While nothing replaces reading the humble bedtime story, audio players can instil a love for reading, broadening their horizons of the world of books that awaits and sparking their imagination in the meantime. During our testing, she could often be found in the bathroom too, as our testers loved listening to music during bathtime. TIMIO allows children from 2 – 6 years to enjoy stories and popular children's songs while absorbing knowledge like the alphabet, colours, animals, music instruments and more, with all content available in 8 languages! Released this year, beyond the cute owl face, there’s a whole host of technology in place for seamless and safe listening for kids.

The Timio player felt safe in the clutches of our young testers, as it’s super durable – they loved carrying it around the house and into the car, using the integrated handle. All other states where Timios directly provides title and escrow services and products are provided by Timios, Inc.I highly recommend Timio to any parent who wants to improve their kids' vocabulary and knowledge of other languages.

Launched in 2015 by co-founders Melissa and Helene, Tiimo has grown from a small Scandinavian startup to an award-winning app that’s changing lives worldwide. There’s also a clever sleep mode you can activate (one for the parents), meaning the Voxblock will go into standby mode after 20 minutes. The TIMIO comes with discs featuring a variety of themes, from nursery rhymes and colours to body parts and vehicles. If you’ve never heard of StoryPhones, don’t feel too bad – tech giant Onanoff only launched the story telling headsets back in 2021, but it’s certainly made an impression.There’s also a convenient headphone jack, automatic switch-off 10 minutes after no usage, and three volume levels. Unlike other audio players, TIMIO is also versatile and can play Nursery Rhymes, teach vocabulary, transform into a music instrument, help kids fall asleep, and play fairy tales all in one device. It’s so easy for little hands to use, and provides a brilliant, fun screen-free alternative for people wanting to give their child something a little different to play with. Besides this, we’ll give some nice present ideas to stimulate your child through play after school and to wind down together before bedtime. But keep in mind that even rechargeable batteries degrade over time and may need to be replaced after a while.

Simply plug in and connect via Bluetooth, and you’ll be asked by Alexa to select a primary child profile and it will talk you through granting parental consent for the device. The NICE British National Formulary (BNF) site is only available to users in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).Our testers were delighted to slot in their favourites, from Disney classics to Paw Patrol and Peppa Pig – with something to suit ages three to 12 years old. The toniebox device is a child-friendly audio player that is geared towards independent play for pre-school children.