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For many parents, entertaining family videos on YouTube are invaluable. Juggling multiple jobs, long commutes, and extensive household chores can be draining as well as time consuming, and most parents do not have as many hours in the day as they desire to spend with their children. Often, YouTube videos come to the rescue in these situations, distracting kids from boredom and increasing their happiness.
Parents and other adults who encounter such childrens’ content often see it as being exclusively for entertainment. Actors make silly faces and noises, frequently joking or simply fooling around with toys. On account of this, many assume that childerns’ content on YouTube is merely silly, providing little to no educational value. However, they may not always be correct.
Don’t underestimate YouTube Kids even if, at first glance, the videos the service hosts may seem to offer little beyond fun and games. Indeed, actors often wear bright, colorful clothes and play countless games with laughing children. The atmosphere is one of endless fun, typical of a childrens’ holiday or birthday party. But dig deeper, and you’ll discover that these bright, cheerful, fun videos are often teaching incredibly useful and crucial lessons, from the English alphabet to the practice of always buckling up in vehicles. Still don’t believe that fun videos for kids can be educational? Then it’s time to get acquainted with the YouTube channel “Vania Mania Kids.”
The history of the family YouTube channel takes us back to 2015. At the time, the family consisted of four: the mom, the dad, their two-year-old Maria, and their four-year-old Ivan. Despite their small age, the kids loved watching YouTube videos with their peers. To say that they enjoyed them is an understatement. Afterall, they got to experience all that we already described: fun, silliness, and games.
One evening, Maria and Ivan asked their parents if they could “do the same”: make fun and entertaining videos for YouTube. Despite their busy schedules, the parents began working with them to film new content. And thus began a long, sometimes difficult path to the channel Vania Mania Kids, which now has over a million subscribers. The family– which creates as well as stars in all of its videos– quickly got carried away. The mother became the main generator of ideas and began screenwriting, and the dad and his children became actors for the channel. In seven years, Vania Mania Kids has grown from several thousand views to 20 million… not too bad!
All of the videos in the family’s YouTube channel are in English, aimed at an international audience, but they are clear and accessible to people from all backgrounds. Moreover, if you check out the videos posted, you will discover that a great deal of substance and educational content is hidden behind the videos’ laughs and bright colors.
For example, their recent video “Five Kids Teach School Bus Rules With Friends” delights children while also teaching them the rules of polite school bus behavior. But how, you may ask, will a child who does not even speak english simply click on a bright picture and learn about proper etiquette? Vania Mania Kids creates videos that instruct through colorful and attention-grabbing video as well as text. Children can watch the actors buckle their seatbelts and understand that it is the correct thing to do. “Five Kids Teach School Bus Rules With Friends” is only one of many, many videos using similar techniques to delight and educate children from all backgrounds.
In each video on the Vania Mania Kids channel, bright pictures and fun directing are not simply incorporated for pure entertainment. Rather, the videos use entertainment to explore and discuss topics of jealousy, mutual understanding, healthy lifestyle, and even a careful attitude towards nature. Vania Mania Kids attempts to broadcast caring family values, where family members treat each other with sincere love and respect, and children help each other in all of their endeavors, whether it be playing or learning.
We hope that, next time you watch anything on YouTube Kids, you decide to watch Vania Mania Kids. You’ll see that, behind the bright colors and fun storylines lie valuable learning lessons. Now let’s meet the family members of Vania Mania Kids!
