ABCya.com

ABCya.com, L.L.C. (also stylized as ABCya!) is a website that provides educational games and activities for school-aged children. The games on the website are organized into grade levels from pre-kindergarten to Sixth grade, as well as into subject categories such as letters, numbers, and holidays. Many of the games meet standards associated with the Common Core State Standards Initiative.[1]

ABCya.com, L.L.C.
IndustryEducational Children Games
Founded2004 (2004)
FounderAlan Tortolani
Headquarters
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Key people
Lisa Tortolani (CEO)
ParentIXL Learning
Websitewww.abcya.com

History

ABCya.com was founded in 2004 by Alan Tortolani.[2] A public school teacher, Tortolani created his own activities for his students. Later, he decided to register a domain under ABCya.com. Tortolani chose this particular domain name “ABCya” to make it accessible to children and easy to type into a web browser.[3]

In April 2017, Lisa Tortolani took over as Chief Executive Officer.[4]

The company was acquired by IXL Learning in 2018.[5]

Works

ABCya.com has developed and published many apps for iPhone and iPad including:

Math Bingo

Math Bingo allows adults to practice their math facts by answering simple math questions and selecting the correct answer in the bingo grid. It has been featured in The New York Times,[6] O'Reilly Media’s Best iPads Apps book,[7] Scholastic Parent & Child,[8] Disney Family Fun Magazine,[9] 2014 Apps for iPad & iPhone,[10] and iPhone App Directory.[11]

Create a Car

"Create a car" allows children to use their imagination to create a car. This app has been featured in 101 Top iPad Apps for Kids: Educational & Fun,[12] The 2011 iPad Handbook,[13] and iPad for Beginners.[14]

Awards
  • ABCya.com has won a Parents’ Choice Award- Spring 2014 Websites [15]
  • ABCya! Animate app has won a Parents’ Choice Silver Honor- Spring 2014 Mobile Apps [16]

References
  1. "ABCya.com - Website Review". www.graphite.org. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. Rende, PhD, Richard; Prosek, Jen (2015). Raising Can-Do Kids (First ed.). Perigee. pp. 110–11. ISBN 978-0-399-16896-3.
  3. "The ABCya.com Story". www.abcya.com. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. "Meet the ABCya Team". www.abcya.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. Learning, I. X. L. "IXL Learning Acquires ABCya, Expands its Game-Based Learning Offerings". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  6. "Math Drills, via the Smartphone". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  7. Meyers, Peter. Best iPad Apps The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders (First Edition: December 2010 ed.). O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. 163. ISBN 9781449392475.
  8. "Teacher-Created Game and Apps". Scholastic Parent & Child. Scholastic Inc. 19 (6): 72. March 2012. ISSN 1070-0552.
  9. "App We Love". Disney Family Fun. Disney Publishing Worldwide: 93. August 2011. ISSN 1056-6333.
  10. Gale, James (ed.). "Math Bingo". BDM's i-Tech Special - 2014 Apps for iPad & iPhone. Black Dog Media Limited (BDM). Nine: 25. ISSN 2047-2269.
  11. Asadi, Aaron (ed.). iPhone App Directory (Eight ed.). Imagine Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-908222-3-67.
  12. Cogert, Mitchell (2012). 101 Top iPad Apps for Kids: Educational & Fun. A Smart Friend, LLC. pp. 155–156. ISBN 9781469994475.
  13. -first=Christian|title=The 2011 iPad Handbook|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|asin=B01F2HN4B2|page=88|edition=2011}}
  14. Asadi, Aaron, ed. (2011). iPad for Beginners (First ed.). Imagine Publishing Ltd. p. 135. ISBN 9781906078928.
  15. Rush, Ph. D, Karena. "Parents' Choice Award : Website". www.parents-choice.org. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  16. Leverett, Tim. "Parents' Choice Award : Software : Mobile Apps". www.parents-choice.org. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
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