ABCya can be a fun website for children in grades K-5 who will enjoy games and puzzles to practice what they learned in school. The site is organized by grade level where students can choose from 6-12 language arts and 6-26 math games depending on the grade. Games vary in quality and fun but are all age appropriate. For example, in language arts there is a talking storybook for first graders and word search, puzzle and a carnival balloon toss game for third through fifth graders. For students who enjoy competitive games, there are a variety in the math sections including arcade style games like PAC-MAN and a multi-player race car game. The directions for each game are generally brief and have audio, but could be a bit confusing for children using independently, particularly those that tend to have difficulty following directions. Many of the games require good reflexes or quick processing speed, and most assume understanding of previously learned school concepts. Overall, the site provides a variety of enjoyable, educational reinforcement, but parents will need to supervise if they want to be sure their child is selecting good fit games that will actually enhance and reinforce their learning.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
• Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Has a free or trial version
• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
• Multiple users can save a profile
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can play without sound and not distract others
• Students can save work between sessions
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Requires registration before using the first time
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• Anxiety
• Displays grade levels that cannot be hidden from students
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'
• Gives negative feedback (red X's, buzzer)
• Fine Motor Skills
• Requires challenging finger movements, motor precision or physical manipulation
• Flexible Thinking
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• General Information
• Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
• Organization
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Processing Speed
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Self-regulation
• Shows advertisements
• Multi-player activity with a clear 'winner' and 'loser'
• Gives negative feedback (red X's, buzzer)
• Visual Discrimination
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Shows advertisements
• Words used during activity can be too small or difficult to read
• Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects
• Visual Motor Speed
• Requires challenging finger movements, motor precision or physical manipulation
• Vocabulary
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
• Working Memory
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently