If you're a current ABCmouse subscriber (or sign up for ABCmouse now!), we have great news for you: you can start using ABCmouse 2 -- our exciting, new high-performance early learning app that kids (and their parents) are really loving -- for FREE! It's an amazing 2-for-1 bonus that we are happy to extend to you. This is not a trial or a limited version of the app, it's a Premium Access plan that give your kids all the learning and all the fun that this state-of-the art app can offer. It's free for you as long as you keep your ABCmouse account.
Getting started with an ABCmouse 2 account is as simple as the app is fun:
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Open your Google Play store or Apple App Store on your tablet or phone and search for "ABCmouse 2."
The app will be listed as "ABCmouse 2: Kids Learning Game." (The name for the original ABCmouse app is very similar--"ABCmouse: Kids Learning Game"--so make sure you see the "2.")
This is what it looks like in the Apple App Store on an iPad:
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Click the Get button if you're in the App Store or the Install button if you're in the Google Play Store.
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Once the app has been downloaded, you can click the Open button if you are still in the App Store or Play Store. Or you can simply tap the app icon on your device's home screen or apps menu.
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When the app opens, click the blue Log In button that is for Existing ABCmouse Members only.
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On the ABCmouse Member Log In screen, enter the email address and password you use for ABCmouse. (If you don't remember which email you used, you can use this Account Access tool. If you don't remember your password, you can reset your password here.)
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Once your ABCmouse credentials are authenticated, you'll be on the Child Profiles screen of ABCmouse 2, which should show the profile names you have on ABCmouse. If you have fewer than three, you can click the Add Child button to create another. Click the blue Next > button to continue to the ABCmouse 2 app.
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You will now be on the home screen for ABCmouse 2, which offers your child a world of learning and fun!
ABCmouse 2 Home Screen Overview
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Daily Learning Quest: This is the top-left and largest section of the home screen. The Daily Learning Quest offers a new selection of 10 activities and games selected just for your child each day. All subjects and game types are rotated in the daily selections.
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My World: This is the top-right and second largest sections. My World is an immersive experience for your child, which offers a number of engaging areas that helps your child learn and grow through unstructured play and caring for virtual animals and pets. Areas within My World include:
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Bot Beats (Coding) lets your child "program" music beats and program a robot to dance in various ways, offering an engaging early coding experience.
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Pet Town (Narrative Play) goes above and beyond the ABCmouse Pet Park with more dynamic and narrative options to enhance storytelling and creativity. As your child earns more and more tickets by completing activities, there are lots of fun ways to use them here. (If your child has ticket in ABCmouse, you will see them in ABCmouse 2.)
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Safari (Life Science) is another exclusive feature in the new 2.0 app that immerses your child in an African Safari that encourages exploration and life science learning.
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Hamster Maze (Spatial Logic): This zone encourages problem-solving and spatial logic while your child is caring for and having fun with their pet hamster. Some kids focus more on the challenge and excitement of the building and others the rewarding feeling of caring for a pet.
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Aquarium (Social-Emotional Learning): This feature invites your child to feed and care for their fish, which enhances social-emotional learning. It's a calming activity for most.
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Bot Beats (Coding) lets your child "program" music beats and program a robot to dance in various ways, offering an engaging early coding experience.
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My Classroom: The Classroom area presents your child a full range of learning opportunities. Subject choices include Math, Reading & Writing, Science, Social Studies, and Art & Music. They can also choose to focus on educational Games, Videos, or the Library.
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My Learning Path: You won't need to set up your child's step-by-step Learning Path; the ABCmouse 2 app will use the settings for each profile on ABCmouse (you can, of course change them in the Profile settings if needed). Encourage your child to do some Learning Path activities each day so they can advance through the selected curriculum and feel a sense of accomplishment as they progress. Don't worry about the Levels here. Each child will start on "Level 1," but the content of their Level 1 is based on their age and settings in ABCmouse. If you have multiple children, you may see a pre-K level one for one child and a 2nd grade Level 1 for the other.
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Top Icons: The four small icons on the top of the screen are shortcuts to the Library, Games, Art and Music, and the Theater (all our videos).
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Profiles and Setting: Click the Profile name/icon in the upper-left corner of the app’s home screen to go to Settings, where you can add a child or change profile settings for your kids.
Click Parent Options on the Settings screen for access to Your Account (change email and password).Important Note about Email & Password Changes: You can change your email address and password in ABCmouse 2, but this does NOT change your credentials for your original ABCmouse account and will cause you to have two separate log-ins. For that reason, we recommend that if you want to change either email or password, you do that within the ABCmouse app or website Parent Section, which will update your credentials for BOTH programs.
Because you are not being billed for ABCmouse 2 and the app is connected to your original ABCmouse subscription, you will not see any billing or other subscription details in the ABCmouse 2 app. If you need to access your ABCmouse billing information, you can do so as you normally would in the Parent Section of the original ABCmouse app or website. (For your convenience, there is a Manage Membership button in ABCmouse 2 that will open the original ABCmouse app for you if it is installed on your device.)