Khan Academy Kids

Khan Academy Kids is a free, comprehensive educational app for ages 2–8 that covers early literacy, math, social-emotional learning, and more through an adaptive learning path and a large library of games, stories, and activities. Families download the app, create a profile for each child, and either let kids follow the auto-generated learning path or choose specific lessons from the library to align with their homeschool goals.

Parent involvement can be light during use—kids often navigate intuitively—but learning is stronger when caregivers occasionally sit with the child, talk about stories and problems, and connect on-screen skills to off-screen activities (like counting real objects or writing letters on paper). For very young children, co-play is ideal.

No formal prerequisites are required; pre-readers and early readers can both use the app thanks to audio instructions and read-aloud features. A tablet or phone with a stable internet connection (for downloads and sync) is needed, though many activities can run offline once content is cached.

Khan Academy Kids offers playful, short activities ideal for preschool and early elementary children, including those with ADHD, autism, or speech and language delays. Strong visuals and audio directions make it accessible for non‑readers; parents can toggle skills to avoid overwhelm and keep sessions brief.

Khan Academy Kids includes gentle, highly visual early-number activities embedded in stories and games. For young children with emerging number sense challenges or early signs of dyscalculia, it can be a low-stress way to meet numbers repeatedly and build comfort. It is not a targeted dyscalculia program, though, so I’d treat it as a playful supplement while core concepts are taught explicitly with hands-on materials.

Khan Academy Kids combines early literacy, phonological awareness, and handwriting practice with visuals, audio, and interactive games, which many families of children with dyslexia or other learning differences find more accessible than worksheet-heavy programs. The app’s gentle pacing and ability to revisit skills without penalty let struggling readers practise at their own speed.

Good option for young 2e children—short, varied activities and lots of visual support. Parents often sit alongside to reduce distraction and selectively turn off games that are too busy or repetitive.

Khan Academy Kids includes gentle, highly visual early-number activities embedded in stories and games. For young children with emerging number sense challenges or early signs of dyscalculia, it can be a low-stress way to meet numbers repeatedly and build comfort. It is not a targeted dyscalculia program, though, so I’d treat it as a playful supplement while core concepts are taught explicitly with hands-on materials.

Khan Academy Kids combines early literacy, phonological awareness, and handwriting practice with visuals, audio, and interactive games, which many families of children with dyslexia or other learning differences find more accessible than worksheet-heavy programs. The app’s gentle pacing and ability to revisit skills without penalty let struggling readers practise at their own speed.

Khan Academy Kids’ adaptive, app-based lessons have been highlighted as especially helpful for children with special needs such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, because kids can learn through taps, drags, audio, and visuals instead of lots of handwriting. The minimal writing demands let young learners with dysgraphia build early reading and math skills while using accommodations like speech-to-text or typing when they do begin to write.

There is no fee for Khan Academy Kids and therefore no refund policy; families can stop using the app at any time. If they choose to pair it with paid Khan Academy courses or other resources later on, those purchases will be covered by the vendor’s separate terms.

Not a good fit for families who are firmly screen-free or for children who quickly become dysregulated with digital devices; also less satisfying as a sole curriculum for parents who want lots of written output, crafts, or nature study in the early years.

Khan Academy Kids is actively developed, with frequent updates that add new books, lessons, seasonal activities, and usability improvements. The team also refines the adaptive path based on learning-science research and user data.

Set clear time limits (for example, 10–20 minutes a day), sit with your child at least some of the time to ask questions and celebrate effort, and follow app sessions with off‑screen activities that mirror skills practiced (counting real objects, writing letters on paper, acting out stories).