Many Internet reading games begin by helping children recognize the alphabet. Starfall is an early reading website that provides alphabet games, short stories and abbreviated plays for children to read aloud. Other Internet game portals provide activities that boost reading skills by teaching Pre-K students about phonics, including long and short vowels and consonant sounds.
Preschool-aged children typically learn simple math, such as their primary and secondary colors, basic shapes and counting. On the Puzzle Pixies website, children can play several interactive math games that teach them to sort shapes, match similar pictures, count to five and identify colors. They can also play sliding games that require them to move blocks around a board to complete a picture. Learning how to group objects by pattern and color helps children to understand sequences and to develop algebraic reasoning.
Early childhood is a critical time for building reasoning skills and logic. Games that encourage puzzle-solving and following directions can help young children to develop reasoning. Some Internet games require children to solve a jigsaw puzzle, find the differences between two pictures or memorize the location of colored pictures. These activities can help them to increase their comprehension. Simple Internet Sudoku puzzles that use pictures or shapes instead of numbers can also be useful for helping children improve their concentration and reasoning.
Preschool students traditionally use real mediums for art activities, but there are also Internet games that teach Pre-K children about art and drawing. In some art games, children can "paint" by splashing their desired colors against a white background. These activities are also useful for building hand-eye coordination and teaching young children computer skills, since they have to move the mouse to create their pictures.