Using educational games to learn or reinforce lessons engages students and turns a potentially boring subject into something exciting and desirable to know! Games offer teachers and parents a new way to grab students' attention so that they will retain information. Games have become a teaching tool, an invaluable resource for reaching students in ways conventional methods may not, or providing a means to practice a skill or subject so children do not forget what they have been taught. If a student finds a particular subject boring or difficult to grasp, playing an educational game based on the subject can really change things around. In this article, the author discusses the significance of educational games and describes how to engage and excite students with educational games.