In a nutshell, it's been life changing! That might sound over the top but it's true. Prior to finding out about the Yoto Player, going anywhere was a bit of a nightmare. My son is autistic and he loves to be mentally challenged and stimulated so going to shops or the supermarket was stressful. Now whenever we go anywhere, he brings his Yoto Mini, a selection of cards and his headphones and he's a happy little dude.
Prior to the Yoto, he didn't have much screen time at home but now he hardly ever has screen time because he would rather listen to something on his Yoto Player. He loves listening to Yoto Daily, music, yoga, stories and educational content. I love the variety of cards and the podcasts because his happy place is being mentally stimulated and challenged. Since listening to the different options, he's learned so much. He's in year 1 at school and he's learning things before he learns them at school and he loves that.
My little dude used to have speech and language issues but listening to the Yoto has really helped his vocabulary and it's also helped him understand humour. He hears Jake's jokes and he tries to make up his own or he tries to repeat Jake's jokes. My son struggles to understand a lot of humour because he's extremely literal but since listening to the jokes from Jake, it's been lovely to see him trying to understand them.
More recently, we've started using the Yoto Player at bedtime. He responds best to rules and visual cues. He goes to bed and he starts by listening to one of the bedtime podcasts - the current one is Koko Sleep. I have the Yoto set to switch to night time mode with the red light turning on to signal night time. Once he's finished listening to an episode, he listens to the sleep radio for 5-10 minutes. This new routine works well for him.
I can't recommend Yoto enough, I only wish I had come across it sooner and I recommend it to everyone that mentions to me that they have children.
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