ABCya.com

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ABCya.com, L.L.C.
IndustryEducational Children Games
Founded2004; 18 years ago (2004)
FounderAlan Tortolani
Headquarters
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Key people
Lisa Tortolani (CEO)
ParentIXL Learning
Websitewww.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]

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.co use abcyam. 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]

Awards[]

  • ABCya.com has won a Parents’ Choice Award- Spring 2014 Websites [6]
  • ABCya! Animate app has won a Parents’ Choice Silver Honor- Spring 2014 Mobile Apps [7]

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. ^ Rush, Ph. D, Karena. "Parents' Choice Award : Website". www.parents-choice.org. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  7. ^ Leverett, Tim. "Parents' Choice Award : Software : Mobile Apps". www.parents-choice.org. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
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