Effective Literacy Website #4 - ABCYa

Yoneko Kanichy

ED 638 Fall 2018 Intersession

Dr. M. Rivera

IRA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Website #4

ABCya.com, L.L.C. (http://www.abcya.com), is a literacy website that offers educational games and activities for school-aged children from Pre-K to 5. Mr. Alan Tortolani and wife Lisa founded ABCya.com in 2004. Both Alan and Lisa were public school educators in New Jersey, who experienced similar dilemma that many educators also shared where resources were limited pulling down upgrade and new ways and strategies become limited as well. Because of this, Alan decided to take matters into his own hands and created his own activities for his students, which eventually became known to the public and popularly used by educators from all over the globe until this, very day.

ABCya is the leader in free educational computer games and mobile apps for children. The games available on the website are organized into grade levels ranging from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade.  They are also arranged per subject categories such as letters, numbers, and holidays.  ABCya.com is only free for use on PCs.

Being the innovation of a grade school teacher, ABCya is an award-winning destination for elementary school student that offers hundreds of fun and engaging learning activities. With ABCYa, there’s both family access and student access.  That way, parents can also help monitor and contribute to the learning process of their children for productive learning aimed at success.

ABCya is just the right tool for teachers who are digging deeper into the learning looking for a way for students to practice skills they have learned in the classroom. With ABCYa, learning becomes fun and at the same time enhanced.  The games are engaging and are age-appropriate enabling student engagement in the learning.