Try Again: the sing-along that settles wound-up energy fastest in this batch
An animated resilience song that scores near the top of this batch for calming down, before or after the wobble.
This one does a lot with three minutes: a yellow-to-green score of 95 and a red-to-green score of 75 put it among the stronger regulation performers in this whole batch, calming, not just neutral. It's unmistakably aimed at younger children (the data flags it as babyish for over-8s), but for 4 to 7 year olds working on 'try, try again' resilience, it's doing real work.
At a glance
Will it actually calm them down?
One of the stronger settle-down scores in this batch
Lifts a flat mood nicely too
A genuinely useful pick after a meltdown, no presenter to manageScores measure how reliably this video moves a child toward a settled, regulated state. In the Piko app, kids tell us their weather and we do the matching automatically.
Which kids will love it?
Why it works
There's no presenter to manage here, just an animated sing-along with a warm, calm tone (pacing score 85, 6.5 second average shot length). The only slightly less-than-ideal note is an annoyance score of 4 out of 10, mostly down to subscribe and like reminders rather than anything in the song itself.
What it does exceptionally well is regulate. Yellow-to-green sits at 95 and red-to-green at 75, both strong, with blue-to-green at 90: a genuinely rare triple-strong profile that covers wound-up, flat and meltdown-adjacent moods in one go, and the energy effect is rated calming outright.
Entertainer (90) and Dreamer (85) lead the play style scores at ages 4 to 5, and it's ASD-safe, PDA-safe, anxiety-safe and ADHD-friendly throughout. Worth flagging honestly: the data marks this as babyish for over-8s, with a high rejection risk at that age, so it's very much a younger-years pick rather than an all-ages one.
When to reach for it
- Calm-down before bed. Yellow-to-green 95 and a calming energy effect, with a proper ending and no cliffhanger.
- After a big meltdown. Red-to-green 75 with no presenter to manage and low sensory intensity throughout.
- After-school wobble. A resilience-themed song that fits the 'try again' message when a day hasn't gone to plan.
Sensory & SEN notes
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Questions parents ask
Is this too babyish for my 8 year old?
Likely, yes. The data flags it as babyish for over-8s with a high rejection risk at that age. It's built for and scores best with 4 to 7 year olds (Entertainer 90, Dreamer 85), so it's worth saving for that age group.
Will it help calm my child down?
Yes, unusually well. It scores 95 for yellow-to-green (wound-up to settled) and 75 for red-to-green (meltdown recovery), a genuinely rare combination in this batch, and the overall energy effect is rated calming rather than neutral. Blue-to-green sits at 90 too, so it works for a flat, low-energy mood just as well.
What's the annoyance score about?
It sits at 4 out of 10, on the higher side for this batch, mostly down to subscribe and like reminders built into the video rather than anything in the song's tone, which is rated warm and calm throughout. There's no live presenter at all, just animation, so the reminders are really the only distraction to be aware of.
Is it safe for an anxious or autistic child?
Yes. It's marked ASD-safe, PDA-safe and anxiety-safe, with a suggestion-based tone, no demand language, and low overall sensory intensity. Only bright colours are flagged at all. It's also ADHD-friendly, and the curator's confidence in this recommendation is a full 1 out of 1.
40+ checks per video, with a final pass from the review desk · Scored 11 July 2026 · We do not host videos; playback is via YouTube's official embed.