There is legitimate science in these videos, exposing kids to new, sometimes high-level concepts, such as the Square-cube law (The square–cube law (or cube–square law) is a mathematical principle, applied in a variety of scientific fields, which describes the relationship between the volume and the surface area as a shape’s size increases or decreases.)Īnd perhaps more important, the videos show science to be cool and fun and interesting, that science is about being curious and figuring stuff out. Because once you stop entertaining them, you lose their interest and lose the chance to educate them again.Īnd that seems to be part of the philosophy of Mark Rober, to keep the kids watching. There is an old Sesame Street adage (from the CTW era) that if you have to choose between educating a child and entertaining them, then entertain them. Many videos are like high school chemistry classes (although with a much higher budget), where there’s an initial cool explosion or something, followed by an explanation of how it worked. Many kids like seeing guys blow up stuff in their backyard, but these videos have a bit more science explanation. He’s not quite Steve Irwin, but shares that same type of enthusiasm and knowledge, for chemistry and physics rather than for animals. These include making a snowball machine gun, making a self-directing bowling ball, or volcanoes made from mentos and coke. Mark Rober makes YouTube videos about science. I’ve not been able to find any info about themĪll the Shawn the Train and related videos are on YoutubeĪd-free versions of some of the videos are at Battery Pop Posted by Matt AugAugPosted in for 3-year-olds, for 4-year-olds, for 5-year-olds, Video Tags: coilbook, colors, letters, shapes, trains Mark Rober YouTube Channel Shawn the Train is made by Coilbook, which has expanded a lot in the past decade. A few of the videos have some poor voice acting (but I don’t think kids care so much about that).
Of course, that’s at the discretion of the parent. Some of the videos are aimed at very young children, children who may be too young to be watching videos at all.
#BLOCKSWORLD SAFE FOR KIDS SERIES#
This series seems to be mostly under the radar, despite having been around since 2011.
The tone is very gentle and the pacing is very slow – a nice alternative to the frenetic kids shows on Netflix, Amazon, etc. The train is voiced by a young child, making it a bit more relatable than, for example, Thomas the Tank Engine. The subject matter means the videos are for kids still learning colors, letters, shapes, etc., so roughly 3 to 5 years old.
However, for the subsequent global release, the game was repositioned as a freemium offering where players have the option to purchase premium sets and games, additional building objects and pieces, coins, and other upgrades and extras for a small fee.Īs Linden Labs stopped production on Blocksworld and moved all their Non-Second Life development to Sansar, the game remained without updates since early 2018, then on June 17, 2020, the servers were all shut down and Blocksworld was pulled from the App Store.Shawn the Train is a series of videos for young children about a childlike train who learns about colors, letters, shapes, etc. An earlier version of the game was briefly available in 2012 in Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway. Later bought by Linden Lab in August of 2013Īdded to The App Store for iPhone and Added "Animated Blocksters"īlocksworld was initially developed by Swedish independent video game developer Boldai, which was acquired by US-based Linden Lab in early 2013. Launched In October of 2012 and created By BoldaiAB Examples included drivable cars, flyable jets, and playable games with win/lose conditions, health systems, and other attributes. Players could also use "action blocks" and a drag-and-drop visual programming tool to add interactivity and gaming to their creations. In Blocksworld, players could build from 3D building blocks that could be combined to construct simple or complex creations.
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