It is unclear at this point whether or not more episodes will be made available, after all 2 series have been made (which makes 104 episodes, or 105 if you count the unreleased “The See-Saw”).

Visit the DailyMotion Pocoyo page to see the rest of the episodes.

I first wrote about Kido’z at the beginning of this year. Basically Kido’z is an application for available for Windows, Mac and Linux which provides a safe environment in which young children can explore the internet. Content, in the form of websites, games and videos, is pre-approved by the Kido’z team, but parents can add content to their child’s account independently. Kido’z is a very feature-packed and kid-friendly program which My Kids TV thoroughly recommends.

Earlier this year Kido’z was upgraded. New features were added, including a system whereby children can send messages to parent-approved contacts using a fantastic picture-driven messaging system and they also have their own room which can be customised. Kido’z also introduced Kido’z Plus, a subscription based upgrade to the basic Kido’z package. Once subscribed, even more features are unlocked:

• More Content – Kido’z Plus members get access to exclusive content including high quality educational games. Content is updated on a regular basis.
• More Personalisation – Kido’z Plus members have access to room editing and avatar styling taking personalisation to the next level.
• More Creativity – Kido’z Plus members get access to tons of cool animation, backgrounds and Ecards for creating exciting and unique Kido’z Mails.
• More Control – Parents get full usage statistics reports including daily time usage, activity reports, most popular content and more…
• More Security – With Kido’z Plus parents get advanced security settings including setting a daily time limit, password protected exit and more…

You can visit the Kido’z website now to download Kido’z, but we’ve got a fantastic Kido’z giveaway. We have five annual subscriptions to Kido’z Plus to give away! Simply visit the My Kids TV Facebook page, become a fan and recommend it to your friends, then leave a comment below. The first five people to do this will win a Kido’z Plus subscription! Good luck!

The user interface is bright and easy to use, as you would expect. There are three sections in Kidoz – websites, games and videos. It takes the “walled garden” approach, allowing the child to access only a handful of approved sites.  At this time this list of sites is fixed (but it is quite comprehensive) but they have informed me that future updates will include customisation and parental controls. Clicking on a link (each represented by a picture as well as the name of the site) opens up the site in a more traditional browser view.  The browser seems fully functional and all games and sites I tried worked fine.

The video section contains a hand-picked selection of videos (they all seem to be from YouTube, although I might be wrong), each spilt into a number of channels.  Clicking on a channel then gives access to the videos in that channel.  This works very well and I can see this being a big plus point of Kidoz.

The games section contains a handful of games that seem to be a little disparate, and this seems to be the least developed section of the program.  I’m sure in time they will add more games, and maybe categorise the games in a similar way to the video section.

All in all Kidoz is a very good system for providing a safe environment for children to experience the internet.  Although a child’s computer activity should be monitored, this provides an extra layer of security.

Try Kidoz here