My son and I have been enjoying The Kid Should See This curated videos for the past year. It’s videos made for an adult audience, but age-appropriate for kids. The topics range from science to arts and entertainment. We subscribe to a weekly email that has five videos. After watching a pile of them, my son selected these four as his favorites to share with you!
An amazing cut paper stop-motion paper forest by Kelli Anderson and Daniel Dunnam.
Domino Physics. Who doesn’t love watching someone’s painstakingly created domino creation come to a successful conclusion? The Kid Should See This also has those Rube Goldberg contraptions that we dearly love.
This was very moving to my son who also plays soccer.
In a village outside of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this Congolese gentleman crafts found scraps of garbage into a homemade soccer ball. Though the region has been plagued with war, terrorism, and ongoing conflicts for decades, filmmaker Jerome Thelia writes in The New York Times, “…children there still play with passion and joy – regardless of what kind of ball they are using.”
Surprising results with these science experiments conducted by Olympia Brown and her daughter Viola. Here they explore density of household objects.
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Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación
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- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal
- Kirkus: The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of Spring 2026
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Barbed Wire Between Us Teacher’s Guide
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- California Eureka Non-Fiction Gold Award
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
The Traveling Taco:
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Silver Award
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025
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We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
- ALSC Notable Children’s Book
- 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
- Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
- 2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
- Recommended Reading for the Social Justice Literature Award 2025 (International Literacy Association)
- Pennsylvania Mountain Laurel Book Award Nominee 2026-27
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
- Sunshine State Young Readers Award Orange Blossom List for Nonfiction
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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Bank Street College’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year
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I enjoyed watching these with my son. His top three: lava lamp, soccer ball, and dominoes.
The animation was awesome too. Lots of fun!
Hi Ann,
I’m so glad your son watched them with you!! I’ll tell my son that your son liked them too! That will make him really happy!
COOL! This sounds awesome! 😀 I think I’ll subscribe! 🙂
Hi Erik,
The videos are great! I think you’ll like them too!
This is such a cool site for kids! I enjoyed watching all of the videos. The most moving was the soccer ball. But, I really loved each viedeo. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much Patricia! I’ll let my son know. He curated their curated videos — I think he watched four or five weeks worth and then ranked them. It’s been such a fun way to learn about science and art together!
I also watched them all sans kids 🙂
Hi Faigie,
I’m glad you enjoyed them! I’m posting on the videos from the newsletter that I loved so I totally agree that it’s great to share with kids but the videos are fun for adults too! I like curated content! I need more of that in my life!!! Is there such a job as a personal assistant who just curates everything for you from soup to nuts?! LOL!!