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Practice & Playtime

How do kids learn a computer so fast?
They play computer games, of course!

Games are a great way to begin learning how to use a computer. Games are also a great way to practice your computer skills. Oh yeah, they’re also fun!

Get started:
Choose a game from the list below. Just click once on the game to start.

A short message or advertisement may appear before the game starts.

Click on the Instructions if this is your first time playing a particular game.

If you need help, just ask the library staff member in the Computer Lab.

HAVE FUN!

Games Using the Keyboard | Games Using the Mouse

Mousing Around
Skills: basic mouse skills. Difficulty: beginner.
This fun and simple tutorial developed by librarians will have you “mousing around” on the computer in no time.
Mousing Around is also available en Español.
Play Mousing Around in English

Haga clic aquí para jugar a este juego en español

Thank you to the Palm Beach County Library System for "Mousing Around."

Mission Mars
Skills: keyboard. Difficulty: beginner
Press the space bar to drop laser bombs from your spaceship.

Reel Gold
Skills: keyboard. Difficulty: beginner.
Use the arrow keys to grab all the shiny gold nuggets you can find.

Alpha Attack
Skills: keyboard. Difficulty: intermediate.
Alphabet bombs are dropping. How fast can you find the right letters on the keyboard and destroy the bombs?

Magic Balls
Skills: keyboard. Difficulty: intermediate.
Use the arrow keys to position your cannon; then press the space bar to fire the magic balls.

Key Master
Skills: keyboard. Difficulty: advanced.
Destroy the monsters! Use your keyboard skills to type their names and they disappear.

Games Using the Mouse

Pub Darts
Skills: mouse – pointing & clicking. Difficulty: beginner.
A single click shoots darts in this computer version of a favorite game.

Filler
Skills: mouse – pointing & clicking. Difficulty: beginner.
Just click to inflate the circles. But take care to block the bouncing balls.

Free Rice
Skills: mouse – pointing & clicking. Difficulty: beginner. Play for charity. A fun word game and a good cause.

Play Free Rice Now

Memory Game
Skills: mouse – pointing & clicking. Difficulty: beginner.
Find the matching faces in this simple game of memory.

Alien Attack
Skills: mouse – pointing & clicking. Difficulty: intermediate.
Shoot down the alien ships while avoiding your own. Simple, but they move fast!

Cube Buster
Skills: mouse – pointing & clicking. Difficulty: intermediate.
Bust the colored cubes before they take over in this addicting game.

Pitch Hitter
Skills: mouse – pointing & clicking. Difficulty: intermediate.
Point to position yourself, then click to swing your bat. Three strikes and you're out!

Mini Golf
Skills: mouse – pointing & clicking. Difficulty: advanced.
Just as fun - and frustrating - as the real thing!

50 States
Skills: mouse – clicking & dragging. Difficulty: beginner.
Test your U. S. geography knowledge. Put all 50 states in their correct locations.

Cyber Mice Party
Skills: mouse – clicking & dragging. Difficulty: beginner.
These mice can't find their cheese. Use your mouse to help them get to it.

Scenic Jigsaw Puzzle
Skills: mouse – clicking & dragging. Difficulty: beginner.
Click and drag the puzzle pieces in place to complete this jigsaw puzzle.

Sports Car Jigsaw Puzzle
Skills: mouse – clicking & dragging. Difficulty: beginner.
Click and drag the puzzle pieces in place to complete this jigsaw puzzle.

Cookie Cutter Pets
Skills: mouse – clicking & dragging. Difficulty: intermediate.
Use the cookie cutters to make animal cookies. Fun, but not as easy as it sounds.

Ultimate Mega Hoops
Skills: mouse – clicking & dragging. Difficulty: intermediate.
A basketball game with a moving net and a "Granny" blocking your shots.

Paddle Ball
Skills: mouse – clicking & dragging. Difficulty: advanced.
A child's game or the ultimate test of your mouse coordination skills? You decide.

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How do kids learn a computer so fast? They play computer games, of course!

Games Using the Keyboard | Games Using the Mouse

Mousing Around

Mission Mars

Reel Gold

Alpha Attack

Magic Balls

Key Master

Games Using the Mouse

Pub Darts

Filler

Free Rice

Memory Game

Alien Attack

Cube Buster

Pitch Hitter

Mini Golf

50 States

Cyber Mice Party

Scenic Jigsaw Puzzle

Sports Car Jigsaw Puzzle

Cookie Cutter Pets

Ultimate Mega Hoops

Paddle Ball

How do kids learn a computer so fast?
They play computer games, of course!