Dino Kids
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Articles from the Dino Kids team for parents: playing and learning with your child at home, and the story behind the app.
- What Age Should a Child Start Piano? Signs They're ReadyWhat age to start piano lessons, whether a 3 or 4 year old is too young, piano or keyboard for a beginner, daily practice time, and piano games to try at home.
- Mazes for Preschoolers: Benefits, Ages 3 to 6, How to HelpAre mazes good for kids? What mazes help with, which suit a 3, 4, 5 or 6 year old, how to help when your child gets stuck, dot-to-dot, and a free maze app.
- How to Teach Times Tables at Home: Order, Tricks and PracticeHow to teach times tables to kids: when school expects them, which tables to learn first, tricks for the 9s, 7s and 8s, and calm practice that makes facts stick.
- PHP, Node.js and Java Vulnerabilities, October 2026: How Dino Kids RespondedOn October 21, 2026, PHP, Node.js and Java shipped fixes for several serious vulnerabilities. Which parts of Dino Kids were affected, when we updated, and whether parents need to do anything.
- Toddler Addicted to YouTube? How to Wean Your Child Off GentlyYour toddler grabs the phone or iPad and asks for YouTube, then melts down when it goes away? Why YouTube is so hard to stop, and how to wean a 3–6 year old off it.
- How to Teach Letters to Preschoolers: Names, Sounds and PlayHow to teach letters to a 3 or 4 year old: when to start, which letters first, names vs sounds, capitals or lowercase, and play-based ideas without pressure.
- Screen Time for a 3 Year Old: WHO and AAP Guidelines, ExplainedHow much screen time for a 3 year old? WHO and AAP toddler screen time recommendations, why watching together matters, and how to set limits on iPad or Android.
- Bedtime stories for toddlers and kids: when to start, how to readWhen to start bedtime stories, why they help language, closeness and sleep, how to read with kids aged 3–6 using questions and retelling, and how long to read.
- Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten? 7 Parent Worries and How Dino Kids HelpsWhat should a child know before kindergarten? A calm look at seven common kindergarten readiness worries, a realistic checklist, and how Dino Kids helps 4–6 year olds get ready through play.
- Thinking math for ages 3–6: patterns, sorting and comparing through playWhat thinking math is, why patterns, sorting, position, size and reasoning come before numbers, how to keep it light for young children, and the 28 Thinking math lessons in Dino Kids.
- Word cards in Dino Kids: 999 picture words in five languages, read aloud999 picture word cards in 26 topics, each in English, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese and read aloud. Swipe through, review with the words hidden, and print cards for free.
- Keeping your child's home language alive abroadChildren pick up the local language fast, while the one you speak at home shrinks to dinnertime. On raising a bilingual child abroad, and why Dino Kids exists.
- How to use Dino KidsSet up a profile, record your voice, set play tickets, add songs and more. 8 step-by-step guides to using the app.
