Fun dyslexia games for kids, students and adults.
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If you experience difficulties in reading, writing or learning you might already be familiar with the term dyslexia and the need to acquaint yourself with ways of handling it within and outside a formal learning environment.
There are a variety of dyslexia games and apps to help you manage dyslexia, and in this post we list 19 of them that can be tried easily. Some of the apps and games are available for iOS and Android while other ones are individual online games stored in the cloud. DyslexiaShops, for example, will serve as a good resource center where you can choose the best applications and games that meet your needs.
If you want to know more about Dyslexia and its treatment options, you can read our intro on the topic here.
Popular Dyslexia Games and Websites
1. Draw Something
A group game, Draw Something is a free app compatible with iOS and Android that requires you to draw out a given word which you present to others for speculation. There are many colors and tools at your disposal to help you achieve this. Also, speed is essential since the given task works within a specific time frame.
2. Words with Friends
A free game fitting and most popular with Android and iOS, Words with Friends requires you to spell some complex words to get the highest points.
3. Hanging with Friends
Hanging with Friends is also a group game though with Hangman also. The aim here is to create ambiguous words to puzzle or amaze others and vice-versa. This app is harmonious with iOS and Android.
4. Anagram Scramble
Anagram is an individual online play which is free to play. Here, the objective is for the dyslexic to make out as many words as possible within a given time and with a given set of letters. You score points based on the length of words created; so you are better off with longer words.
5. Chicktionary
Chicktionary (view website) is a free online game. It requires you to spell as many words as you can from the letters on the chickens and also solve the puzzle as fast as possible. Words spelled will fill the empty egg rack and qualifies you for the next level.
6. DefineTime
This is an individual online game which provides a learner with words and definition options. He/she is expected to choose the definition best suited to the words. Time-consciousness is also important as it is a timed game.
7. Frog’s Rhyming Machine
Another online free app (view website) is the frog Rhyming Machine. Here the learner clicks a specific button enabling the frog to generate a word with his bubble machine. Three other words will also come forth. You are required to match words that rhyme and when done correctly the frog reads out the words to the user.
8. Boggle Bash
Also a timed game, Boggle Bash (view website) is a free online app you can play on your own. It’s just like the classic Boggle game. You have to find as many words as you can while you beat the time allotted. Be alert especially during the last minutes of the last round because letters usually get muddled-up.
9. Knoword
A game that requires fast reasoning, Knoword is a free online app that enhances vocabulary, the speed of thought, analytical, observational and typing skills. The target here is to complete as many words as you can by conjecture based on the word’s definition and first letter.
10. Word Whomp
Word Whomp is a free online individual game that demands the dyslexic to attempt spelling as many words as he/she can from an available set of letters. Points and bonuses are awarded based on the number of words the dyslexic could decode.
11. ABCya
ABCya has some games that were created, certified and approved by teachers for elementary students who have reading and related challenges to assist them in dealing with these challenges.
12. PBS-Kids
This website provides you with tons of well-organized fun activities which you can easily find on their homepage. Apart from basic reading and writing games, PBS-Kids (view website) provides you with additional games like measurement, math or memory games that are suitable for dyslexics.
13. Storymatic Kids
A classroom and home game, young learners can employ Storymatic Kids game in developing good writing skills as well as create interesting stories from their imagination.
DyslexiaHelp is a great resource for further reading. View the website and more games here.
Games from DyslexiaGames.com
DyslexiaGames.com (view website) offers you a variety of game puzzles, drawing arts and projects at various prices. All these games are helpful to dyslexic children in building reading, writing, and artistic skills.
Series A, B, C are the three categories which constitute games for dyslexics organized to help them read, write and spell using art and logic. The series provide a suitable platform where learning reading can be pleasurable, motivating and educative. Usually, the dyslexic takes the series step by step.
14. Dyslexia Games Series A
This series helps dyslexics acquire basic reading skills, and get rid of difficulty in reading and letter confusion. Group A series is suitable for 5-8-year-olds; especially those who struggle with K-1 Level Reading, have messy handwriting. It also caters for those who suffer Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or Asperger’s Syndrome or do not respond to regular phonic lessons. About six activity books are available in this series such as First Art, Puzzling Patterns, Letter Challenge, Word Hunt 1 and Practice Pages; each has a sum of thirty games. There are two versions of Dyslexia Group A Series: Print at Home Digital version and Shipment Workbooks.
15. Dyslexia Games Series B
8-12 year olds who have symptoms of ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome, who battle with grade level reading, writing and spelling skills or experience reversal of letters or have concentration problems will find the B series of the Dyslexia games very useful. This series has about eight fun workbooks each with thirty games. Dyslexia Games Series B is also available in Print at Home Digital Download and Shipment Workbooks.
16. Dyslexia Games Series C
These are therapy books for ten-year-olds and above, including teens and adults who are faced with ADHD, concentration problems, writing and spelling skills including mathematics. Young adults who have high IQ or normal intelligence but get confused when reading will find this series helpful. The therapy workbooks include IQ Challenge 2, Brain Food 2, Think Write and Draw and many others which are accessible in both printable and shipment versions.
Dyslexia Games Available on DyslexiaShops.com
17. CVC Spelling Board Games
CVC Spelling Board Games (view website) are a set of board games that trains dyslexics on letter-sound correspondences and early word building for CVC, CVCC, and CCVC words. CVC board games are suitable for 5-7-year-olds, in addition to older children with special needs. This set focuses the attention of dyslexics on phonemic operations of blending, isolation and segmenting. They consist of six games made from durable cardboard, and have twenty counters, a die, spinners and answer sheet for use in playing them.
18. Math Board Games
These are a set of basic simple math activites appropriate for children within 1-2 years of age. They are made up of six board games and they have Addition Adder, Subtraction Snake, 20 counters, 1 die and spinners. Dyslexics can play it in pairs or small groups of not more than six.
19. Bulldog Letter Reversals
Bulldog Letter Reversals make up the final stage of the activities in the Let Me Learn multi-sensory activities for children, 5-12-year-olds. These games are designed for dyslexic children to help them deal with issues of letter reversals, especially in differentiating baffling letter sounds between b and d, m and n; u and n. They are well-equipped with appropriate themes such as animal themes that will help settle reversal problems as well as keep dyslexics motivated and happy. They are capable of settling the issue completely. A total of 18 board and ten card games, and over 300 worksheets make up this game and are categorized in two stages: Key Stage 1 Level and Key Stage 2 Level & Dyslexia.
Key Stage 1 Level has six sound and 3-word level board games, 3 Bingo, 3 Flashcard, 3 Dominoes games, accompanied by color and cut for kinesthetic learning. Other components include 18 sound, 36 words and 28 sentence worksheets, 15 posters to help learners connect sounds and words as well as enhance learning. It also offers you tips and ideas to help you remember b/d, m/n, u/n.
Key Stage 2 Level & Dyslexia has more word level board games than the Key Stage 1 Level; 34 more worksheet sentence level, additional kinesthetic poster for b and u, also another lateral activity for b/d. The major games in the stage are p/d/b Dominoes in combination with m/n/u dominoes and b/d Family and Rummy games.
Dyslexia Games and Apps – Summary
In a nutshell, dyslexia among children and young adults is no longer a cause for alarm. Different game strategies have been devised to help dyslexics overcome their challenges in a humorous but educative way. All you need to do if you have anyone with this disability is to choose the approach most suitable for the dyslexic from the myriad of games described above, and with time reading difficulties are eased with joyful enthusiasm from the dyslexic.
Further reading: Online speed reading classes for dyslexics