10 of the best YouTube videos to burn your child’s energy

I first saw this precious life hack At TikTok: If you need to keep your child busy for a while, search YouTube for “Mario Run”. I did, but I wasn’t sure if the resulting video would really get the kids’ attention. So I suggested to my kindergarten daughter to try some. Her eyes widened when she saw the thumbnails on my screen. “We do these at school!” She screamed and immediately began demanding that I play her favorite on TV in her living room.

These videos have different styles and themes, but they all feel like interactive games. You might imagine them as playing in a virtual reality game, or a gesture recognition controller. However, it turns out that the child doesn’t have to worry about whether the game is actually reacting to his or her actions. They just want to run and fly around. So here are 10 of the best videos to achieve this goal. These can be played directly from YouTube without the need for a game console.