Welcome to busythings.co.uk!

Over 120 online learning games for 3 to 6 year olds and SEN children. Busythings.co.uk is trusted by thousands of parents, children and schools across the world. Whether at nursery, preschool, kindergarten or starting school, children, parents and teachers can quickly and easily access an ever-growing number of fun yet educational activities and games that promise to educate and entertain young children.


Learning games for children

  • Create music and art
  • Play phonics games
  • Draw letter shapes (cursive, precursive or print)
  • Learn the letters and their sounds
  • Create labels and captions
  • Play Jolly Phonics games
  • Play Letters and Sounds Phases 1, 2 and 3 games
  • Practice reading and spelling
  • Play calculating games
  • Play number games
  • Play shape games
  • Play maze games
  • Experiment with cause and effect
  • Develop mouse skills and computer confidence

Tools and resources for teachers and parents

  • Create custom made phonics worksheets!
  • Print ready-made work sheets and activity sheets
  • Print clip art for cutting out and display
All the games can be configured to suit different ability levels.

All the games are linked to the Early Years Foundation Stage, leading into the National Curriculum Key stage 1, with the early years curriculums for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland following soon.

busythings.co.uk is used in over 3000 schools, nurseries and homes across the UK and is available through many public libraries in Australia.
Give your pupils the very best start by using our games at the whiteboard, at the class computer or across your VLE.


Our site is designed around four of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Areas of Learning used in England and leads into Key Stage 1. Soon we will be linking the games to the curricula for other countries, including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Schools and nurseries can trial our full site completely free for 28 days with no obligation to buy. Click on the pink splat above to arrange a trial.

Your children will be having so much fun they won’t even realise they are learning!


Whether your child is at nursery, starting school or is established in juniors, they will be engrossed. Even older siblings will love our appealing games. You can create a setup for each child that suits their own needs.

At £29 for a whole year busythings.co.uk is irresistible value. But try before buy and make your own mind up. Click the pink splat above for a no obligation 7 day trial.
"All teachers and children that evaluated the activities were unanimous in their praise for the engaging interface that allows children to work collaboratively, and also individually, through a wide range of online activities."
Bob Usher
Content Manager for LGfL
"Busy Things... is populated with content and characters that are age appropriate for our primary-age pupils with SEN. Busy Things does not seem "babyish" and in fact has some cool-appeal for our older pupils."
Claire Barnes
Assistant Head: Learning Technologies Willow Dene School
"...so simple to use and yet it is so very challenging. It is fantastic value for money and a superb introduction to ICT in the early years."
Rebecca Eyres
Reception Class Teacher, Broad Chalke Primary School
"...a very visually stimulating resource for the children...”
Jonathan Fyne
Foundation Stage teacher and I.C.T. Resources Co-ordinator, Kew Woods Primary School
"Busy Things is switch accessible, great for use with interactive whiteboards or a touch screen, as well as with a mouse."
Claire Barnes
Assistant Head: Learning Technologies Willow Dene School
"...I sincerely recommend the product for children in Nursery through to Year 1."
Justin Chamberlain
Garden International School
"provides a great way of practicing letter recognition, blending and segmenting in a fun way."
Mrs Rigby
Year 1 teacher, Kew Woods Primary
"The art and music games especially have a universal appeal for our students. They are used on touch screens, on regular desktop computers and interactive whiteboards. They are used for teaching concepts, group sessions and for FUN!"
Tom DuCruz
Tree House School
"Busy Things is engaging, fun and motivating."
Claire Barnes
Assistant Head: Learning Technologies, Willow Dene School
"It is so good I can't stop playing it"
Zanzibar, pupil
"The games are extremely appealing to children..."
Justin Chamberlain
Garden International School
"...our pupils enjoy using Busy Things as there are such a range of activities."
Tom DuCruz
Tree House School
"We are massive fans of the software produced by Q&D Multimedia and have recommended it to other schools in the region and our parents."
Jenny Black Foundation Teacher
Tanglin Trust
"The children have really enjoyed generating musical effects and experimenting… The software is also accessible for my children with special needs, who can generate sounds and rhythms by simply clicking on the screen."
Jonathan Fyne
Foundation Stage Teacher, Kew Woods Primary School
"…children can be left to explore until their heart’s content. I like the idea of using this on an interactive whiteboard at child height and just letting a group of children explore, interact and have fun!"
Laurence Keel
Primary Head Teacher, Nursery Equipment magazine
"...the activities are easy to tailor to specific groups needs..."
Justin Chamberlain
Garden International School
"The software is very easy to access... All students can have a go in a group activity and get something meaningful from it."
Tom DuCruz
Tree House School
"For our more able pupils, Busy Things has been used to support work across the curriculum, in Art (mark-making, colour-mixing, design), Science (forces, changing properties of materials) and Mathematics (pattern and symmetry)."
Claire Barnes
Assistant Head: Learning Technologies, Willow Dene School
"The simple buttons and movement between activities has allowed the children to use the software independently."
Jenny Black Foundation Teacher
Tanglin Trust
"It’s educational, easy to navigate, engaging, motivating and challenges our pupils."
Tom DuCruz
Tree House School
"The youngest and least able children loved the graphics and, with support, could access the games. The most able were challenged to listen properly and it provided learning experiences for every child."
Sue Horsfall
Banks Road Infant and Nursery School
"It provides simple and effective illustrations of important concepts and encourages the children to engage with and explore them, which in turn leads to a deeper understanding."
Claire Barnes
Assistant Head: Learning Technologies, Willow Dene School
"… it has helped promote further independent use of ICT in our Foundation Stage classrooms."
Jenny Black Foundation Teacher
Tanglin Trust
"The way that you can set the level of difficulty or allow the game to progress though the levels is a great way to ensure that the right level of challenge is always possible."
Tom DuCruz
Tree House School
"...many of our pupils are keen to explore the activities and tools within Busy Things as they offer such rewarding visually and auditory feedback."
Claire Barnes
Assistant Head: Learning Technologies, Willow Dene School
"...a very powerful package for use in the classroom as it encourages independence in the children."
Jonathan Fyne
Foundation Stage teacher and I.C.T. Resources Co-ordinator, Kew Woods Primary School
"The mix of colours, sounds and effects allows them to experiment with texture, play with colour and create presentations to show to their friends."
Jenny Black Foundation Teacher
Tanglin Trust
"Both my kids love it and I have never seen my son so interested in literacy!!"
Jo Bailey
Parent

busythings.co.uk art gallery

Both subscribers and trial account holders can add art to our gallery.


These art works have been created online by children using some of our creative development activities. Children from different schools and homes can view each other's pictures in the Gallery. Our creative image making activities can also be purchased on our award winning Pretty Things CD-ROM.

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