow.
Flowers are black and white because you're supposed to print and
color them. By Crayola.com.
Dora the Explorer: Find the Map
OK...not
actually a plant game, but you do try to find the map in the
rainforest scene. Good if your kid is a Dora fan. Mine loves
the map...go figure.
VEHICLE GAMES
Down Hill Dilly
Click
your mouse to make a little girl on a tricycle jump over obstacles
and collect balloons in this fun little game from ezone.com.
Scrambler's Ramble
This
simple race game with a rumbling ATV chased by a dog will please
many at BobtheBuilder.com.
BABIES AND
PEOPLE GAMES
Find the Baby
Click
on objects to find baby hiding in each scene. Baby says "Peek-a-boo"
when found.
Spanish version too.
Who's at the Door?
Dog
answers door to reveal various types of workers.
Fisher-Price.com
Dora's Dress-Up
One
of the best dress-up game designs we've seen.
Dora's Cooking
Select
right food ingredients to make each dish
Choo Choo Choices
A
unique story game about sharing and caring. A blunt but effective
tool for brainwashing your kid into sharing..er..teaching
compassion. From TV Ontario.
ABC's GAMES
Learn your ABC's
A
straightforward introduction to the letters from Fisher-Price.com,
hit anywhere on keyboard to play.
Animated ABC's
ABC
Blocks link to letters with sounds, photos, and animations for each.
Good stuff, but a little slow-paced.
Bembo's Zoo
A unique ABCs game where the letters transform into animals.
Oobi Letters
Oobi,
the taking hand, hosts letter game which introduces and tests you on
the letter sounds.
COLORS,
SHAPES, SIZES, ETC.
Colors and Shapes
Teaches
basic shapes and colors with animated shapes. Hit any key to
play. Fisher-Price.com
Boohbah
Patterns
Use
Click the Poohbah characters to make play with a a variety of
patterns making funny sounds, movements, and color changes.
Leaping Boohbahs
Click
the character whose matches the the bubble which floats overhead.
From PBS kids.
Mickey Mouse Mousekespotter
Character-laden
but good shape/pattern learning game.
Super Breakout
Atari's
free web version of their classic breakout game is a good starter
video game for learning mouse skills. You need to log-in.
Five Hungry Crocodiles
 Learn
colors by feeding the right color fish to each croc in this game.
Spanish version too.
Which is Bigger? Game
Choose
which thing is bigger.
Swimming is Fun for Fish
Guide
the lantern fish around obstacles in this game to learn a few
preposition words: over, under etc. Song included.
DRAWING & COLORING
Paint like Jackson Pollock
Painting
with the mouse at its most basic, with cool effects.
Babar Painting
Click
and fill painting with the Babar characters.
NUMBERS GAMES
Count the Bananas
Very
simple counting game. Monkey eats bananas, you count peels and
choose correct number...then repeat.
Spanish version too.
Count the Score
Use
the spacebar score a goal and learn to count. Choose Soccer,
Football, or Hockey. Fisher-Price.com.
Count the Score
MEMORY GAMES
Pom Pom's Shell Game
Keep
track of the ball in this Babar version of the classic street
hustler's shell game.
BUBBLE GAMES
Bubbles Bursting
Burst
bubbles with a telescopic hand.
Bubble Bugs
Blow
bubbles to capture bugs. Relaxing music.
Space Pop
If
your baby is a bubble addict like ours, you'll like this simple
bubble popping game from Crayola.com
Bubble Tractor
Music
and a bubble-blowing tractor. Click bubbles to pop them. By
Fisher-Price.com
MUSIC GAMES
Tigga Togga
Bizarre
and totally awesome set of scenes where you can create musical
mixes. From TV Ontario.
Yukyuk Dancers
Fun
little animated dancers that you can click to change their dance
moves as they boogie to the music. We especially like Shamanic
Reginald.
The Great Sky Race
A
Disney's Little Einsteins game. Use mouse to guide rocket ship up
and down, catching music notes. A little hard for toddler to play
but may be good for basic mouse skills practise. Classical music
soundtrack.
Jack's Big Music Show: Play Instruments
Play
Play instruments to the music or dance the freeze dance
Jack's Big Music Show: Videos
Play
Watch all the music videos from the show. From Noggin.com
Jam with Wiley the Sheep
Play
one of several musical instruments by clicking along with the music
and scrolling music notes as an animated sheep dances
Boohbahs Dance
Use
a control panel to adjust the mix of a silly music loop. Choose
dance moves for the hypnotic Boohbah characters from PBS kids.
Monkey Music
Move
your monkey/mouse over the shapes to play with different musical
riffs.
ABSTRACT GAMES
SNM#1
This
abstract web toy is not designed specifically for babies, but it
makes ours laugh like crazy. Each letter key pressed yields a
different reward.
ONLINE STORYBOOKS
Where's Max?
Hide-and-Seek
Story featuring the funny little Max the Rabbit from Nick Jr.
Dora the Explorer: Little Star's Wish
Narrated
story about what the evening star's wish.
Rumble Grumble Gurgle Roar
Story
about a hungry penguin. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg.
Morris' Special Day
(bilingual)
Narrated
story in English about a boy looking for his pet mouse - teaches
lots of animal names in English and Spanish.
Spanish version too.
Clyde's Smile
Narrated
story about a crocodile's search for his missing tooth.
Spanish version too.
Five Little Babies
Narrated
story about babies in a crib. It's simple, but a bit hit around
here.
Spanish version too.
Time to Fight a Fire
Firefighter
story with song, sirens and dalmatian.
The Barnyard Chorus
The
end of this short story is the payoff, where cat, dog and cow join
in to sing "Twinkle, twinkle"
Spanish version too.
Engine Nine, Party Line
Narrated
story about train which stops to pick up various animals.
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