ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy
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Type of site
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Education |
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| Available in | English. Gameplay |
| Headquarters | Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Area served | U.S. and Canada |
| Industry | Education |
| Parent | Age of Learning, Inc. |
| Slogan(s) | Early Learning Academy |
| Website | abcmouse.com |
| Advertising | No |
| Launched | November 10, 2010 |
ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy is a subscription-based digital education program for children ages 2–8, created by Age of Learning, Inc. Subscribers can access learning activities on the ABCmouse.com website or mobile app for tablet or smartphone. Subjects covered include reading and language arts, math, science, health, social studies, music, and art.
ABCmouse.com is also made available at no cost to teachers,Head Start programs,public libraries, public housing authorities, and other community organizations.
As of 2016, ABCmouse for Teachers was used in more than 65,000 classrooms and ABCmouse for Libraries was available at one-third of U.S. public libraries, including all branches in Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Brooklyn.
ABCmouse for Schools, a product designed for school districts or chains of schools, launched at the 2016 ISTE conference.
ABCmouse.com is produced by Age of Learning, Inc., a privately owned education technology company. The company was founded in 2007 by Doug Dohring and is headquartered in Glendale, CA. Age of Learning launched ABCmouse.com in 2010 after three years of development, guided by a team of educators, and following testing by 10,000 families.
Members of Age of Learning’s Curriculum Board include 2006 National Teacher of the Year Award recipient Kimberly Oliver Burnim, 2014 National Teachers Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Rebecca Palacios, and Science Writing Award-winning writer Stephen M. Tomecek. The board is overseen by two-time Peabody Award-winner Dave Hendry.
In 2014, at the White House Summit on Early Education, Age of Learning pledged to the Invest In Us campaign to provide services valued at more than $10 million to preschool, pre-k, and Head Start classrooms over two years. In 2015, the company partnered with another White House initiative, ConnectHome, to make ABCmouse.com for free to families living in public housing in 27 cities and one tribal nation, serving up to 65,000 children. In 2016, it was reported that Age of Learning raised $150 million from Iconiq Capital, giving the company a $1 billion valuation. Age of Learning also launched ABCmouse for Schools in 2016; the enterprise-level solution won an ISTE Best of Show Award at the annual edtech conference.
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