Learn like Thor
West Union, Iowa, United States
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Welcome to Learn Like Thor — where grammar, geography, and vocabulary meet adventure! I create self-paced, browser-based interactive games that meet students exactly where they are. Every resource in this store features adaptive difficulty levels so your Kindergartners and your fifth graders can learn side by side, and every wrong answer teaches rather than just penalizes. No worksheets here, just engaging, game-based learning that students actually ask to do again.
I spent 25 years in K–5 classrooms across the country and one unforgettable year in Mexico. I taught at Lake Forest Country Day School in Illinois for nearly two decades, where I served as both a classroom teacher and a team leader mentoring fellow educators. Before that I taught at Heritage Elementary in Highlands Ranch, Colorado and Estes Park Intermediate in Estes Park, Colorado, and spent a year at the American School Foundation of Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, adapting my practice for students from more than 30 different countries. Across all those classrooms, one thing stayed constant: the belief that learning should feel like something students want to do, not something that happens to them.
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Mental Math Takeover
⚔️ Global Domination: Math Edition — A RISK-Inspired Strategy Game for Grades 3–8Your students are about to conquer the world — one math problem at a time. Global Domination: Math Edition brings the excitement of the classic strategy game RISK into your classroom, turning math fact practice into an epic battle for world domination. Players build armies, capture territories, and fight for continent control — but every attack is decided by a math question. Answer correctly and your army advances.
3rd - 8th
Decimals, Fractions, Mental Math
Clue Bundle
🗺️ ELA Mystery Games Bundle — Grammar Quest + Literary Clue (Grades 3–5) Two browser-based mystery games. Two complete teacher guides. One unforgettable ELA experience.Your students are detectives. There's a grammar crime at Wonderword Academy AND a literary crime at Mystwick Library — and they're the only ones who can crack both cases. This bundle pairs Grammar Quest: Mystery of Wonderword Academy and Literary Clue: Mystery at Mystwick Library — two free, browser-based mystery deduction game
2nd - 6th
Creative Writing, Grammar, Reading
Figurative Language Clue
🗺️ Literary Clue: Mystery at Mystwick Library — Figurative Language Game (Grades 3–5)Something sinister has happened at Mystwick Library — and only your students can solve it! Literary Clue is a free, browser-based mystery deduction game that makes figurative language unforgettable. Students take on the role of literary detectives, moving through seven enchanted library rooms — the Simile Suite, Metaphor Mansion, Idiom Inn, Alliteration Aisle, Personification Parlor, Onomatopoeia Observatory,
2nd - 6th
Creative Writing, Literature, Reading
Also included in: Clue Bundle
Grammar Quest
🗺️ Grammar Quest: Mystery of Wonderword Academy A Browser-Based Grammar Mystery Game for Grades 3–5Someone has committed a grammar crime at Wonderword Academy — and your students are on the case! Grammar Quest is an engaging, mystery-style browser game where students become explorers, moving through 7 skill-based rooms, answering grammar questions, gathering clues, and using deductive reasoning to identify the suspect, the grammar mistake, and the crime scene location. No downloads. No accoun
3rd - 6th
Grammar
Also included in: Clue Bundle
Grammar Clue
Grammar Clue: Mystery of the Missing Sentence turns grammar review into an interactive whodunit your students won't want to put down. Players step into the role of grammar detectives, moving through seven rooms of the Sentence Mansion — Main Clause, Subordinate Clause, Noun Phrase, Verb Phrase, Prepositional Phrase, Introductory Element, and Appositive — answering multiple-choice grammar questions to gain entry and gather clues. The goal: deduce which Part of Speech committed the crime, which Gr
5th - 9th
Grammar
Math Games
Level up math practice with this massive bundle of browser based math games that combine strategy, competition, and real academic rigor. Designed for grades 2–6, these highly engaging digital games transform multiplication, fractions, decimals, and number sense into experiences students genuinely want to play. No prep, no printing, no downloads — just open and play on any device. This collection blends classic game mechanics inspired by Battleship, Stratego, Othello, and competitive card game
2nd - 6th
Basic Operations, Decimals, Fractions
Comparing Fraction Games
Make fractions competitive, strategic, and genuinely fun with this engaging bundle of digital fraction games for grades 3–6. Designed to build fraction comparison skills through gameplay, these browser based activities turn math practice into exciting head to head battles students will want to play again and again. No prep, no printing, no downloads — just open and play. Students compare fractions, identify equivalent fractions, and strengthen number sense while battling opponents in two highl
3rd - 6th
Fractions
Fraction War
½ FRACTION WAR — Digital Math Card Game | Comparing Fractions | Grades 3–6Every round, two cards are dealt. The smaller becomes the numerator. The larger becomes the denominator. Now decide: which fraction is bigger? That's the entire game — and students will beg to play it again. Fraction War is a browser-based card game that builds real fraction comparison skills through fast, competitive play. Students see both fractions the moment cards are dealt, then press one button: ◄ Theirs, = Tie, o
2nd - 6th
Fractions
Also included in: Comparing Fraction Games
Multiplication Bundle
Bring multiplication fact fluency to life with this exciting bundle of digital math games that students will actually want to play. This collection combines fast paced competition, strategy, and multiplication practice into highly engaging browser based games perfect for grades 2–5. No prep, no printing, no downloads — just open and play. Students battle opponents in Multiplication War, sink fleets in Battle Math, and outthink rivals in Multiply & Flip while building multiplication fluency t
2nd - 5th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Mental Math
Multiplication War
Turn multiplication fact fluency into an exciting math battle game students beg to play. Multiplication War is a fast paced digital card game where students multiply cards, compete for the largest product, and collect cards to win. Perfect for grades 3–5, this no prep activity works instantly in any browser with no printing, downloads, or accounts required. Students can play independently against the computer or challenge classmates in live multiplayer mode on separate devices. With three fact
2nd - 5th
Arithmetic, Mental Math
Also included in: Multiplication Bundle
Decimal and Fraction Frontlines
⚔️ Frontline Math Battle Bundle: Fraction & Decimal Strategy Games Bring math strategy, critical thinking, and high engagement together with the Frontline Math Battle Bundle from Learn Like Thor. This bundle combines Fraction Frontline and Decimal Frontline, two browser-based strategy games inspired by classic battlefield games like Stratego — but built entirely around fraction and decimal comparison skills. Students command armies made of fractions, decimals, special pieces, bombs, scout
2nd - 5th
Decimals, Fractions
Decimal Frontline - Fraction and Decimal Game
⚔️ Decimal Frontline — A Strategic Decimal & Fraction Comparison GameYour students are going to want to compare decimals and fractions. Decimal Frontline is a browser-based strategy game where students command an army of decimal tiles and fraction circles across a 10×10 battlefield. Every battle is a math moment — when two pieces collide, students must compare the values and predict the outcome before the result is revealed. A wrong prediction costs them their piece. The stakes make the math ma
2nd - 5th
Decimals, Fractions, Place Value
Also included in: Decimal and Fraction Frontlines
Fraction Frontline - Comparing Fractions Game
⚔️ Fraction Frontline — The Strategic Fraction Comparison GameThink Stratego meets fractions. Students deploy an army of fraction circle pieces across a 10×10 battlefield and take turns advancing toward the enemy Flag. When two pieces clash, both fractions are revealed — and the student must predict who wins before seeing the result. Get it right and your piece survives. Get it wrong and it's captured, no matter what the math says. Every battle is a fraction comparison in disguise. Students comp
2nd - 4th
Fractions, Mental Math
Also included in: Decimal and Fraction Frontlines
Coast to Coast Race Across the US - States and Capitals Game
🏁 COAST TO COAST — American Road Race (US States, Capitals & Abbreviations) A browser-based cross-country geography race for Grades 3–5Pack your bags. The race is on. Coast to Coast puts students behind the wheel of a cross-country road race from Portland, Maine to San Diego, California — 100 spaces across a real, accurate map of the United States. Every move has to be earned. Answer a geography question correctly and your car rolls forward. Get it wrong and the turn passes. First driver to
2nd - 5th
Geography
Battleship Math Facts
⚓ BATTLE MATH — Battleship Multiplication (Facts 5–10) A browser-based naval battle game for Grades 3–5Your students already love Battleship. Now imagine every single shot has to be earned. Battle Math puts a multiplication twist on the classic naval strategy game. Before a student can fire at the enemy fleet, they must correctly answer a multiplication fact from the 5–10 times tables. Get it right — choose your target and fire. Get it wrong — the turn passes and your opponent gets the advanta
2nd - 6th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Mental Math
Also included in: Multiplication Bundle
REVERSI Multiplication 1-5
♟️ Think fast, multiply faster — and flip the board!Multiply & Flip is a digital Othello strategy game where every move is earned. Before placing a token, each player must correctly type the answer to a multiplication fact from the 1–5 times tables. Answer correctly within 10 seconds and you own that space — potentially flipping rows of your opponent's tokens to your color. Answer wrong or run out of time? Your turn is skipped and your opponent takes over. The math pressure is real. The strateg
2nd - 4th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Mental Math
Also included in: Multiplication Bundle
Suffix Quest - Chutes and Ladder Game
🌲 Into the Enchanted Forest — and down the chute!Suffix Quest is an interactive, browser-based Chutes & Ladders game where students race through an Enchanted Forest, answering suffix questions to climb from space 1 to space 100. Get it right and you move forward. Get it wrong and you slide back. Land on a ladder and your piece physically climbs up the vine rungs, rung by rung. Hit a chute and watch it slide down the curved path — including the brutal space 97 slide right before the finish line
2nd - 5th
Grammar
PrefixLand - A Prefix Boardgame
🍭 Step into the land of prefixes — and play your way to mastery!Prefix Land is an interactive, browser-based board game that brings all 20 of the most common prefixes to life in a winding Candy Land–style adventure. 2–4 players race through five illustrated themed zones — Prefix Palace, Anti-Alley, Super Summit, Mid-Meadow, and Re-Realm — answering questions to move their pieces forward across 65 colorful spaces. Unlike typical prefix drills, every question is a context sentence completion —
2nd - 5th
Grammar
Grammar Showdown: Advebs
🎙️ Lights, camera, grammar — it's time for Grammar Showdown!Grammar Showdown! is an immersive, browser-based grammar game styled as a neon-lit television championship. Students take the stage to compete through five rounds of adverb mastery, starting with basic identification and building all the way to comparative and superlative forms. A built-in Skills Check places every student at the right round automatically — so your 3rd graders and your 6th graders can all compete at once. Each round d
3rd - 5th
Grammar
Word Wizard Duel - Confusing Homophones
🏰 Can your students escape the dungeon? Only if they know their words!Word Wizard Duel: The Escape Maze is an immersive, browser-based grammar game where students are trapped inside a magical dungeon and must defeat eight Guardian Wizards to earn their escape. Each Guardian controls one pair of the most commonly confused words in the English language — and they won't let you pass until you prove you know the difference. Students click on scattered room objects — ancient scrolls, crystal balls,
2nd - 6th
Grammar
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About the store
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Welcome to Learn Like Thor — where grammar, geography, and vocabulary meet adventure! I create self-paced, browser-based interactive games that meet students exactly where they are. Every resource in this store features adaptive difficulty levels so your Kindergartners and your fifth graders can learn side by side, and every wrong answer teaches rather than just penalizes. No worksheets here, just engaging, game-based learning that students actually ask to do again.
I spent 25 years in K–5 classrooms across the country and one unforgettable year in Mexico. I taught at Lake Forest Country Day School in Illinois for nearly two decades, where I served as both a classroom teacher and a team leader mentoring fellow educators. Before that I taught at Heritage Elementary in Highlands Ranch, Colorado and Estes Park Intermediate in Estes Park, Colorado, and spent a year at the American School Foundation of Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, adapting my practice for students from more than 30 different countries. Across all those classrooms, one thing stayed constant: the belief that learning should feel like something students want to do, not something that happens to them.
Teaching style
I teach loud. I teach in costume. I have absolutely shown up to school dressed as Thor to introduce a grammar unit, and it worked. My classroom runs on energy, humor, and the conviction that if a kid is laughing, they're learning. I lean hard into game-based learning, storytelling, and giving students real choice in how they demonstrate what they know. I believe in spiral learning. I like revisiting concepts in new contexts rather than checking a box and moving on. Every resource I create reflects 25 years of figuring out what actually sticks.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I've been recognized by parents and administrators alike for curriculum innovation and for building one of the most community-connected classrooms in my school. My greatest professional achievement is the 25 years of students who still reach out to say they remember something we did together.
My own education history
I hold a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from St. Cloud State University (2000) and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with a focus in Electronic Media from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa (1997). That communications background is no accident. It shows up every day in how I design learning experiences that are visual, engaging, and built for the way kids actually process information.
Additional biographical information
I grew up in Iowa and eventually came back to it. I currently live in West Union, IA, after nearly two decades in the Chicago suburbs. After stepping away from the classroom in 2024, I channeled everything I know about engagement, differentiation, and what kids actually find fun into building the resources you see in this store. When I'm not designing interactive games, I'm probably watching someone else's students light up over a subject they thought they hated. That reaction is what all of this is for.
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