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The 20 Best YouTube Channels for Kids
The best of YouTube for kids
Around the time my son turned two, I figured out a trick. One day when I was in desperate need of a break, we both got into bed with my laptop. I put it on my lap and pulled up two websites: YouTube and nytimes.com. I minimized them both and put them side by side on the screen.
This is when I discovered the potential of YouTube for kid entertainment. At the time, my son was particularly into all things garbage: the cans, the drivers, the neighborhood pick-ups. So we got under the covers and I dialed up “garbage trucks” for him, while I read the Opinion section next to him.
Since then, we’ve graduated to watching airport footage and construction sites. But I think I’ll be adding a few to my repertoire now, thanks to the Social Times list of 20 Kid-Friendly YouTube Channels. Here’s what they had to say:
20 Best YouTube Channels for Kids
Sesame Street
Yo Gabba Gabba!
PBS
They Might Be Giants Podcast for Kids
Houston Zoo
Simple Kids Crafts
Cartoon Network
Muppets Studio
Word World PBS
Big Red Hat Kids
Laurie Berkner
Baby Einstein
Activity Village
Hoopla Kids
The Wiggles
4KidsTV
School House Rock Kids
AllTube4Kids
Seven Awesome Kids
Arthur
Jenny On The Spot
Charmed Valerie
I’m kind of excited to test some of these out this weekend. Do you agree with the list of kid-friendly YouTube channels, and have any to add of your own?
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Kara Masharani commented on Oct 13 10 at 2:42 pmThank you for including the Houston Zoo in your list! I’ve created many of our YouTube videos over the last 2 years since we launched the channel. It’s so sweet to be included in a list with some of my favorite YouTube channels I watch with my boys. Thank you Heather!
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