Racing games
On your marks: steer the kart and race the clock in maths and typing — first past the post wins.
Racing games
All racing games
4 games
About each game
A line on every game here
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- Math Race Race your koala kart from the outback to candy land!
- Maths Duel Race friendly Wombat up the sky!
- Koala Kart Race Koala's kart against a platypus, an echidna and a galah through a sunny meadow, the seaside, snowy hills, candy land and a starry night.
- Truck Driver Hold to drive the delivery truck with Otter!
About these games
Our picks and what they practise
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Racing games are the simplest idea in games — be first — and children get it instantly. Koala Kart drives itself down the track, so all a five-year-old has to do is steer and grab the boost pads to beat the other racers.
A couple are learning races in disguise: Math Race and Times Tables Blaster are sums against the clock, and Maths Duel is right-or-wrong against a friend.
Our picks
What they practise
- Steering and small corrections at speed
- Quick recall under a friendly clock (sums, typing)
- Losing a race and going again
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Questions parents ask
4 quick answers
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Which racing games suit a five-year-old?
Koala Kart — steer with a tap, no reading, no hard losses.
Do any need a keyboard?
Typing Game does; everything else has touch controls, with arrow keys on a computer.
Is there anything to buy?
No — no pop-ups, no sign-up and nothing to buy.
Do they work on an iPad?
Yes. Every game runs in the browser with touch; on a computer the keyboard works too.