ThingsAmongMany

Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to most simply as Dr. Seuss, was born on March 2, 1904 (and, unfortunately, passed away on September 21, 1991). In honor of his work, March 2nd is being celebrated as Read Across America Day - or more simply put, Dr. Seuss Day!

The National Education Association annually sponsors Read Across America. Now in its twelfth year, the program focuses on motivating children to read, in addition to helping them master basic skills. The nationwide reading celebration takes place each year on or near March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss.

One of my personal favorite authors - I still have my collection of Dr. Seuss books that was painstakingly collected by my mother as I was growing up - I’ve been known to spout random quotes from a few choice works.

If you want to learn more about Dr. Seuss, check out his Wikipedia entry. And have a look at all the chatter on Twitter today!

The internet isn’t necessarily the most kid-friendly place in the world. Sure, there’s plenty of content out there that’s suitable, but without some sort of curation, your youngins are certain to run into some less than wholesome moments along the way. Tom (aka meat99) – head POKEr, internet buff, and father of two – has made it his business to remedy the situation by introducing the KideoPlayer.

A mashup of POKE’s UpL8.tv player, the KideoPlayer is a carefully curated selection of videos, handpicked from the YouTube archives to be kid-safe and often educational. In Tom’s words,

I will spend my free time sourcing, identifying and curating the safest, most educational (and most FUN) YouTube videos I can find. This ongoing list of videos will be served up in a simple little interactive package that I can sit down and play with my boys.

So if you’re a parent who’s interested in helping your kids grow up digital in a safe way, definitely check out the KideoPlayer. You’d be amazed at how quickly they’ll learn to slap the spacebar for a new video, and now you can rest assured that the content they’ll see is kid-safe.