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“Waffles are ready!” you announce to the Amazon Echo in your kitchen. Moments later — with none of the usual morning shouting or cajoling — your jammies-clad crew staggers in, hoping it’s true.
How is this possible? Because you installed a cute, kid-themed Amazon Echo Dot in each of their rooms. Right now — in a sale that happens rarely at Amazon — Amazon Echo Dot Kids Editions are on sale for $34.99. That’s half-price! And it includes a year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, a cute red case, and a guarantee: If the kids break it, Amazon will replace it. Sweet!
Once you have these tiny AIs all over the house (the regular Echo Dot is also on sale), you can drop in on their rooms using the Echo’s intercom feature, set alarms, and outsource some of the read-aloud duties. Announce breakfast from the kitchen, do the bedtime countdown from the couch. Kids can ask Alexa to tell jokes for kids, play music, and read aloud from a massive collection of books and audio books available through FreeTime Unlimited. If this sounds like a recipe for a child that never sleeps, use the parental controls to set bedtimes and time limits.
