CBeebies/CBBC? Not sure what access is like outside the UK.
I'd be a bit careful with that: https://www.wsj.com/articles/peppa-pig-a-pandemic-favorite-h...
You would be careful because they are watch a show that increases their vocabulary?
Ask HN: Is there any “PBS Kids” alternatives these days?
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Re: Ask HN: Is there any “PBS Kids” alternatives these days?
#32Curiosity Stream might be worth a look. I have a 6 year old, and her youtube history isn't what I'd hoped. I have to look through things with her though. Space stuff, dinosaurs and animals help. It still loses her attention though. Reading to her is much better. That one on one attention is a drug. And "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" kicks ass. Have the "Princess Bride", "Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nihm" and "Rascal" l…
Be mindful of Roblox https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMF6xEiAaY
Those videos seemed a bit over-alarming to be honest.
It's about kids spending their bought ingame-currency for ingame things... which is the whole point of buying it. If you don't like it just don't buy the ingame currency for your kids.
And then it's about kids being used as unpaid game developpers because they had fun creating games.
Re: Ask HN: Is there any “PBS Kids” alternatives these days?
#33PBS Kids seems to still exist. Is there a specific incarnation of it you particularly miss? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS_Kids
I agree and OP's question is confusing me. Our family lives on the PBS KIDS Video app, and the PBS KIDS Games and PBS Play and Learn Science are top notch. For anyone looking for another super immersive and layered kids experience check out the Crayola Create and Play app, which might only be available with an Apple Arcade subscription (not sure if it's exclusive to that platform); especially fun with an Apple Pencil…
> which might only be available with an Apple Arcade subscription
I just installed it and don’t have that subscription. Thanks got the recommendation.
Re: Ask HN: Is there any “PBS Kids” alternatives these days?
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
If using on google tv, and you have Yt premium, Yt kids still show ads...(when Yt non kids does not show any ads). Plus my daughter found the most annoying whiny crybaby shows in her feed in Yt kids. Yt kids has now been removed from all devices. Regular YouTube with certain subscriptions/playlists are better
> Yt kids still show ads Isn't that illegal in many areas? In the EU you basically can't target ads towards kids. That being say: YouTube Kids is generally terrible and there's little reason to prefer it over the regular YouTube.
> In the EU you basically can't target ads towards kids
How are toys advertised to children in the EU?
Re: Ask HN: Is there any “PBS Kids” alternatives these days?
#35The PBS kids channel on my Roku is pretty good (and free)
I don't have a Roku; is it the same as the live TV on their website? https://pbskids.org/video/livetv
Yes, you can also access on-demand episodes and clips in the app (plus the live stream). I think it’s available on most platforms.
Re: Ask HN: Is there any “PBS Kids” alternatives these days?
#36dunno.... this might be an unpopular opinion but set up jellyfish/emby/plex at home, download all the stuff your kids "might" watch and let them be. you would be in control of what they can and cannot watch, there wont be any ads, your kids wont be exposed to "stuff" which overall is a nice thing. i remember doing this back in 2015 when i had a bunch of kids at home and internet was scarce. Now, there are no kids in…
That's a great idea. How do you find appropriate and engaging content? I can go back in time to find copies of classics but I'm sure there are attractive modern options as well. This is one of the pluses of PBS, where you could let your kid loose with whatever they're showing and be comfortable with it.
that honestly depends on the person who has taken the responsibility for that.
i remember finding old charlie chaplin movies torrent, "all movies", or classics.
then, most of the modern animated movies/shows that has been curated from imdb/commonsensemedia
i know i know the whole piracy thing, people are put off by "tools" because "it could be used to stream pirated media" but that is honestly the end users responsibility.
Re: Ask HN: Is there any “PBS Kids” alternatives these days?
#37The Khan Kids app is pretty great
Re: Ask HN: Is there any “PBS Kids” alternatives these days?
#38dunno.... this might be an unpopular opinion but set up jellyfish/emby/plex at home, download all the stuff your kids "might" watch and let them be. you would be in control of what they can and cannot watch, there wont be any ads, your kids wont be exposed to "stuff" which overall is a nice thing. i remember doing this back in 2015 when i had a bunch of kids at home and internet was scarce. Now, there are no kids in…
That's a great idea. How do you find appropriate and engaging content? I can go back in time to find copies of classics but I'm sure there are attractive modern options as well. This is one of the pluses of PBS, where you could let your kid loose with whatever they're showing and be comfortable with it.
The content was better back in the day. Bill Nye, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, Cosmos, Reading Rainbow.
I don't have kids but my friends do and the content that they watch is insultingly low quality.
I like the idea that you can set up a media server with only what you choose and turn the kids loose on it. They can go nuts because it's only content you've chosen.
Re: Ask HN: Is there any “PBS Kids” alternatives these days?
#39PBS Kids seems to still exist. Is there a specific incarnation of it you particularly miss? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS_Kids
I agree and OP's question is confusing me. Our family lives on the PBS KIDS Video app, and the PBS KIDS Games and PBS Play and Learn Science are top notch. For anyone looking for another super immersive and layered kids experience check out the Crayola Create and Play app, which might only be available with an Apple Arcade subscription (not sure if it's exclusive to that platform); especially fun with an Apple Pencil…
I'm not seeing these apps in the iOS App Store in the EU.
Re: Ask HN: Is there any “PBS Kids” alternatives these days?
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a great idea. How do you find appropriate and engaging content? I can go back in time to find copies of classics but I'm sure there are attractive modern options as well. This is one of the pluses of PBS, where you could let your kid loose with whatever they're showing and be comfortable with it.
The content was better back in the day. Bill Nye, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, Cosmos, Reading Rainbow. I don't have kids but my friends do and the content that they watch is insultingly low quality. I like the idea that you can set up a media server with only what you choose and turn the kids loose on it. They can go nuts because it's only content you've chosen.
yeah, thats the idea. a 1TB of media goes a long way to satisfying the "interests" of kids. cost wise that is peanuts as a pre-transcoded media could be streamed off a pi-HDD combo. that is fantastic.