LearningPlanet.com

**LearningPlanet.com** (or just **Learning Planet**) is a Garland-based educational children's website that launched in 1999. The website specializes in interactive educational games and activities which ran on Shockwave and Flash Player, though you needed to become a member of LearningPlanet.com to get the most of the site. Its company Planet Interactive Inc, which owns Learning Planet was founded by Mike Schipper.

In October 2022, the website has been redesigned.

## Bio

LearningPlanet.com is a production of Planet Interactive, Inc. of Garland, Texas. Over the years we have built LearningPlanet.com as an advertising-supported resource for parents, teachers, and their students.

We have created interactive learning software for companies such as Lightspan, Inc., Jostens Learning (now Compass Learning), Houghton Mifflin, Co., Educational Activities, and many others.

Our focus is on creating learning activities and tools which empower homeschool parents as well as classroom teachers.

### Bio of Mike Schipper

"Hi, my name is Mike. I am the president, owner, lead programmer, and custodian of Learning Planet. For the past 10 years I have designed interactive learning software for both children and adults.

I started Learning Planet because I want to explore the possibility of creating a completely internet-based interactive learning environment. I have a dream that someday, Learning Planet can be a huge online learning amusement park. (Okay, maybe a small carnival.) The learning activities are the attractions, and visitors learn something new on every ride."

## Notable Games/Activites

* 123 Order
* ABC Order
* Alphabet Action
* Brickball (also available on FunRanch.com)
* Candy Cards
* Christmas Tree (also available on FunRanch.com)
* Code 13
* Count Your Chickens
* Daily Quiz
* Daily Sudoku
* Daily Word Search
* Detective Shell's Word Search
* Fraction Frenzy
* Geography Quiz
* Hot Shot
* Interactive Crossword
* Lunar Adventure
* Lunch Break
* Math Mayhem
* Monster Crossing
* Mr. Elephant's Matching Game (or Mr. E's Matching Game)
* Number Train
* Rats!
* Runaway Robot
* Smarts
* Spacey Math
* Spotlight (depending on the season/holiday)
* The Counting Game
* TimeWorks: Make
* Traxx
* Treasure Hunt
* Word Mayhem
* Wordsearch Machine

### Premium Games

LearningPlanet.com has many other games and activities, but you needed to become a member of the site in order to play them. When the new LearningPlanet.com website launched in October, some of these games have been added to the regular game catalog, meaning they can now be played for free.

* Air Hockey (also available on FunRanch.com)
* Alphabet Out of Order
* Base Ten
* Billboard
* Chain-Links
* Classic Checkers (also available on FunRanch.com)
* Cliffhanger
* Critter Maker
* Detective Shell's Word Search (Other puzzles)
* Fenced In (also available on FunRanch.com)
* Interactive Crossword (Other puzzles)
* Interactive Math Machine
* IQ Test Game (also available on FunRanch.com)
* Lemonade Tycoon
* Mel's Counting Game
* MoneyWorks: Coin Names
* MoneyWorks: Coin Values
* Paper Airplane Machine
* Phonics Memory Games
* Quick Quiz
* Rocketeer
* Syllable Sawmill
* The Case of the Missing Letters
* The Case of the Missing Words
* Time Crime
* TimeWorks: Play
* TimeWorks: Set
* TimeWorks: Tell
* Veggie Wars

## Trivia

* From the late 90s to the early 2000s, the website was owned by Lightspan Inc., and it was originally called "Lightspan's LearningPlanet.com".
* For some unknown reason, 2 of the site's games Math Mayhem and Word Mayhem don't work as they would usually get stuck on either a black screen (in Math Mayhem) or a loading screen (in Word Mayhem), making them unplayable.