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Top Picks: Must-Watch Educational Shows and Channels for Toddlers (0-3)
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items Here are my top picks for educational shows and channels for toddlers, available on YouTube, Prime, and Netflix. These recommendations are based on what has worked best for me and my daughter, but there are always other great options out there too. C...
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18 month - Top Channels
18 Months - Top Videos
2 Year Olds - Top Channels
2 Year Old - Top Videos
3 Year Olds - Top Channels
3 Year Olds - Top Videos
18 month - Top Channels
Age: 12-24-Learning Target🎯- Vocabulary, Speech, Shapes, Colors, Letter & Number Recognition, Rote Count 0-10, Emotional Awareness, Adaptive Skills
Ms. Rachel and friends really engaging and know how to get your little ones out of their shell. Her soothing voice makes all kids comfortable to repeat after her. I love how she models lip and tongue placement, really good for kids who need speech th...
Ms Rachel - Toddler Learning Videos
Before Ms. Rachel there was Ms. Patty. My daughter loved Ms. Patty at 18 month. When she struggled to speak, Ms. Patty helped us communicate through Sign Language.
Patty Shukla Kids TV - Children's songs
When given the choice on Netflix between CoCoMelon or Word Party: Word Party it is. This show has great educational value: building vocabulary, emotional awareness, and friendship. Your child is encouraged to learn by teaching the characters.
Word Party
Just like Word Party with the same characters to count numbers, compare shapes and find patterns. The songs are addictive.
Watch Word Party Presents: Math!
This channel was my go-to first for all daily routine songs and pre-k skills like colors, shapes, days of the week, months, action words. I needed something not overly stimulating, academic, and catchy. At 18month, I was over Nursery Rhymes.
The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids
18 Months - Top Videos
Transitioning from one activity to the next can be a bit challenging for young kids. This Playlist is a great way to help them with those transitions and make it fun! Sing them before or during your daily activities so they become a part of your dail...
Daily Routines- The Singing Walrus Playlist
Check out this playlist of videos that even co-teachers of mine also play in their classroom to engage teach kids at the Pre-K level.
Pre-K Essentials- The Singing Walrus- Playlist
When my daughter struggled to speak at 18 months, something about Ms.Rachel's voice encouraged her to repeat after her. Love Ms. Rachel
Learn to Talk with Ms Rachel - Videos for Toddlers - Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs - Speech Practice
ABC Phonics Song with Sounds for Children & Fun Practice | Rock 'N Learn
"It's never too early to teach kids words of affirmation, especially when they tie into learning their ABCs. Building confidence and literacy at the same time is a win-win!"
ABC Song | Gracie’s Corner | Kids Song + Nursery Rhymes
I couldn't help clapping and singing along to this song with and without my kid. The singing Walrus channel was definitely on my playlist on repeat.
Funky Counting Song | Numbers 1-10 | The Singing Walrus
My daughter always learned best through song and dance. At 18 months she loved the motion and choreography of this video when learning to count to 20.
Let's Count to 20 Song For Kids
2 Year Olds - Top Channels
Age: 24-36-Learning Targets🎯: Letter-Sound correspondence, Sight Words, Rote counting 20-50, Comparing Objects/Shapes, Pattern Recognition, Circle Time
"Preschool Prep is a hidden gem—imagine Hooked on Phonics, but for free! My daughter regularly asks to play her sight words. Learning math facts, like addition and subtraction, has never been easier. With specially curated playlists, you can always f...
Preschool Prep Company
Introducing circle time to 3-year-olds is advantageous for their learning, as it fosters routine, social skills, and early literacy. That's why I have my child watch the Ms. Monica channel, especially the earlier Covid days. I love how structured it ...
Ms. Monica
"I'm completely disappointed and baffled that Numberblocks is leaving Netflix. These songs make math concepts so clear, and I've played them for my daughter since she was 2. They’re perfect for introducing math lessons or as a reflection closing piec...
Watch Numberblocks | Netflix
Starting early with Bible study has countless benefits. The animated series “Become Jehovah’s Friend” has helped teach my child lessons about morality, relationships with God, and social-emotional skills like self-control, accountability, and listeni...
Become Jehovah’s Friend | Animated Videos
2 Year Old - Top Videos
After master of Letter Recognition, my next priority was letter sounds and these were the videos I used to reinforce the skill. My daughter requested letters sounds daily, and with repetition she easily mastered these before 3.
Meet the Phonics™ Letter Sounds-Preschool Prep Playlist
Normally at 18months I wouldn't worry myself about my kid knowing the letter sounds too, but this video was too catchy for me not to play. It was a hit in my house. She was interactive with this one.
Phonics Song | Letter Sounds by Gracie’s Corner | Nursery Rhymes + Kids Songs
3 months after she turned 2, I introduced her to letter sounds because she was able to recognize her letters at random. Song made it easier to retain. Videos like these were catchy.
The Letter Sounds Song
Meet the Sight Words- Preschool Prep Playlist
Catchy Hip-Hop Version
The Counting Song | Count to 50 | Gracie’s Corner | Kids Songs + Nursery Rhymes
"Everything is not for Everyone", but with moderation, somethings can be enjoyed. I personally enjoy selective videos from Gracie’s Corners. My daughter and I love our curated playlist—it often brings out the adult kid in me. If you're for the cultur...
Remix Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs- Gracie’s Corner Playlist
Bilingual months of the year to a Remix version of "Havana"- Camila Cabello. A great alternative to The Singing Walrus version
Months of the Year | English and Spanish by Gracie’s Corner | Nursery Rhymes + Kids Songs
My daughter and I love to sing and this R&B version of classic Nursery Rhymes will probably be the only one she remember 😁
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star | Remix by Gracie’s Corner | Nursery Rhymes + Kids Songs
3 Year Olds - Top Channels
Age: 36-48-Learning Targets🎯- Sight words, Decoding- CVC, Encoding, Rote Counting 1-100, one-to-one Correspondence, Comparing Objects, Cardinality, Whole to Part (shapes), discovery and Imaginative Learning
Naturally, after my kid mastered letter sounds, I looked for resources to help with blending sounds and decoding words. When I found Little Fox, I almost wanted to gatekeep—but with almost 2 million followers, how could I? They excel in phonics and s...
Little Fox - Kids Stories and Songs
Lately, I've been looking for low stimulating shows that are not cartoon. As a 90's baby, I had to resort to old school. Bear and the Big Blue House teaches pre-schoolers exploration, imagination and problem solving.
Bear in the Big Blue House
I love watching this on Disney+ with my kid, because most of the arts and crafts they do in the show are with materials I can find at home. I just pause the episode and we complete them together. The premise is: Children and their caregivers celebrat...
Out of the Box
My daughter picked up tracing with uppercase easily because of the straight lines. I prefer to teach lowercase first because when decoding we use lowercase letters. I've seen kids struggle with letter sizing because they write mainly in uppercase.
Learn LowerCase ABC with Alfie Atkins | English Alphabet | ABCD
My daughter loves tracing this particular video. It's very engaging and stimulating .
LEARN TO WRITE letters A to Z English Alphabets with LETTERSCHOOL- Makes Handwriting Cool!!
Vooks really bring children's storybooks to life. I love that they have a digital library of animated read aloud narration. It reminds me of Get Epic.
Vooks
3 Year Olds - Top Videos
The best word family decoding playlist ever!!! My daughter first inclination was always to repeat. Love the visual stories that went after introducing the CVC words
Phonics | ABC & CVC Words - Little Fox Playlist
When I saw how my daughter caught on to the beat of this song, I decided to use the same beat when introducing any rhyming words. This video rhymed words that ended with -at.
LEARN HOW TO READ "AT" RHYMING WORDS with this FUN SONG!! (KINDERGARTEN AND PRESCHOOL CVC RHYMES)
Meet the Sight Words | 4 Easy Reader Stories | Preschool Prep Company
Ms.Patty teaches how to use sight words into sentences through song.
Learn to Read | First Sentences for Toddlers | English Words with Patty Shukla |Sight Words I Can Go
Adding and subtracting basic equations by rote is essential to a solid math foundation. With cute characters that your child will grow to love, your child will be able to easily recall basic math facts to 20.
Learning to add and subtract has never be...
Meet the Math Facts™ Addition ( Level 1) - Preschool Prep Playlist
I've used this video for years in my classroom. At 2 my kid knew up to 50. At 3, we are continuing to 100.
The Big Numbers Song
Tracing both numbers and letters right now at 3 is a great start. I project this and have her air write along
Learn Numbers 1 to 10 for Kids with LetterSchool educational games for kids
I love how they air-write phrase relates to the letter, makes tracing easy to remember and fun. This playlist list a phrase for all letters of the alphabet.
Letter Tracing Playlist- Letter Formation Read Write Inc
Awesome animated read alouds playlist from Vooks
For 3 year olds