Ask HN: Is there any “PBS Kids” alternatives these days?

65 点作者 DaniDaniel5005超过 2 年前

I think that was the only channel that had the perfect mix of education and being attractive for children, that got discontinued.Any other alternative’s?

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KerrAvon超过 2 年前

PBS Kids seems to still exist. Is there a specific incarnation of it you particularly miss?<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS_Kids" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS_Kids</a>

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aegis4244超过 2 年前

Curiosity 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" lined up.Roblox and Minecraft are great too, if you just want a time sink with a little creativity. Can teach them to build their own game with Roblox. My 6 year old is a little too young yet, didn't go well when I tried. She likes to play though.Best of luck....

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Tomte超过 2 年前

The old Curiosity Show episodes got uploaded to YouTube after the presenters bought the rights. They are fantastic, but maybe a bit too old-looking?<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/CuriosityShow" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/c/CuriosityShow</a>

duxup超过 2 年前

> that got discontinuedWhat makes you think that?It is alive and well for me. In the US.My family lives and dies on the TV channel, video app, the games app, and the roku app. I've never found anything nearly as high quality / dedicated to education / learning... just seem to actually care about the end customer (kids). I'm a happy member of my local PBS station.

2Gkashmiri超过 2 年前

dunno.... 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 the household so i stopped maintaining the library

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joobacca超过 2 年前

Hi,PBS KIDS is definitely not discontinued. Like other people mentioned, they have pbskids.org, the PBS KIDS Video App, and the PBS KIDS Games app (TONS of games from Wild Kratts and other fun shows) - all free in the app store and no ads. Their video and game content is also downloadable so you can take stuff on road trips. The video app is also available across a lot of streaming devices like ROKU, Apple TV, Amazon TV Fire, Samsung TV, etc.

Doctor_Fegg超过 2 年前

CBeebies/CBBC? Not sure what access is like outside the UK.

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switchers超过 2 年前

Cbeebies is good for a mix of very safe content, mix of education and entertainment stuff. There's some annoying stuff in the schedule (teletubbies, ugh) but most of it is decent enough for square nanny content that doesn't need input from an adult.

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yanokwa超过 2 年前

The Khan Kids app is pretty great

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xmonkee超过 2 年前

The PBS kids channel on my Roku is pretty good (and free)

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defrost超过 2 年前

ABC kids Australia launched the Wiggles, Bluey the dog, and has a lot of educational content.On the downside it's geo restricted, may require mad proxy skillz, and could possibly turn your children into leftist socialist communists that want a country with democracy, equality and long term consistent economic returns.<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/abckids/" rel="nofollow">https://www.abc.net.au/abckids/</a>

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thenerdhead超过 2 年前

Make your own.There's PBS kids shows in spirit like Daniel Tiger, Tumble Leaf, Octonauts, Llama llama, Bluey, Puffin Rock, and many more.I watch an episode first to make sure it is something educational and not too "entertaining". I'm personally in the camp that if something is too entertaining, you aren't learning much. i.e. Cocomelon, Sesame Street, etc.

bvoq超过 2 年前

Can recommend vsauces curiositybox. Otherwise there are some great puzzle games like the witness, stephens sausage roll, talos principle, linelight, miegakure, braid, return of the obra dinn or more story driven ones like thomas was alone, it takes two, the forgotten city.

blooalien超过 2 年前

- <a href="https://pbskids.org/" rel="nofollow">https://pbskids.org/</a>- <a href="https://kodi.tv/addons/matrix/plugin.video.pbskids" rel="nofollow">https://kodi.tv/addons/matrix/plugin.video.pbskids</a>

jimbob45超过 2 年前

That’s the one redeeming value of streaming services these days: the old stuff you know and love is still around. The one problem is that you have to queue it up for kids rather than just flipping on the channel but that’s certainly not the worst fate.

frumiousirc超过 2 年前

<a href="https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1409421393800822786" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/140942139380082278...</a>

SimianLogic超过 2 年前

There's some good stuff on Amazon. My kids loved Tumble Leaf and we bought all the seasons of Mythbusters as they got older.

suyash超过 2 年前

OP - anything particular you're looking for in terms of education ? Is it about making / hacking or something else?

Kon-Peki超过 2 年前

If you get over-the-air TV, PBS Kids is a subchannel of your local PBS station, broadcasting kids content 24/7

m0sa超过 2 年前

My 8y/o loves DaVinci Kids<a href="https://davincikids.tv/" rel="nofollow">https://davincikids.tv/</a>

james-redwood超过 2 年前

Da Vinci

JoshuaEddy超过 2 年前

For a Preschool-Kindergarten range:PBS Kids has at least two free apps: one video streaming, and one educational games. Both are great.Sensical [1] is a free streaming service/app that only includes content that meet Common Sense Media criteria. Common Sense Media [2] rates/reviews media for quality and age-appropriateness.Kanopy [3] is a streaming service/app that is freely available through many libraries. It has a walled-off kids area with movies, shows, and videobooks that are not garbage. I have no concerns letting my kid loose in the kids area to choose among that content.YouTube Kids [4] is a free streaming service/app that can be terrible or decent. To be decent, you must curate the content yourself (rather than the algorithm) so you have to find and add "channels" or even individual videos, and remove them when they are outgrown. Some channels I found are...YTK General: PBS Kids (collection of 5 channels), Sesame Studios (collection of 6 channels), Khan Academy Kids, Bluey, Deep Look, PBS Space Time, TheDadLab, Super Sema, Mystery Doug, Brainzy Games, The Kiboomers [for toddlers]YTK Animals: Nat Geo Kids, The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Animal Wonders Montana, San Diego Zoo, BBC Earth KidsYTK Drawing: Super Simple Draw, Muffalo Potato, Draw So Cute, Art for Kids Hub, drawstuffrealeasy, Red Ted ArtEnough with the streaming video. For educational but fun apps, I recommend:PBS Kids Games, as mentioned before.Khan Academy Kids [5].Teach Monster: Reading for Fun [6].NumberBlocks/Alphablocks [7] have freemium game apps (NumberBlocks World, AlphaBlocks World) that combine the show and games. They also have lame free apps (MeetTheNumberBlocks, MeetTheAlphaBlocks) that I wouldn't waste time on.[1] <a href="https://www.sensical.tv/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sensical.tv/</a>[2] <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.commonsensemedia.org/</a>[3] <a href="https://www.kanopy.com/en/kids" rel="nofollow">https://www.kanopy.com/en/kids</a>[4] <a href="https://www.youtubekids.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtubekids.com/</a>[5] <a href="https://learn.khanacademy.org/khan-academy-kids/" rel="nofollow">https://learn.khanacademy.org/khan-academy-kids/</a>[6] <a href="https://www.teachyourmonster.org/readingforfun" rel="nofollow">https://www.teachyourmonster.org/readingforfun</a>[7] <a href="https://www.learningblocks.tv/" rel="nofollow">https://www.learningblocks.tv/</a>

throwaway742超过 2 年前

I just put on YouTube kids and let the algorithm take the wheel. What could go wrong?

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