The Academy
Odin hung nine nights on Yggdrasil to win the wisdom of the runes. Here, every realm of learning is a branch of the tree — pick a subject and play your way to it.
the runic equivalent of writing “A B C D E F”
Odin hung nine nights on Yggdrasil to win the wisdom of the runes. Here, every realm of learning is a branch of the tree — pick a subject and play your way to it.
Each shelf below is a subject. Tap a game to begin. Younger learners start in The Little Realm; older students can test their wits in Mind & Strategy, manage coin in Money & Trade, read the classics aloud in Mímir’s Well, and learn a new tongue in Norwegian, German or French.
First letters, numbers, colors and sounds — a gentle kingdom for the youngest learners.
Classic stories in the public domain, retold for every reading level. Double-click any word and the page reads it aloud.
Chase the right answers, dodge the wrong ones, and forge falling fractions into whole numbers — arithmetic and number sense at arcade speed.
Count it, earn it, trade it — a trading post for younger learners just discovering coins and prices, a first job behind the market till, and a merchant’s road for older students tackling supply, demand and profit.
Drop, launch, orbit — and match the elements. Physics in the lab, rocket landings, gravity duels, and a periodic-table memory challenge.
Walk the timeline, place events in order, quiz yourself on the ancient world, and live a journey across the frontier.
Learn the keyboard the fun way — cast spells with accurate typing — then trace how computers and games came to be.
Old games for sharp minds — the Viking war board hnefatafl and chess, each as a classic board and as an animated battle board with on-piece fight scenes.
Track a trickster across the realms, then test your knowledge of the real world — maps, clues, and geography trivia.
Knowledge challenges across the great traditions of human civilization — Norse sagas, the classical world, and the world's sacred texts.
The skald rises and begins to speak. Choose your path through living Norse sagas — every decision shapes the tale. Comprehend, choose, and live with the consequences.
Modern Norwegian, from first words to fluency — the living heir of the old saga tongue.
Real Norwegian stories with a glossary at your elbow — sagas, folk tales and high adventure. Immerse yourself in the world of the heroes while you practice.
German, English’s closest surviving cousin among the living languages — the alphabet, greetings and everyday words to start, then folk tales to read aloud.
German folk tales at three reading levels — easy, intermediate or the full text. Tap any word to hear it spoken and see the English.
Nearly a third of English came from French, much of it with the Normans — grammar, vocabulary and word order, following Rollo’s family from 911 to 1066.
French classics with a glossary at your elbow. Tap any word to hear it and see the English.