Wikids Uses Kids’ Love of Dinosaurs to Safeguard Cognitive Development

The app designed to build the cognitive foundation for the next generation launches an all-new Dinosaurs Category

Tel Aviv, Israel, August, 2026 | Wikids, the app designed to cultivate curiosity in pre-readers, is announcing the launch of an all-new Dinosaurs category. The category was created for kids aged 3-7, and contains dozens of entries about the awesome, fearsome creatures that have captivated the imaginations of millions of children and adults around the world.

In line with Wikids’ existing content, each entry in the Dinosaurs category contains friendly narration, audio, images and read-along highlighted words. The content is written from a child’s point of view, utilizing practices that keep children truly engaged, giving them the satisfaction of exploring on their own, making discoveries and generating real motivation to stay curious without points, “stars” or any other dopamine-driven rewards system. Each entry leads to related topics, across all of Wikids’ categories, empowering kids to explore and discover on their own, while creating intuitive links between topics.

Keeping Minds Sharp in the Age of AI

According to federal data, literacy rates across several age groups in the United States have been in sharp decline since 2017. Moreover, since the Covid pandemic, children's cognitive and executive functions have also deteriorated significantly.

Recent research also suggests that heavy dependence on instant-answer tools may weaken memory retention and critical thinking skills over time. By laying out a path of discovery that follows the natural flow of curiosity, Wikids can be a major countermeasure to these phenomena.

By enabling children to discover on their own and string together “aha moments,” Wikids helps to develop an intrinsic desire to learn and explore, without using “stars” or points, keeping the focus on curiosity. Now, with the addition of the Dinosaurs category, kids can gain these benefits while learning about one of the most captivating topics in the history of our planet.

About Wikids

Founded in 2014 by parents and education experts, Wikids was initially created to make knowledge accessible to kids with a talking encyclopedia. Today, Wikids has been redesigned to fit the needs of children in the age of AI. The Wikids app covers hundreds of topics, across various categories: Animals, the human body, dinosaurs, nature, countries, landmarks and monuments, foods, musical instruments, transportation, and space. Each entry is written from a child’s point of view, with friendly narration, sounds, images, videos and highlighted read-along words. The entries comprise a vast knowledge graph that enables the child to navigate on their own across categories, developing curiosity, vocabulary, and cultivating the joy of discovery.

The Wikids app is available for tablets and smartphones, on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

For press inquiries, please contact info@wikids.world