Word Maze

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    Navigate the Maze & Collect Letters!

    Tap a level to start - you can always try again!

    Easy

    Nice warm-up

    Medium

    A bit trickier

    Hard

    Go for it!

    About This Game

    An exciting unlockable game where spelling skills guide you through a maze. Children must correctly identify or spell words to choose the right path, combining language practice with the thrill of exploration. Unlock this game by earning 10 stars in other activities.

    Top Tip

    Read each word carefully before choosing a path. Take your time because a wrong turn means a longer route to the finish.

    Skills You Are Practising
    • Spelling under challenge
    • Word recognition speed
    • Decision-making
    • Perseverance
    • Applied language skills
    In the real world

    Choosing letters along a path links spelling to spatial planning — useful for navigation and careful reading.

    For parents & teachers
    • Use the unlocking structure as a genuine motivation tool: 'Only 3 more stars until we can try the maze game!'
    • After playing, discuss the vocabulary words encountered in the maze
    • Connect to real navigation: 'Reading a map is like this too — you need to gather information before choosing which way to go'
    • Celebrate the earning of the stars as much as the unlocking of the game itself

    Who it suits: The Word Maze is suitable for children from Grade 2 (ages 7-8) who have earned 10 stars in other English games. It is particularly valuable for children who enjoy adventure-style challenges and need an extra motivational push to engage with regular spelling and vocabulary practice.

    Australian Curriculum v9.0

    This game practises these content descriptions. Tap a code to see its full wording and other games for it.

    • AC9EFLY13 (Foundation English) use knowledge of letters and sounds to spell words
    • AC9E1LY13 (Year 1 English) spell one- and two-syllable words with common letter patterns
    • AC9E2LY11 (Year 2 English) use knowledge of spelling patterns and morphemes to read and write words whose spelling is not completely predictable from their sounds, including high-frequency words
    • AC9E3LY11 (Year 3 English) use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter) relationships and less common letter patterns to spell words
    • AC9E4LY10 (Year 4 English) understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns, including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphological word families, common prefixes and suffixes, and word origins, to spell more complex words
    • AC9E5LY09 (Year 5 English) build and spell new words from knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations
    • AC9E6LY09 (Year 6 English) use knowledge of known words, word origins including some Latin and Greek roots, base words, prefixes, suffixes, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words including technical words

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    About Word Maze

    An exciting unlockable game where spelling skills guide you through a maze. Children must correctly identify or spell words to choose the right path, combining language practice with the thrill of exploration. Unlock this game by earning 10 stars in other activities.

    Skills Practised

    • •Spelling under challenge
    • •Word recognition speed
    • •Decision-making
    • •Perseverance
    • •Applied language skills

    How to Play

    This game unlocks after earning 10 stars. Once unlocked, use your word knowledge to navigate through the maze by answering language questions at each turn.

    Top Tip

    Read each word carefully before choosing a path. Take your time because a wrong turn means a longer route to the finish.

    In the real world

    The Word Maze combines language knowledge with the spatial reasoning skills exercised in navigation tasks. The unlocking structure provides an important motivational lesson: effort in regular practice leads to access to something exciting. Children who work to earn the stars necessary to unlock this game experience firsthand that persistence and regular practice pay off — a growth mindset lesson embedded in the game structure itself.

    Who Should Play This?

    The Word Maze is suitable for children from Grade 2 (ages 7-8) who have earned 10 stars in other English games. It is particularly valuable for children who enjoy adventure-style challenges and need an extra motivational push to engage with regular spelling and vocabulary practice.

    Tips for Parents and Teachers

    • •Use the unlocking structure as a genuine motivation tool: 'Only 3 more stars until we can try the maze game!'
    • •After playing, discuss the vocabulary words encountered in the maze
    • •Connect to real navigation: 'Reading a map is like this too — you need to gather information before choosing which way to go'
    • •Celebrate the earning of the stars as much as the unlocking of the game itself

    Common Difficulties

    Children who rush to get through the maze quickly will make spelling errors that send them on longer routes. Encourage them to slow down at each junction, read the word question carefully, and check their spelling mentally before committing. This patience-under-pressure skill — taking the time to verify before acting — is valuable in reading, writing, and many other contexts.