Why is the ocean salty?
Your kid's Yoto, filled with what they're curious about.
Curated, checked, non-fiction listening about the things your kid is into. Made for the Yoto you already have, plus a shared Library from other families.
Build a playlistQuestions
Short answers to the things they ask. About a minute each.
Topics
Longer listens on the things they love, told in chapters.
Library
Questions and Topics other families made. Free to add to your Yoto.
Try it. Build a playlist for your listener.
How old is your listener?
You can add more listeners later.
What are they into? Pick three
Where do you live? Optional. Helps us pick questions about your kid's world.
Pick an age and one interest and your starter playlist appears here.
Your starter playlist
No card. No account until you want to keep it.
What did your kid ask today?
If another family already asked it, it plays right now. If not, we research it and send it to you.
Topics are the long listens.
One subject your kid loves, told in chapters. Ten to twenty minutes of checked, non-fiction listening, made for them.
Earth
Volcanoes
Topic, 4 chapters, 9 minutes
Read by a parent
1 What is inside a volcano
2:10
2 Why they erupt
2:24
3 The ring of fire
2:05
4 Volcanoes on other planets
2:31
Tap a chapter to hear a snippet.
You name it, we build it
Type a subject your kid is into. We research it, write the chapters, and show you every source.
Your voice or a generated one
Read the chapters yourself, or pick a Female or Male voice that sounds like a person.
Checked before your kid hears it
A source on every fact, a checker pass on every chapter, and you approve it first.
Share it, or borrow one
Add your Topic to the Library for other families, and add theirs to your Yoto for free.
Hear the same answer three ways
Generated voices sound like a person. Tap play for a sample.
Why is the ocean salty?
Rivers carry tiny bits of rock down to the sea. When the sun warms the water, some of it turns into vapor and floats away, but the salt cannot float. It stays behind. Over millions of years that adds up to a very salty ocean.
Sources NOAA Ocean Service, Why is the ocean salty? · USGS Water Science School
Why parents trust it
You hear everything before your kid does.
Every answer is sourced and checked. You can see the sources.
Read it yourself, or pick a generated voice. Either way you hear it first.
No names, ever. We ask for an age and some interests, that is all.
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Kid asks. Parent starts to answer and realizes they do not know.
Parent picks a voice, or reads it, and it lands on the player.
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Trial
Free for ten days
Your starter playlist, two Questions researched for you, one Topic from the Library. No card.
Family plan
$9.99 a month, or $95.99 a year
Ten Questions and two Topics a month, each one researched and checked. Add anything from the Library. Read it yourself or pick a voice.
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Cancel anytime. Anything already on the player stays.
Questions parents ask
Is this AI?
Every answer is written from sources, then checked a second time for facts, for reading level, and for anything a child should not hear. The sources are listed on the script, so you can see where each part came from. If one still gets through, report it and we take it down while we look.
What do you store about my child?
Does it work with my Yoto and the new Green Button?
What does Yoto think?
Can I use my own voice?
Can I cancel?
Found it.
Added to your playlist
We don't have that one yet. We'll look it up, write it out, and send it to you to hear. Where should we send it?
One email with the answer. Nothing else.