Dr Mike's Math Games for Kids

This page lists all the grade 2 math games on this website. If you are a teacher or parent of second graders, you'll surely find something useful here!

It's actually quite hard to classify games into "grades". There's a few reasons for this. Firstly, different school zones cover different topics in different grades. In some countries or states, kids move through math topics faster than in others. The result is that a math skill that kids learn in grade 2 in one place might be taught in grade 1 or 3 somewhere else.

Another reason is that some students learn quicker than others. A bright grade 1 pupil might be quite happy learning grade 2 or 3 math skills.

So please, although I've assigned "grade levels" to each game, please take these levels as just my best guess. They aren't matched to any particular curriculum used in any particular place - after all, this website gets visitors from almost every country in the world. So check out the games below, use your judgement to decide if I've pitched them too high or low for your particular children, and do explore the lists of games for other grades!

Here's links to the other lists...

• Kindergarten Math Games
• Grade One Math Games
• Grade Three Math Games
• Grade Four Math Games
• Grade Five Math Games
• Grade Six Math Games
• Grade Seven Math Games

The Traffic Jam Game is one of my favorite amongst the elementary math games on this site. It's a great puzzle for teaching logical thinking and boosting problem-solving ability. Yet, the rules are simple enough that a four-year old can understand them. First, second and third grade kids will enjoy the simpler puzzles. Fourth, fifth and sixth graders will enjoy the challenge of the harder ones. Try the printable version or the online version. Good for grades 1 to 12

Do you have a group of kindy kids struggling to remember addition sums up to 10? Try this math board game on them. You'll need to do some printing and cutting first, and find a die (dice) and some playing pieces. Good for grades kindy to 2

This is the Online Traffic Jam Game. Traffic Jam Game is the famous game where you have to move the red car out of the traffic jammed parking lot. This free online version has hundreds of puzzles, as well as links to PC, Mac and Android versions you can buy. Good for grades kindy to 12

These Sight Number exercises, inspired by "Salisbury Sight Words", are designed to help your kids memorise their addition, subtraction and multiplication tables in the optimal way. Good for grades 1 to 3

An Advent Calendar, besides being a great Christmas tradition, helps teach younger kids counting and calendars in a fun, exciting way. Download and print this free advent calendar, make up up with a trimmer and glue, and enjoy the Christmas countdown with your child. Good for grades kindy to 3

Math Lines is like 'Zuma' with a math twist. A twisty row of colorful numbered marbles winds its way across the screen. If they get too far, that's the end of the game. Blast away with marbles of your own, and if you join two marbles that add to 10, they'll explode and give you more time to win. Can you make it to the next level? Good for grades 2 and 3

Flashcard Stepping Stones is a simple game, quick to set up, and helps make flashcards more enjoyable. Be as theatrical as possible, and create an imaginary playful world for your child, as he or she recalls the math facts they need to rescue the princess, or destroy the evil robot, or arrive at adventureland! Good for grades 1 to 3

Get your kids using this Spirograph Applet, and watch them make beautiful patterns. While they are enjoying the artwork, you can read here about the math they are learning! Good for grades 1 to 12

One of my former math lecturers made a set of Sudoku Puzzles for Kids. Each printable puzzle has clues, showing which squares are the easiest to fill in first. It provides a good guide for helping kids get started solving sudoku puzzles. Good for grades 2

Get Interval Of Time Worksheets here - as many as you need, all different if you like. This worksheet generator allows you to create randomized worksheets, but still bookmark a particular worksheet (and its solutions) so that you can come back to it later. The worksheets cover adding or subtracting an amount of time to a particular time of day, or finding the time interval between two times of day. Good for grades 2 to 5

These timetable worksheets will give your child practice reading timetables, schedules, itineraries and the like. Good for grades 2 and 3

The 1 to 9 game is a game where players have to collect three numbers that add up to 15. It will help teach arithmetic to younger kids. For older kids, it will help them with strategic and logical thinking. The game's page shows how to vary the rules to make it suitable for any elementary school grade. Good for grades 2 to 6

 Get into Groups Of... five minus two!  This game is a great game for younger children - because it involves lots of running around! Good for kindy kids, also for 1st and 2nd graders. The page shows how to vary the rules to make it interesting for older children too. Good for grades kindy to 2

Print out and make this set of Fractions Dominoes. It's a fractions activity designed to help kids recognise how much of a circle each fraction represents. Unlike some other math games, winning is not just about being better at math - but the game nonetheless provides great learning opportunities. Good for grades 2 and 3

This Set Of Tiles can be used to help teach kids how to add and subtract numbers of more than one digit. Good for, say, first to third graders, or anyone who just doesn't 'get' the idea of carrying and borrowing 1's. Good for grades 2

Or play a game of Math Hangman? "Three strikes and you're out" is the rule as kids try to guess the hidden math word or sum! Good for almost any grade level! Good for grades 2 to 7

Mathino is a game that can be played with an ordinary pack of cards. It's based on a common card game, Cassino, that already is good for kids learning arithmetic. Good for grades 1 to 3, maybe even 4! Good for grades 1 to 3

This money counting memory game allows kids from the United States, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada the EU and Singapore to practice counting money in a familiar game Good for grades 2 and 3

Peg Solitaire is a classic logic puzzle. At the start, you have a board full of pegs, with just one empty hole. The pegs jump over each other one by one, and when you jump over a peg, you remove it. The goal is to have just one peg left at the end. It's a very challenging puzzle, with very simple rules. Good for grades 2 to 12

Well, that's all for now. But visit back often, so that you'll always be the first to see any new grade two math games that I put on this site!

Yours, Dr Mike....