Saved Videos

Videos kept on this device. They play with no internet.

Which comes first?
For grown-ups

Save a few calm favorites on this device for the car, a plane or anywhere with no internet. Your child taps a picture and one video plays, then it stops on "All done" with a line for you to talk about it. After 3 in a row it suggests a break. Nothing plays next by itself.

Child lock: tap the lock at the top right. The ways out and this box hide, and your child sees only the saved videos. To unlock, hold the lock for 3 seconds and answer a sum.

Save a classic film

Old films whose copyright has ended, from Classic Stories. Each is copied once from Wikimedia Commons and then plays from this device.

    Add a video from this device

    It stays on this device. It is never uploaded or sent anywhere.

    Saved on this device

      YouTube: YouTube doesn't allow its videos to be saved outside YouTube. To keep a YouTube favorite for the car, use YouTube's own Download button in the YouTube app (YouTube Premium).

      Open this page once while online and it opens with no internet after that.

      Evening look (dimmer and warmer)

      Why it's good for your child, what they learn, and how we designed it

      Free, no ads, no sign-in. Your videos are kept in this browser on this device and never sent anywhere; your child is never recorded. Clearing this site's data in the browser deletes them.

      Why it's good for your child

      Children learn most from a screen when a grown-up watches along and talks about it (AAP, Zero to Three). Saved Videos lets you pick a few calm favorites ahead of time for the car or a flight, so the screen holds only what you chose, with no feed and nothing new to chase when the signal drops.

      What they learn

      Watching a familiar video again helps a young child follow the story and talk about it, and the line on the "All done" screen gives you a question to ask. The classic films come with a talk line from Classic Stories, and your own family videos are a chance to name people and places together. No school standard maps to a list of saved videos, so we don't claim one.

      How we designed it for ages 3 to 8

      Only what a grown-up saved is on the shelf: old public-domain films from Classic Stories and your own videos, never an endless list, and calm, slower videos are best because fast cartoons lowered 4-year-olds' attention right after (Lillard & Peterson 2011). Nothing plays until a picture is tapped, one video plays and then it stops on "All done", and after 3 in a row it suggests a stretch or a chat; the AAP suggests at most 1 hour a day for ages 2 to 5, with a grown-up. There is nothing to collect and no "one more" prompt (Radesky 2022), and saving, deleting and the order sit behind the Child lock.

      About Saved Videos

      Saved Videos keeps a few calm videos on your device so they play with no internet: on a road trip, a flight, or at a cabin with no signal. You choose what goes on the shelf, your child taps a picture, and one video plays.

      What you can save

      • Classic films from Classic Stories, such as Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). Their copyright has ended, and each keeps its credit and license.
      • Your own videos from this device: a family video, or one you're allowed to keep and play at home. They stay on this device and are never uploaded.

      YouTube videos can't be saved here, because YouTube doesn't allow it. For more calm shows online, see Learning Videos; for the old films with a story and a game, see Classic Stories.

      Questions parents ask

      Do saved videos really play with no internet?

      Yes. Open Saved Videos once while you're online. After that the page and every video saved on it open with no internet, in the car or on a plane.

      Can I save a YouTube video here?

      No. YouTube doesn't allow its videos to be saved outside YouTube. To keep a YouTube favorite for the car, use YouTube's own Download button in the YouTube app (YouTube Premium).

      Are my own videos uploaded anywhere?

      No. A video you add is kept in this browser on this device and is never sent anywhere. Delete it here any time.

      Which films can I save?

      The old public-domain films from Classic Stories, such as Gertie the Dinosaur (1914), copied from Wikimedia Commons with their credit and license.