Come September, YouTube Kids is set to launch a #BackToSchool initiative featuring a crop of education-themed videos created and curated by the likes of Mayim Bialik and Maddie Moate.
Bialik and Moate have both compiled #BackToSchool-themed playlists for the YouTube Kids app that will be available throughout September, while YouTube Kids will also roll out new school-themed videos every day next month, from locker decorating tips to school supply DIYs.
Bialik, best known for her role on CBS‘ The Big Bang Theory, headlines a popular YouTube channel where she discusses various interests with her roughly 252,000 subscribers. And given that she holds a PhD in neuroscience, Bialik guest-starred in Life Noggin
’s popular mental health web series The Brain And You. Moate, for her part, has been hosting educational online content for the past six years that focuses on bees. She has amassed more than 18 million views on her channel to date.In addition to the playlists, YouTube Kids has also debuted Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab animated series as part of the #BackToSchool event. From the creators of SpongeBob Square Pants and Dragon Tales, Secret Lab combines visual experiments with characters who get caught up in different adventures.
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