6. The head of school obtained consent from all parents. At the beginning of the year, using an online randomizer, students were assigned to the experimental or control group. They took the Burt Reading Test and the two groups scored verv similarly (averages were 5.9 and 6.1]. Because of the researcher's maternity leave and several snow davs, about 3 months passed before the researcher was able to administer the program. At that time, kids in each group were introduced to their selected game. For the next two weeks, during each morning's play period. kids were required to play with their respective game for 10' minutes. At the end of this twoweek period, the Burt Reading Test was administered again. The mean reading score for kids in the ABC Mouse group had increased to 25. and the reading score for the Pig Pile kids was 10, a statistically signicant difference The researchers concluded that ABC Mouse improved kids' ability to read words