ABCya
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| Industry | Educational Children Games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | Alan Tortolani |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Lisa Tortolani (CEO) |
| Parent | IXL Learning |
| Website | www |
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]
History[edit]
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]
When Adobe Flash Player was discontinued in 2020, many of the website's games were made unplayable. Some games were remade in JavaScript while others were taken off the site entirely.[citation needed]
Awards[edit]
- Parents’ Choice Award – Spring 2014 Websites[6]
- Parents’ Choice Silver Honor – Spring 2014 Mobile Apps for the ABCya! Animate app[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "ABCya.com – Website Review". www.graphite.org. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ Rende, PhD, Richard; Prosek, Jen (2015). Raising Can-Do Kids (First ed.). Perigee. pp. 110–11. ISBN 978-0-399-16896-3.
- ^ "The ABCya.com Story". www.abcya.com. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Meet the ABCya Team". www.abcya.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Learning, I. X. L. "IXL Learning Acquires ABCya, Expands its Game-Based Learning Offerings". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ Rush, Ph. D, Karena. "Parents' Choice Award : Website". www.parents-choice.org. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ Leverett, Tim. "Parents' Choice Award : Software : Mobile Apps". www.parents-choice.org. Retrieved 31 May 2016.