8 Best Khan Academy Kids Alternatives (2026)

Early learning app and website for ages 2–8 from Age of Learning, with a step-by-step learning path of games, books, songs, puzzles and videos in reading, math, science, art and more, from preschool through 2nd grade.

A long-running nonprofit website and app that teaches phonics, early reading and math through short animated activities, songs and games for pre-K to 5th grade, with some free content and a $35-per-year home membership.

Free, curriculum-based games, videos and apps for ages 2–8 starring characters from PBS KIDS shows like Daniel Tiger, Wild Kratts and Alma's Way.

Lingokids is an ad-free learning app for ages 2 to 8 with more than 4,000 games, songs and shows covering early literacy, math, science, art, music and social-emotional skills.

An online reading program for ages 2–13 with five programs in one subscription: Reading Eggs Junior, Reading Eggs, Fast Phonics, Reading Eggspress and Mathseeds.

A free, ad-free learn-to-read app from Duolingo with more than 700 bite-sized lessons and interactive stories covering the alphabet, phonics, sight words and early vocabulary for preschool through about first or second grade.

A calm, Montessori-inspired digital playroom for ages 2–8 with open-ended toys like Code Factory, Phonics, Geometry, Cooking, Dinosaurs, Drawing and a Marble Machine.

An early learning app for ages 2–8 that builds a personalized pathway in reading and phonics, plus math, social-emotional learning, thinking skills and creativity, with 1,000+ activities and up to four child profiles.