Beast Academy Playground

Beast Academy Playground is a free collection of online math games and puzzles from Art of Problem Solving designed to build problem-solving skills and number sense. Families visit the Playground website, choose a game by topic or difficulty, and let kids explore bite-sized challenges that can supplement any math curriculum or serve as quick “brain warm-ups.”

Parent involvement is flexible: some families sit side-by-side and treat Playground as a co-op puzzle time, while others allow independent exploration and join in only when kids want to share strategies or ask for hints. It works well as a low-friction way for caregivers to “talk math” with their children.

There are no formal academic prerequisites beyond basic mouse or touchpad skills and early number sense; games range from accessible for younger elementary students to challenging even for adults. Parents can steer kids toward appropriate difficulty by previewing a few games.

Beast Academy Playground’s free puzzles and games are great enrichment for kids who like to tinker with ideas, including gifted, 2e, and curious autistic learners. Because activities are bite‑sized and playful, they can be used as low‑pressure math exposure for anxious or reluctant learners without demanding full curriculum commitment.

Beast Academy Playground offers short, game-like math puzzles in the same visual, comics-based world as Beast Academy, which can be a low-pressure way for autistic kids who like logic and patterns to explore the program without committing to full lessons. The bite-sized challenges can work well for children who benefit from brief, focused tasks rather than longer workbook pages.

Beast Academy Playground is a collection of mathy puzzles and games that can build logical reasoning and pattern recognition. For kids with dyscalculia it can be a fun, low-pressure place to play with ideas, but it does not systematically rebuild number sense or arithmetic. I’d use it as a bonus puzzle playground while relying on a more explicit, multi-sensory core math program.

Low‑pressure, puzzle-style mini‑games that can be great enrichment for 2e kids who crave challenge but burn out on worksheets. Families can cherry‑pick games that match a child’s strengths and avoid ones that trigger math anxiety.

Beast Academy Playground offers short, game-like math puzzles in the same visual, comics-based world as Beast Academy, which can be a low-pressure way for autistic kids who like logic and patterns to explore the program without committing to full lessons. The bite-sized challenges can work well for children who benefit from brief, focused tasks rather than longer workbook pages.

Beast Academy Playground is a collection of mathy puzzles and games that can build logical reasoning and pattern recognition. For kids with dyscalculia it can be a fun, low-pressure place to play with ideas, but it does not systematically rebuild number sense or arithmetic. I’d use it as a bonus puzzle playground while relying on a more explicit, multi-sensory core math program.

Because it is a free website with no paid tier for families, there is no refund policy; if a game doesn’t work well on your device or isn’t a good fit, families simply skip it.

Less ideal for families who need independent, self-checking digital practice, or for parents who dislike learning and facilitating new games; also not enough by itself for a complete, systematic math program.

The Beast Academy team periodically adds new games and refines existing ones to improve performance and accessibility. As the broader Beast Academy ecosystem grows, Playground continues to serve as a testbed for fun new puzzle ideas.

Bookmark a handful of games by topic (addition, fractions, geometry) and keep a “math play” bin with dice, cards, counters, and tape so you can grab a game quickly when you have 10–15 minutes.