ABCmouse.com is a monthly subscription online academy for kids 2-8 years old, now with 2nd grade curriculum! ABCmouse.com recently launched their comprehensive second-grade curriculum designed to address the learning needs and interests of second-grade students with the goal of preparing them for the critical transition to the third grade.
This award-winning curriculum has been created in close collaboration with early childhood education experts and offers over 8,500 books, games, songs, puzzles, and art activities. Each with specific learning objectives in the subjects of reading, mathematics, beginning science, social studies, art, and music, to go along with over 850 complete lessons across all subjects. Efficacy validated by multiple independent studies and large-scale research studies have concluded that ABCmouse accelerates learning and helps children make significant gains in early literacy and math skills.
Cost:
- $7.95/month (Get your first month FREE when you sign up!)
- Get 2 months for $5! (Future months billed at $7.95)
- $59.95/annually - Save 38% with an annual membership!
ABCmouse.com comprehensive curriculum includes these preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten subjects and topics:
- Language development (vocabulary, listening skills, grammar)
- Reading (the alphabet, phonics, sight words, comprehension, genres, reading strategies)
- Math (numbers and operations, shapes, measurement, patterns,)
- Science and Technology (weather, plants and animals, matter and energy, space science, inventions)
- Social Studies: families and communities, geography and maps, U.S. history, states, famous Americans)
- Health: the human body, habits for health and safety, health care
ABCmouse.com is subscription-based, with no advertising, pop-up ads, or links to other sites. Children can learn and explore with their parents, or on their own (depending on age and ability), in a safe and secure online educational environment.
ABCmouse.com can be used on any computer or mobile device that has access to the Internet and is capable of running Flash version 10.2 or higher. For the best experience, you should have a broadband connection to the Internet, such as DSL, cable, or satellite. For iPad/iPhone users, they have created an app that allows you to get access to the site even though the iPad/iPhone is not compatible with Adobe Flash.
It’s easy to see how much progress your child is making with the ABCmouse Progress Tracker. In addition to the display of the total number of learning activities completed in each category (books, songs, puzzles, games, and art), there are easy-to-read graphs that show progress both by academic level and by curriculum subject.
There's a reward system that earns them tickets that can be used to“purchase” virtual items on the site, such as new fish for the classroom. The Tickets and Rewards System makes learning a game and teaches important math skills as children keep track of tickets earned and spent.
With two boys in kindergarten and grade 2, we thought ABCmouse would be great for both boys to try. Setting up our account was easy and you can register up to three children, as well as a parent or other adult, per account. Children can be registered either at the time of subscription or after you have created your account. So far, the boys love it! They are able to navigate the site fairly easily now that they have some experience using it. My 5-year-old loves the tickets and rewards system feature! There is so much for children to do and learn, they will not get bored. It's interactive and I am impressed with the content on the site! There are a ton of educational and learning apps out there, and we've used several, but ABCmouse is one of, if not the best we've used.
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