UPDATE 3/13/2020
With Coronavirus closing down schools, ABC Mouse has become a very important resource for our young learners.
If you are a teacher for kids that are Pre-School thru 2nd Grade, I urge you to serious check this out.
As a teacher, you get ABCMouse for free, and you can create accounts for each of your students. You make the curriculum, and then they can do those activities that you assign them FOR FREE!
Keep them learning during these trying times.
*I don’t get any commissions or anything for having teachers sign up for free, but these are times we are facing where resources like this are vital!
Hey Mommy Bear Teachers!
Since it’s Teacher Appreciation Week, I decided to do some snooping on what ABC Mouse had to offer for teachers. The answer that I got was pretty sweet!!!
ABC Mouse’s Full Online Curriculum Is Free to Teachers!
After writing my full overview of the ABC Mouse program, I’d say that paying for a subscription is worth the price. But free sounds like an even better deal that you can’t pass up!
The curriculum is for preschool to second graders, so if you are a teacher of these grades, this solution has you covered.
The program is free to public, private, and Head Start teachers, and you have to pass a validation test in order to get 100% free access to the program. The site states that it is to be used for in-school classroom learning purposes only.
Info You Need For a Free Account
I’m a teacher for VIPKid, so I was actually able to sign up as well! Below are screen grabs of what information you will need to sign up for your free ABC Mouse teacher subscription. It is dependent on whether you teach public school, private school, or are a Head Start teacher.
Form For Public School Teachers
Form For Private School Teachers
Form For Head Start Teachers
How Parents Get Invited To Your Classroom
A few questions in the comments were asked about how to invite parents to be able to access ABCMouse with their children at home.
With your free teacher account you will have the ability to invite parents to create an account.
They will only be able to access other activities, games, and books that you haven’t assigned if they have a paid account or trial.
Home School Teachers and Parents
The free version of ABC Mouse isn’t available to home school teachers or parents. In these instances you will need to have a paid membership. Luckily, as an affiliate, I have access to give you ~60% off your subscription using my affiliate links below.
Pick the option that fits you best and get your kids started with learning activities!
Is there a way to send parents a login so that they can access their child’s account?
Hey Stephanie!
I have added a section above “How Parents Get Invited To Your Classroom” to help answer your questions since I included screenshots.
Short answer is that with your free teacher account you will add children and then you can email invites to parents so they can access the curriculum that you assign.
Hi, is the free access for teachers available in the UK?
Thank you!
Do parents have to have a personal ABC mouse account to access the teacher assigned material?
Hey Amanda!
I have added a section above “How Parents Get Invited To Your Classroom” to help answer your questions since I included screenshots.
Basically, with your free teacher account you will add your kids and then you can email invites to parents so they can access the curriculum that you assign.
I sent the parents the invite,but then for them to access abcmouse with the classroom code they have to set up payment with a credit card. Some parents don’t feel comfortable with that. Is there any way to avoid that?
I am a teacher. I have an account. It will not go into the dashboard to let me add or delete students. How do I do this please? Thank you.
Renee Graff
I’m having the same problem as Oksana. I teach 2nd grade in a low income school and many of my parents do not have a credit card. Seems my students won’t be able to access their accounts during this difficult time. If ABC had a heart they would open it up to all students that have an existing account. I’m really disappointed in them… other websites I use, for example, Epic.com, which is a paid subscription, has opened it to all my students for home use….free!