Winner of numerous awards from national educational, parent, and media organizations, ABCmouse Early Learning Academy is the leading and most comprehensive digital early learning resource for children ages 2–8. ABCmouse offers a research-validated curriculum with more than 10,000 individual Learning Activities and more than 850 complete lessons along our Step-by-Step Learning Path. ABCmouse encompasses all key academic subject areas, including literacy, math, science, health, and social studies, and offers many art- and music- based activities. To date, children have completed billions of Learning Activities on ABCmouse.
Large-scale research studies assessing the effectiveness of ABCmouse have concluded that ABCmouse accelerates learning and helps children make significant gains in early literacy and math skills.
The ABCmouse Assessment Center enables parents to evaluate their children’s knowledge, skills, and abilities in key areas of language, literacy, and math with hundreds of assessments and thousands of assessment items. The Assessment Center can be used in conjunction with ABCmouse to provide recommended Learning Activities personalized to each child’s specific needs.
Formats/platforms used:
ABCmouse is available to families on a low-cost subscription basis for use on computers, tablets, and smartphones. ABCmouse is regularly ranked as the leading children's learning iPad, iPhone, and Android app in both the Kids and Education categories. ABCmouse serves millions of children by offering the award-winning program at no cost to teachers, libraries, and community centers, including after-school programs and public housing authorities.
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Problem solved:
According to research, using ABCmouse for at least 45 minutes and completing 15 Learning Activities across three separate days per week can increase learning. ABCmouse usage benefited children of all skill levels. But the effects were especially noteworthy for those who started out with low skill levels and could catch up to their peers with higher skill levels through regular, consistent usage of ABCmouse, substantially closing the performance gap.
Grade/age range:
Children ages 2-8.
Core or supplemental?
Based on a sample of more than 14,000 children ages 2–8, using ABCmouse for at least 45 minutes and completing 15 Learning Activities across three separate days per week can increase learning and minimize summer learning loss.
Regular ABCmouse usage can help children of all skill levels, particularly those who start the summer with lower skills, catch up to higher skilled peers by summer’s end, closing the gap by up to 87 percent.
Subjects:
ABCmouse encompasses all key academic subject areas, including literacy, math, science, health, and social studies, and offers many art- and music- based activities.
Lesson time needed:
Research has found that learners show significant gains in math and literacy with as little as 45 minutes of ABCmouse usage, completing at least 15 learning activities across 3 unique days per week.
Pricing model:
Free for the first 30 days, then $12.99 per month until cancelled.
Additional services provided:
ABCmouse provides its 10,000 Learning Activities within the program.
What makes ABCmouse unique?
ABCmouse is research-validated. Regular ABCmouse usage in pre-k and kindergarten has been proven to accelerate learning and increase outcomes in literacy and numeracy skills. Whether it’s moving a child to more challenging content, setting up specific target activities for a child, or weekly time goals, the ABCmouse platform becomes a family tool for supporting young learners.
The ABCmouse dashboard allows parents to track their child’s progress through subjects and activities as well as make modifications as needed to their child’s levels. ABCmouse gives parents and children the opportunity to navigate major areas of the app in English or Spanish, and over 1200 books, puzzles, and activities are also offered in Spanish.
ABCmouse serves millions of children by offering the award-winning ABCmouse at no cost to teachers, libraries, and community centers, including after-school programs and public housing authorities.
ABCmouse is used in classrooms, and is available to public libraries, and other community institutions.
In the spring of 2020, in the face of nationwide school closures, Age of Learning launched its School Continuity Initiative and provided free home access to ABCmouse to more than 80,000 school districts and granted access to more than 1.3 million children in the U.S. and internationally.
Characteristics:
Designed by education experts including a Curriculum Board of nationally recognized educators that includes a National Teacher of the Year, an inductee into the National Teachers Hall of Fame and co-founder of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and a leading scholar of language development, ABCmouse is a research-validated curriculum with more than 10,000 learning activities encompassing literacy, math, science, social studies, art, music, and more.
Available on computers, tablets, and smartphones, ABCmouse is designed to help children build a strong foundation for academic success.
The award-winning and engaging curriculum is aligned to widely recognized learning standards from preschool through 2nd grade.
Each activity has been crafted by experts to be appealing to children and simultaneously address essential learning outcomes.
Parents can utilize the internal dashboard and tools to track their child’s progress through subjects and activities as well as make modifications as needed to their child’s levels.
Here’s what users are saying:
“The students in my class love ABCmouse.com! I love how it reinforces everything we are learning to get ready for kindergarten. This is age-appropriate technology at its best! I would highly recommend this site for any early childhood learning facility.”
- Pre-K Teacher
“This website is amazing. My children are excited to learn and they don’t want to stop. I’m so glad that I made the decision to invest in my children’s education by signing up with ABCmouse.com. Thank you so much! I am a happy mother.”
- Mother of 3- and 5-year-old girls
