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- Amazon FreeTime Unlimited gives your children access to tens of thousands of kid-friendly books, games, songs, and shows curated by age range.
- For Amazon Prime members, a FreeTime Unlimited subscription costs a mere $2.99 per month for a single child plan, or $49.99 (originally $69.99) per year for a family plan serving up to four children.
- Parents can set software controls to limit the types of content a child can engage with, impose time limits, and even create custom rewards, like games and shows that are unlocked by reading.
If you are struggling to find enough age-appropriate, entertaining but educational, and easily navigated content for your child, you are not alone. Parents have struggled for years to find enough decent shows, games, books, and music that they feel comfortable letting their kids consume, but Amazon has your back with its FreeTime Unlimited service.
Now called Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, because a subscription provides unlimited access to thousands of kid-friendly shows, games, movies, books, and more, the service can be accessed on the Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, and various Android and iOS devices. In fact, when you buy a Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet ($99.99), you get a year of FreeTime Unlimited at no cost.
You can also customize a child's access, creating up to four accounts with a family subscription, using time limits, age filters. Finally, the Learn First feature blocks access to select games and shows or movies until a child has first met specified educational goals, like a certain time spent reading or a certain number of books read.
And, don't worry about turning your own Kindle or phone over to a kid while they use Amazon FreeTime: Your kid can't log out of the service and access other apps, the web, or anything else on the device without getting out of FreeTime using a passcode.
Here's how to set up an Amazon FreeTime account and let your kid(s) start using it.
You are now a subscriber to Amazon FreeTime Unlimited. Keep in mind that, starting in one month, your credit card on file will begin to incur $2.99 monthly charges. So, if FreeTime isn't working for your family, don't forget to cancel! And if it is, consider saving some cash with a year-long subscription paid at one time — it's $49.99 for Prime members.
Now go to the Parent Dashboard and hit the Get Started button.
Now, using Amazon FreeTime Unlimited is as easy as scrolling through the rows of shows, books, movies and more. Let your child enjoy the many programs and various types of media selected for being kid-friendly, educational, and entertaining, and don't worry about him or her stumbling into the darker corners of the internet.
Get a free 30-day trial of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited — $2.99/month after the trial ends or $69.00/year for Prime Members (originally $99.00)
Buy the 2019 Fire 7 Kids Edition for $99.99 and get 1 year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, a Kid-Proof Case with built-in stand, and a 2-year guarantee
Steven John Freelance Writer Steven John is a freelance writer living near New York City by way of 12 years in Los Angeles, four in Boston, and the first 18 near DC. When not writing or spending time with his wife and kids, he can occasionally be found climbing mountains. His writing is spread across the web, and his books can be found at www.stevenjohnbooks.com. Read more Read lessYou can purchase syndication rights to this story here.
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