Bedtime Stories Are Here

We've launched bedtime stories. It's live now. Still has some bugs we're working through, but it's out there and working.

We already use Yoto for bedtime in our house. Have done for years. But that's listening together - sitting with Dougie while a story plays, being there until he drifts off.

This is about the other bit. The "I need to leave the room now" bit. The moment you've done the story, said goodnight, and need something gentle to keep playing while they fall asleep on their own.

That's what we've built. Bedtime stories that work like Daily Adventure - set it up once, it just runs.

How It Works

Separate Yoto card for bedtime, same logic as the morning routine. You set it up, choose your preferences, and the card updates automatically with new content. One card, no faffing about linking new ones every night.

The structure is:

Goodnight intro - A gentle greeting using your child's name in their chosen language. "Goodnight Emma, time for sleep..."

Stories and music alternating - Up to 3 stories, with calming music between each:

• Story 1 → Music 1
• Story 2 → Music 2
• Story 3 → Music 3

Pick how many stories you want per night (1, 2, or 3). Each story gets a piece of calming classical music after it.

Ambient sound - White noise, rain sounds, or none. Plays at the end to help them drift off completely.

The Story Library

We've launched with four classic collections, plus Dougie's original Skypair stories, all available in English, French, and Spanish:

• Aesop's Fables - Perfect bedtime length, timeless lessons
• Grimm's Fairy Tales - Classic stories told gently for bedtime
• Ashanti Folk Tales - Rich African storytelling tradition
• Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories - How the leopard got his spots, how the camel got his hump
• Skypair Stories - Dougie's robot adventures from the rubbish dump

These aren't just translated - they're retold natively in each language. A French Aesop's Fable isn't an English story translated, it's retold by someone who speaks French, for French-speaking children. Same with Spanish. Same with Dougie's Skypair adventures. That matters.

Voices and Quality

Stories are currently narrated by AI voices while we work on expanding to volunteers and paid voice artists. With 46 stories across three languages to record and review, that's a lot of work - we'll get there.

The retelling into French and Spanish was done by volunteers doing their best. There might be mistakes we'll correct in time, but having native speakers retell these stories for their language matters more than perfection right away.

The goodnight greetings are AI (they need to say your child's name). We're planning to open this up to parents recording their own greetings in the future.

Auto Playlist or Manual Selection

Some kids want something different every night. Some kids want the exact same story for six months straight.

Auto playlist - Pick a collection like "Grimm's Fairy Tales" or "Aesop's Fables" and it automatically rotates through different stories from that collection each night.

Manual selection - Pick up to 3 specific stories and they play in that order every night until you change them. Perfect for kids who want "The Tortoise and the Hare" every single night for the next year.

Multi-Language

The functionality is built for stories in different languages. English, Spanish, and French at launch. Good for bilingual households or just gently introducing another language at a low-pressure moment.

Pick one language for each child's bedtime card, and the stories, greeting, and everything plays in that language.

Scheduled Playback

Like the morning alarm, you can set bedtime to trigger automatically at a specific time. 7:30pm, the Yoto starts playing. Signals to your child that bedtime has begun, even if you're busy with a sibling or finishing the dishes.

Removes the negotiation. The routine starts whether you're standing there or not.

Try It Now

If you're already using Daily Adventure, go to your dashboard and add the bedtime card. Set it up with your preferences - language, story collection, scheduled time.

If you're new to Daily Adventure, sign up and you can set up both morning and bedtime from the same place.

It's live. It works. There are still some bugs we're ironing out, but we wanted to get it out there.

The Idea

Morning Daily Adventure is about energy - getting kids up, telling them about their day, music that makes them wiggle.

Bedtime is the opposite. Calm. Gentle. Familiar. Something that says "the day is done, time to rest."

Same app, same card logic, completely different energy.

From good morning to goodnight.