Pocket Kids News is a free, safe, kid-friendly daily news for kids website built for elementary students ages 8–12, their parents, teachers, and homeschool families. We turn the day's real current events for kids into simple news articles for children — calm, age-appropriate, ad-light, and easy to read.

Live site: https://pocketkidsnews.saraiandalani.workers.dev/

Pocket Kids News is a kids news website that publishes educational news for kids every day. We cover kid-friendly world events, science news for kids, sports, animals, and fun facts for kids — all written at a grade 3–6 reading level so children can understand the world without scary headlines or clickbait.

If you've been searching for any of these, you're in the right place:

• news for kids ages 8-12
• current events for elementary students
• safe news for kids
• daily news for kids
• kid-friendly world events
• simple news for children
• educational news for kids
• science news for kids
• news articles for elementary school
• weekly news for kids / breaking news for kids (explained simply)

• Parents asking "How do I explain the news to my child?" or "What news is safe for kids to watch?"
• Teachers looking for free current events articles for elementary students (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th grade)
• Homeschoolers who need a reliable news for homeschoolers resource
• Kids ages 8–12 who want to know what's happening in the world today, explained in plain language

• Daily news articles for kids — short, factual, age-appropriate
• Science news for kids and tech stories every week
• Kid-friendly world events and US current events
• Fun facts for kids, quizzes, crossword, and horoscope sections
• Live real-time date + rotating kids news ticker
• Optional $1/month subscription + one-time donations (Stripe)
• Mobile-first, fast (Cloudflare Pages / Workers)
• No scary headlines, no creepy ads, no tracking pixels aimed at kids

• HTML / CSS / vanilla JavaScript — static, fast, lightweight
• Cloudflare Pages + Workers hosting (functions/api)
• Stripe for subscriptions and donations
• _headers and _redirects for security + clean URLs

1. Fork or clone this repo.
2. Go to Cloudflare Pages (https://pages.cloudflare.com/) and Create Application.
3. Connect the repo with build settings:
   • Framework: None (static)
   • Build command: (leave blank)
   • Output directory: / (root)
4. Add Stripe env vars (see STRIPE_SETUP.md).
5. Deploy. Your kids news website is live.

This project targets high-intent, low-difficulty kid-news keywords:

Primary: news for kids, daily news for kids, current events for kids, safe news for kids, news for kids ages 8-12

Secondary: kid-friendly world events, simple news for children, educational news for kids, science news for kids, news articles for elementary school, current events for elementary students, fun facts for kids

Long-tail (parent + teacher voice search):

• How do kids learn about world events?
• Easy explanations of news for 10-year-olds
• How do I explain the news to my child?
• Free current events articles for 4th grade / 5th grade
• Best news website for elementary students
• Kid-friendly alternative to BBC Newsround / Time for Kids / DOGOnews
• News for homeschoolers
• Lexile-leveled news articles free

• RSS feed for daily kids news
• Lexile / grade-level toggle per article
• Read-aloud audio for every article
• Printable PDF worksheets for teachers
• Spanish-language edition (noticias para niños)
• Weekly newsletter for parents and teachers

Content © Pocket Kids News. Code released under MIT.

Pocket Kids News — daily news for kids, made safe and simple.