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ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy Public Launch<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Los Angeles, CA (November 16, 2010)<\/strong>\u2014The ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy<\/em>, a pioneering, full online curriculum, preschool through kindergarten educational website developed especially for children ages 2 through 6, was publicly launched today. ABCmouse.com provides parents and teachers with a safe, engaging online environment where young children can learn their \u201cABC\u2019s\u201d using a computer mouse, thus the name ABCmouse.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The goal of this new and unique learning experience is to help children build a strong foundation for future academic success by providing engaging educational content that supplements and supports preschool, pre-k and kindergarten programs. The site\u2019s comprehensive curriculum, developed with leading education experts, includes all generally accepted subjects of early childhood education\u2014with each subject taught through a wide range of learning activities. ABCmouse.com also offers a unique rewards system that recognizes children\u2019s educational accomplishments and encourages them to continue progressing through the site\u2019s many academic lessons and levels. (The company has filed multiple patents related to their uniquely designed educational content delivery methods and systems.)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

ABCmouse.com is developed specifically to help young children thoroughly learn educational basics in reading, math, beginning science, social studies, art and music. The website offers a depth and breadth of educational content for early learners never before seen in one location on the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From ABC\u2019s and 123\u2019s to Thank You and Please, ABCmouse.com is \u201cBringing Learning to Life\u201d by offering more than 2,000 individual learning activities, including online books, games, songs, puzzles, art activities and printables contained within more than 350 custom lesson plans spanning six academic levels\u2014all tailored for preschool-, pre-k- and kindergarten-aged children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The website and its content have undergone extensive testing, registering more than 10,000 families throughout the U.S. and Canada throughout the Alpha and Beta test phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You know, we watch a lot of educational programming on TV but ABCmouse.com is so much better because she\u2019s actually working with the computer, learning skills, putting together puzzles, turning pages in a book on the computer, and that\u2019s so much better than her just sitting on the couch and staring at a screen.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABCmouse.com is definitely getting my daughter ready for school. I would absolutely recommend ABCmouse.com to other people. I\u2019ve already recommended it to my friends. It truly is a revolutionary new website. I\u2019ve never seen anything like it. We\u2019re really enjoying it as a whole family, and I can\u2019t recommend it more highly.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Cate M., librarian (two masters degrees), mother of 4-year old daughter<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Unlike most other children\u2019s websites, ABCmouse.com has no advertising, pop-up ads, or links to other websites, so children can learn and explore with their parents or teachers or on their own, depending on their age and experience, in a safe and secure online environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABCmouse.com also helps bring families together by enabling parents to invite extended family members (grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins) and friends to participate in their children\u2019s education. Features that support this interaction include the site\u2019s easy-to-use, safe and secure, proprietary messaging system through which the child can share completed educational lessons and artwork, as well as send and receive audio, video, and text messages. Family members can also record and save the readings of books and stories for the child\u2014a feature especially embraced by grandparents who may live far away from their grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy<\/em> is available to families on a low-cost subscription basis (see monthly and yearly subscription rates cited below) and allows up to three children per household for one low fee. In addition, the company has announced that at launch, the ABCmouse.com. Early Learning Academy<\/em> will be available free of charge to all public schools throughout the United States and Canada that apply for the program.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Owned and operated by Age of Learning, Inc., located in Glendale, CA, the ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy<\/em> is the latest venture from the founding management team of the enormously popular youth entertainment website, Neopets.com, led by Founder and CEO Doug Dohring. Under this founding management team\u2019s direction, Neopets.com grew to become one of the most popular sites for children on the Internet from 2000 to 2005. With more than 12 million unique monthly visitors and serving more than five billion monthly pageviews, Neopets.com, accessible in 11 languages worldwide, was one of the top-10 \u201cstickiest\u201d websites in the U.S. when it was acquired by Viacom in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the completion of the sale of Neopets, Inc., Age of Learning\u2019s management team has dedicated its resources and more than three years of development time to designing and building ABCmouse.com into the premier educational destination for young children on the web. The talented staff of creative artists, designers, writers, programmers and musicians, guided by the organization\u2019s curriculum advisory team, continues to create new and innovative content, ensuring the site is always fresh and engaging for young learners. The company\u2019s commitment to quality, coupled with the unparalleled breadth and depth of its early childhood curriculum, make each visit to ABCmouse.com an opportunity for a stimulating and rewarding learning experience for every young child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAfter more than three years in development and extensive website testing with more than 10,000 families, we have been extremely pleased with the positive response from parents and educators to our site content and delivery systems,\u201dsaid Mr. Dohring. \u201cThe rate at which children are learning as reported by our members, has exceeded our own expectations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

To ensure the highest level of educational value of ABCmouse.com throughout the content development process, Age of Learning has closely collaborated with leading childhood educational professionals, including careful review of every activity on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educational advisors include Kimberly Oliver Burnim, a National Teacher of the Year Award recipient; Dr. Rebecca Palacios, pre-k\/kindergarten teacher for more than 25 years and a founding director and past vice-chairperson of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), an organization that has certified more than 80,000 teachers in the United States over the past 20 years; Phyllis Baecker, a highly experienced professional editor with more than two decades of experience with several leading children\u2019s educational publishers, including Scholastic, Inc.; and Dr. John Bollard, a professional lexicographer with more than 25 years of experience, Editor of The Scholastic Student Thesaurus (2002) and Children\u2019s Thesaurus (1998); Contributing Editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary (2001); and Consulting Editor for Webster\u2019s New World Thesaurus (1996). Dr. Bollard advises on children\u2019s literature content and guides the development of the extensive ABCmouse.com glossary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cResearch has shown that children learn more from birth to age five than at any other time in their lives,\u201d said Ms. Burnim. \u201cIt would be my dream to have all children come to kindergarten prepared. Unfortunately, that is not the case at this time. I strongly believe that children who complete the curriculum of ABCmouse.com during these all-important formative years will be very well prepared. I highly recommend it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Added Dr. Palacios, \u201cAs educators, we know that parents want to help their young children learn, but often times don\u2019t know where to turn for the right educational resources. I have never seen a single educational resource as comprehensive as the curriculum on ABCmouse.com. If I could recommend only one online resource to parents of young learners, it would be ABCmouse.com, without a doubt.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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