Seth Rogen, Alessia Cara will join Bell Media's Unsinkable Youth special

Canadian superstars Seth Rogen and Alessia Cara are all set to join Bell Media's hour-long special tomorrow, May 22, at 1 pm ET in support of Canadian youth. The company partnered with Unsinkable and Kids Help Phone for this special program airing on CTV, and everywhere CTV content can be found. Unsinkable founder and Olympian rower Silken Laumann and Netflix's Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan will be hosting the show. 

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Google Play Store to launch 'Teach approved' children-friendly app section

With a lot of parents having their children at home right now, there is a need to keep the young ones entertained when they aren't doing schoolwork or chores. Google hopes to help out with a new Kids section in the Play Store. The apps in the said section will be "Teacher approved," and Google claims these have been rated by teachers and meet the company's quality standards. The apps are evaluated based on how age-appropriate they are, the quality of experience, enrichment, and delight. Google also adds more information about whether the app will be right for their kid. It's first launching in the US, with international countries getting it in the coming months. We're hoping it arrives here sooner than later.

Netflix still wants to help you trick your kids with new fake New Year’s countdown

If your children haven’t discovered it yet (or you’re trying it out for the first time), Netflix has a kid-friendly fake New Year’s Eve countdown video ready for 2017. The idea behind this clip is to show it to your child/children a few hours before midnight and then send them off to sleep afterwards—it’ll supposedly give you time to party with the adults after.  Head to Netflix and search for Countdowns. You can see clips from 10 Netflix videos (including the likes of Chasing Cameron, Fuller House, Trollhunters, All Hail King Julian, Beat Bugs, etc.) with each video lasting  between one and five minutes. Common sense dictates you don’t try this on kids that can tell time, how else are you going to fool them to head to bed early?

Source: Lifehacker

Toronto-based developers Sago Sago create iPad apps that are safe, positive and fun

My kid has been enjoying various apps from Toronto-based  Sago Sago,  a Toronto based developer with a small team of talented designers and developers that create apps that children love and parents trust. The games include elements of logic, pattern recognition, music and various easter eggs that are a delight to anyone who plays or watches the games unfold.

Building clever applications and games rooted on kids' natural sense of wonder, creativity and curiosity yet focusing on creating experiences that are safe, positive and fun. The company just they launched their newest app Saga Mini Monsters.

Their apps, including Sago Mini Forest Flyer, Sago Mini Doodlecast, Sago Mini Sound Box, Sago Mini Bug Builder, Sago Mini Pet Cafe  have topped charts around the world.