Online Learning Games for Special Education.
Accessible game-based activities that help special education learners build early access skills, communication and choice making through motivating play, clear progression and flexible access methods.
Trusted by schools, therapists and families.
Games & Activities supports educators, therapists and families with accessible, motivating activities designed for meaningful engagement and progression.
See Games & Activities in action.
Discover how Games & Activities helps learners build early skills through motivating, accessible play.
A learning progression that grows with your learners.
Games & Activities is organised into six meaningful learning objectives, helping learners progress from early cause and effect through to more advanced interaction and choice making. Each objective is broken down into smaller milestones, making it easier to match activities to a learner’s stage and build skills step by step.
Early learning objectives.
Start with foundational skills that help learners understand action and response, follow simple sequences and build attention over time.
Cause and Effect
Help learners understand that their actions can make something happen. A key starting point for early interaction, engagement and control.
Sequential
Support learners in understanding that actions and events can happen in a set order to achieve a goal.
Attention and Timing
Develop anticipation, concentration and activating at the right moment through activities that build focus and control.
Progress to targeting and choice skills.
Support learners as they build more accurate access, explore different outcomes and develop more intentional choice making.
Targeting and Timing
Help learners develop more accurate targeting and better timed responses through accessible, motivating challenges.
Introduce Choice
Move beyond simple cause and effect into early decision making, problem solving and understanding different outcomes.
Choice Making
Support exploration, decision making, object association and more independent communication through meaningful choice-based activities.
Don’t just take our word for it.
Hear from schools using Games & Activities as they share how it supports engagement, early access skills and meaningful progress for their learners.
Who is Games & Activities for?
Games & Activities is used in schools, therapy sessions and home learning to support learners with complex special educational needs. It can be a great fit for educators, therapists and families looking for accessible activities that help learners build early skills such as cause and effect, attention, timing, targeting and choice making. With flexible access methods including touch, switches, eye gaze, mouse and keyboard, Games & Activities helps more learners take part in ways that suit their needs.
Inclusive and accessible activities.
Our Games and Activities embrace inclusivity and accessibility, ensuring everyone can join the learning fun! No matter your student's physical abilities or preferred learning style, they'll find a way to interact and engage. Each activity can be accessed by a wide variety of access methods including mouse and keyboard, touch screens and interactive classroom displays, one or two switches and eye gaze technology.
Ensure your student is motivated and engaged.
Games & Activities are language independent and are designed to include captivating animations, simple clear graphics, music and sound effects which will engage your learners and make learning ‘fun’. Graphics are presented in high-contrast colours and many activities are set against a black background. Auditory cues and attention prompts are also used to help learners with a visual impairment and perceptual difficulties enjoy the experience too.
Built with student privacy in mind.
Games & Activities have been rigorously tested and assessed to be COPPA, FERPA, and CSPC compliant, meaning they meet the strictest standards for security and student privacy set forth by these leading data privacy laws.
Games & Activities FAQs
What skills does Games & Activities support?
Games & Activities supports a wide range of early learning skills, including cause and effect, sequencing, attention and timing, targeting, introducing choice and choice making. It is designed to help learners build access skills step by step through accessible, motivating activities.
Is there a way to try HelpKidzLearn’s Games & Activities for free?
Yes, HelpKidzLearn offers a free 14 day trial so you can explore a variety of Games & Activities before committing to a subscription. Once your free trial ends, there are a range of subscription options to choose from.
Does Games & Activities work with switches and eye gaze?
Yes. All HelpKidzLearn products are designed to be accessible with a variety of devices, including one or two switch access, eye gaze technology, touch screens including iPad, mouse and keyboard.
Can Games & Activities be used at home as well as in school?
Yes. Games & Activities can be used in school, in therapy and at home, making it easier to support learners across different settings and routines. We have a range of plans available, including a monthly home licence.
What devices does Games & Activities work on?
Games and Activities can be played securely online via Windows and Mac PC, or Chromebook. Alternatively, learners can play all touch-accessible Games & Activities directly on an iPad using supported browsers.
Do I need to download Games & Activities?
No. Games & Activities is designed to be accessible only online via our HelpKidzLearn Hub website.
