Can sound alone grab a child's attention?
A few weeks ago we went to see Annie, the musical. It was my son’s first time at a show, and I expected the usual: a bit of excitement, a bit of restlessness, and then the inevitable “I’m done.”
Instead, he stayed focused for nearly three hours.
On the way out, he kept repeating little fragments of the songs. Later at home, he would try to sing parts of the lyrics again, like he was replaying the experience in his head. It was one of those moments you want to keep alive, without turning it into a screen habit.
And I also did not want this to become another “thing” we’d have to buy, carry, and keep track of, like cards or figurines.
That’s when Koobiba clicked for us in a very real way.
Keeping a moment alive, without a screen
Not long after the show, we found online a recording of music performed live by the cast. We transferred it to Koobiba and gave it to him.
The result was fascinating.
Once he discovered he could press a button and hear the music he loved, he would place Koobiba in front of him, sit down, and listen to it on repeat. He would just look at the device, fully focused.
Why Koobiba made this easy
What mattered most was the timing. We didn’t “save it for later.” We found the music and transferred it right away, while the memory was still fresh.
Koobiba makes this possible because:
- No cards or figurines are needed, so there’s nothing extra to buy, carry, lose, or replace.
- The player does not require internet. The content lives on the device.
- Transfers happen locally, from the parent app to the player, no cloud required for your own files by default.
It felt like the simplest possible loop: discover something meaningful, put it on Koobiba, replay it anytime.
All possible use cases
For us, it was a musical.
But it could just as well be:
- a musician on the street
- a song playing in a store
- birds in the park
- a lullaby from a grandparent
- a silly made-up chant from a car ride
Kids get attached to tiny moments. The problem is, those moments usually disappear as quickly as they arrive.
Koobiba is built to help you capture them, then hand them back to your child in a screen-free way.