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]

When Flash was discontinued, many of the website's games were made unplayable. Some games were remade in JavaScript while others were taken off the site entirely, both cases leading to lost media.

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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