In the app, children can immerse themselves in a lovingly designed world of cut-out pieces. Together with Kikaninchen, they embark on exciting explorations, creating cut-out animals on the farm, inventing and testing adventurous vehicles, or watching their favorite shows from the KiKAninchen TV program.

The app isn't intended as a game, but rather as a versatile toy and companion: playful discovery and experimentation, stimulating and fun games without time pressure, creative design, and music-making are the focus. It's an app that grows with the child and allows the child to grow with it – without advertising or content that frightens or overwhelms preschoolers.

The Kikaninchen app is designed for app beginners, tailored to the developmental stage and needs of young media novices. Developed in close collaboration with media educators, it offers children a safe space to gain their first experiences using apps. The app's text-free and child-friendly interface is ideal for preschoolers aged three and up.

There's so much to discover:

- 5 games,
- 6 mini-games,
- Targeted and varied video content from the public broadcasting channels ARD, ZDF, and KiKA,
- Lovingly and diversely designed worlds: underwater, in space, in the forest, on a treasure island, on a pirate ship, etc.

The app offers:

- Multisensory control via touch, blowing, clapping, shaking, and singing,
- It's free, with no in-app purchases or other advertising,
- Downloadable videos for offline use,
- Personalization options,
- Birthday surprises,
- Seasonal and time-of-day adjustments,
- Creation of up to five profiles,
- Child-safe app alarm to limit usage time,
- Child-safe adult section with various settings.

The (media) educational background:

The Kikaninchen app aims to meet preschool children where they are in their individual developmental stages. They are supported according to their needs without being overwhelmed. The app focuses on the following areas:

- Fostering creativity through exploratory trial and error, research, and design,
- Fun and games without being overwhelmed or under time pressure,
- Building self-confidence in one's own actions,
- Promoting media literacy,
- Training attention and concentration skills.

Support:
KiKA is committed to further developing the Kikaninchen app to a high standard in terms of content and technology. Feedback – praise, criticism, ideas, and reports of problems – is helpful in this regard.

The KiKA team is happy to respond to your comments via kika@kika.de. Support cannot be provided through comments in the app stores.

About KiKA:

KiKA is a joint program of the ARD regional broadcasters and ZDF for young viewers aged three to thirteen.

Under the umbrella brand "KiKAninchen," the children's channel of ARD and ZDF offers
the best preschool programs from ARD, ZDF, and KiKA every weekday. For three- to six-year-olds, "KiKAninchen" is the go-to channel. Here they'll find programs tailored to their abilities and needs: stimulating and funny stories and songs.

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