Printable games · Grades 3–8

You don't need to know the math.

Print a game, sit down at the kitchen table, and play. The Grand Tutor turns homework time into the part of the afternoon your grandkid actually looks forward to — and you never have to explain long division to do it.

Get your first game free

No cost, no app. Prints on any home printer.

A grandparent's hand and a child's hand reaching across a wooden kitchen table for pieces on a printed board game, with a red die caught mid-roll.

How it works

Three steps. Fifteen minutes.

Every game is one or two pages, uses things you already own, and is over before anyone gets restless.

  1. Print it

    Black and white is fine. One page, no cutting required for most games, no special paper.

  2. Play it

    Rules fit on a sticky note. Grab a coin, a couple of dice, and whatever's in the junk drawer for pieces.

  3. Watch it land

    The practice happens inside the game. They're arguing about strategy, not dreading a worksheet.

What's inside

Two subjects. Every grade from 3 to 8.

Each game names the skill it practices, so you can match it to whatever they're stuck on this week.

Math

Times tables, fractions, decimals, negative numbers, ratios, and pre-algebra — built into games about racing, trading, and beating the other player to the finish.

Reading

Vocabulary, inference, main idea, context clues, and comprehension — built into games about storytelling, guessing, and catching each other out.

A fan of printed game cards in cream, red, mustard and teal held above a wooden table.
Card games that pack down into an envelope.
A child's hand flicking a printed cardboard spinner on a game sheet.
Spinners and boards you assemble in a minute.
A paper score pad with pencil tally marks, a pencil, a red die and a wooden pawn.
Score pads that make the practice feel like a rematch.

Why it works

A game asks for a turn. A worksheet asks for compliance.

No teaching required

You don't explain the method. The game gives them a reason to do the thinking, and you just play your turn.

Repetition without the groan

A kid who refuses ten practice problems will happily take twenty turns to win. Same math, completely different mood.

It fits your visit

Fifteen minutes at the kitchen table, then it's done. No homework battle, no ending the afternoon on a sour note.

Made for your eyes too

Large type, high contrast, and rules written for the grown-up holding the page — not a teacher with a curriculum guide.