Starting School in September? Play these FREE Learning Games!
Fun, confidence-building activities for children starting Reception in 2025.
If your child is starting school in September 2025, make it exciting with 100s of fun, play-based learning games to explore for FREE this summer!
We want to help children to have the very best experience starting school. Whether they’re buzzing with excitement or feeling a little unsure about the change, Busy Things is here to help make that big transition a little easier, and much more fun!
That’s why we’re offering a FREE ‘Get Ready for School’ Guest Account this summer, with unlimited access to ALL our award-winning Early Years games and activities until September.
Claim your free login details now and get your child off to a confident start!
What is Busy Things?
Busy Things is a trusted learning platform used in thousands of UK schools and homes. It’s packed with interactive games designed with Early Years teachers to help children learn through play with funny characters, silly sounds and activities that children genuinely love to play!
For new starters, it’s a brilliant way to:
- Build confidence in key skills
- Develop early phonics and number sense
- Explore open-ended creative play
- Try music, drawing and storytelling
Getting ready for school activities
In the Get Ready For School guest account your child will get FULL ACCESS to ALL our Early Years content FREE (no payment or card details needed).
Expect 100s of playful, engaging learning activities to explore, including:
- Number games
- Shape and maze games
- Letter formation practice
- Name recognition
- Creative activities – art, music, experimentation
- Sound discrimination games to introduce phonics
- And MUCH MORE!
Our signature funny characters, silly sounds and funny animations make a great introduction to learning and will build children’s confidence ready for the classroom!
Watch below for a glimpse into our fun Early Years resources…
Free starting school activities
Here are JUST A FEW examples of the activities that you will be able to access for FREE in our Getting Ready For Starting School guest account:
Are You an Early Years Teacher?
This is a golden opportunity! We’re offering FREE Busy Things access to all children starting school this year. It’s completely free for them to use until September, so please feel free to hand out the login details at your new starter events or include it in your welcome packs.
Claim your FREE Get Ready for School Login Details:
Ready to introduce your child to the wonderful world of learning through play? Claim access to 100s of FREE starting school games and activities all designed to build confidence and prepare them for classroom life below…
Please note: Busy Things works best on a tablet or computer. Phone screens are too small to get the most from our activities.
Also FREE to play on Busy Things…
Along with our Free Get Ready For School guest account you may also be interested in taking a 7 day free trial of the full Busy Things for families site! That’s 100s of fun games & activities across the whole early years and primary curriculum – literacy, phonics, maths, art, geography, science, coding & lots more for ages 3-11.
Busy Things is here to support you from pre-school prep all the way to Year 6 SATs!
Each child has their own personalised profile full of content to practise and reinforce what they will learn in school – up to 5 child profiles included per family.
Busy Things is packed with tools to help you support your children’s learning at home:
- Adjustable settings to match your child’s individual abilities
- Curriculum browser to find content for specific areas of learning
- Printable resources – ready-made and make-your-own
Developed with the help of teachers and used in 1,000s of schools in the UK and around the world; parents can rest assured their children are having fun but they’re working to curriculum objectives too!
More support for starting school…
We have lots of hints and tips for the parents of children starting school in September, here are a few of the articles that you might find useful…
Starting School Made Simple: Free School-Ready Activity Pack – NEW for 2025! Download a free pack of fun school-ready activities to try this summer.
Starting Primary School: Skills to Encourage! Helpful tips for parents to encourage some of the key skills that new starters need ahead of starting school.
Getting Ready for School: A Parent’s Guide! Getting ready for school can be both exciting and nerve-wracking! Here are some things that parents can do in the weeks before school starts to ease the transition.
How to help children learn to write their name: One of the key things that children are asked to learn before starting school is to recognise their name and to start to write their name. We’re here to help you make this fun and easy with lots of name learning activity ideas!
How Playing Phonics Games can Improve your Child’s Reading: Demystifying phonics with a quick overview of what phonics is, how phonics is taught and a few ideas for how to make things interesting and approachable with the use of online phonics games.
What is Subitising? A Parent’s Guide incl. FREE Subitising Worksheets: Demystify the concept of subitising and giving tips to support your child in learning this vital early mathematical skill.
You may also be interested in:
- Starting School: Hints and Tips
- How to enjoy reading: 10 ways to encourage children to love reading
- Is Your Child Ready for School, Emotionally and Socially?
- Your First Day at School Checklist
We’d Love Your Feedback!
Tried the free starting school guest account? Let us know how you got on in the comments! We’re always looking to improve and love hearing from Busy Things families.
One Reply to “Starting School in September? Play these FREE Learning Games!”
This article offers fantastic free activities to help children prepare for starting school. The interactive games foster essential skills in a fun way, building confidence for this important transition!