https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:29:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927844 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:29:54 +0000 josina 2927844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JJ2626: I don't use Spotify but I do believe you can hook it up on Google Nest. My kids usually use either iheartradio or youtube music. They can make specific requests on you tube music, so your DD could easily say "play taylor swift on you tube music" and it would pull it up. I assume it would work the same for spotify. The sound quality is great too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927808 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:49:14 +0000 JJ2626 2927808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Late to this but trying to figure out what to do for my almost 5 yo. She loves music. Disney, but also regular grown up music. We just use Spotify and sonos now but I would love for her to do it on her own. Does either the google nest or echo connect to Spotify? I want her to be able to say play Taylor swift! Or should I just sit the yoto or tonies? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927807 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 11:08:22 +0000 josina 2927807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I ended up buying the Google Nest Hub for both kiddos (50% off now) - It has the music apps, you tube, netflix, etc. so I'm hoping we'll get lots of use out of it without any extra subscriptions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927676 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 20:41:10 +0000 lady baltimore 2927676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Others have given lots of good feedback, so I will just add that we do NOT have an Amazon music subscription, and our Dots still get plenty of use. You can listen to lots of music without a subscription, and our six year old uses the one in her room to listen to Audible books while she falls asleep, and occasionally podcasts. (Our Audible subscription is not active, but she still has access to all of the books that we got for her when we had it.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927667 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:49:59 +0000 Chuckles 2927667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also love our Echo dot for the kids. We got one initially for my son when he was 7 and now my 3 year old uses it, too. We mostly use it for music, but you can also ask Alexa to tell you a joke (that gets a lot of use), or to make animal noises, plus you can play podcasts on it. And it can mostly understand my 3 year old, so she also loves asking it to play favorite songs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927666 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:58:51 +0000 SteelerGirl 2927666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids each have an echo dot in their rooms and they are obsessed. Highly recommend. However, we do have amazon music. The dot is really affordable so if I were you I would downgrade to the dot, and pay for amazon music. I think it would have no problem understanding a 5.5 yr old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927655 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:41:53 +0000 catgirl 2927655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: my DD has just the regular dot - so no screen to watch anything on. I think there are some back and forth type games she could play but she has never been interested. I think the kids+ subscription is definitely worth it, and I think it would be hard to go from having it to not. They would lose access to a lot of music and books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927654 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:36:42 +0000 Anagram 2927654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: My kids use the echo all the time. We do pay for amazon music subscription, but we have like 4 dots and we only have one enabled with the unlimited amazon music, so sometimes the kids move that one Echo around the house to wherever they are. They use it ALL THE TIME. they are 7 and 9 now but we've had it for probably 4 years.</p> <p>They listen to music literally daily. My oldest is in choir and school orchestra/band and my youngest takes piano and voice lessons, so they use it to listen to songs they are learning, they also use it for "leisure" music listening, and they use it to listen to audio books that I buy for them. The audio books are an expense, but they transfer from the car to home and it's better to me than screen time. They also use Alexa for asking the weather daily, setting timers daily, setting reminders, and we have it set up to call us on voice command, so now we go out and run quick errands and leave the kids home alone, and they can use Alexa to call us. And we can use it to drop in on them.</p> <p>I personally use the drop in feature constantly. I'll be in the living room and drop in our the Echo in their room, so I don't have to yell across the house. So if they are listening to music or a book in their room, it interrupts that and I can talk to them and say "Come to the table, dinner is ready" or whatever. </p> <p>We have a weekend house, so if I'm at once house and my husband is at the other, we use the echo to drop in and talk to the kids, etc. There are really so many uses now that we've had it so long. My husband found a good deal once a few years back and ended up buying like 6--I thought it was nuts at the time. But now I'm kind of used to having 3 at each house and communicating and setting timers with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927653 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:34:32 +0000 josina 2927653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catgirl: Thanks for the info! Yes, the kids version comes with 1 year free subscription but I don't think we'd renew it after that so wondering if that would kill the fun.<br /> Can you play games or watch videos on it (like you tube kids through a browser?) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927652 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:30:07 +0000 josina 2927652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: She has a kindle with pandora on it but I think thats the only music app. The cd player I'm looking at does have bluetooth so thats a bonus for the cd player I guess. </p> <p>I have the Shrek soundtrack from the first movie and thats a hit, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927651 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:25:59 +0000 catgirl 2927651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is almost 8, she got an echo dot for her room at 6.5 or 7. We have an Amazon kids+ subscription which applies to her kindle fire and her echo dot (even though she has a regular dot not one of the kids edition, though I believe you get one free year of the subscription if you buy the kids echo dot). </p> <p>With the subscription she doesn't have ads on her device, she can't be asked if she wants to buy anything, and there are parental controls on what she can listen to. We are prime members but no not have amazon music unlimited. So she listens to music but also audio books and podcasts. She uses it as her alarm, to check the weather, to learn silly jokes, and as an intercom to our living room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927650 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:17:07 +0000 josina 2927650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hitchhiker: 5 1/2. We would consider getting one for my son too who is 8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927649 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:07:44 +0000 PinkElephant 2927649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on what she wants to hear. Even with our prime subscription, my daughters keep running into things that Alexa tells them they need to pay to hear (random things, like the theme song to the show "Shake it Up", some Taylor Swift, etc.) Although they love broadcasting music on the Echo Dots in our house, I think our family Spotify subscription serves them better....but that would require that your daughter has some sort of device (phone/tablet).</p> <p>I love that she loves your old CD collection - my 10 year old is super into my old school ipod Nano (from when they first came out with the video screens) - it hasn't been updated since 2010 and has some real gems. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927648 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:27:51 +0000 hitchhiker 2927648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your DD? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/amazon-echo-for-kids#post-2927647 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:48:48 +0000 josina 2927647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I am almost the least tech savvy person ever - I still use and love my countertop cd player in the kitchen (although I do bluetooth music to it from my phone).</p> <p>DD loves to switch out cds (my collection from the 90's &amp; 2000's :grin: ). </p> <p>For Christmas I'm debating between getting her own cd player (with bonus microphone), or an Amazon Echo. </p> <p>Which would you choose? Who loves the Echo? We do have Prime, but not Amazon music so I'm concerned about how much music she could actually play. She is in speech still so not sure how well Echo will understand her voice commands. </p> <p>What can she do on the Echo? It would obviously be our first in the house so I'm clueless as to capabilities. </p>