Editors Best Tech of 2011: The coolest apps for tweens and big kids

by Cool Mom Team | Editors' Picks of the Year

Those tweens and big kids can be a tough crowd when it comes to technology, but these apps have passed the test. And why we’re always wondering where our iPhones and iPads are. BrainPOPLiz: Our post headline says it all: Brain Pop Jr answers kids’...

Editors Best Tech of 2011: The coolest apps for grade schoolers

by Cool Mom Team | Editors' Picks of the Year

These top kids’ apps of 2011 are the perfect combination of education and entertainment, which is why our editors–and our grade schoolers–think they’re cool. Don’t Let the Pigeon Run This AppLiz: While Mo Willems’ debut app is...

Holiday audiobooks for kids: A good excuse to spend 30 hours relaxing around the fire

by Molly | Best Apps

I tend to get a little romantic around the holidays. Not in the candlelight dinner with my husband kind of way, but more in the drink hot chocolate, nibble on cookies, music playing softly in the background while my pajama-clad children (who never fight over who gets...

What happens when a designer mom creates a preschool app

by Molly | Best Apps, Educational Apps

When Alma Loveland, well-known and uber-talented illustrator from Ollibird Designs created an education app for preschoolers the results were nothing short of amazing. This new learning app features 5 games that help your littles with their numbers, letters, shapes,...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Santa needs a trim

by Christina Refford | Uncategorized

Usually opening the Advent Calendar is the biggest thing my kids do on December 1st, but this year, they gave Santa a haircut. And a shave. And then dyed his hair pink. And none of it put them on Santa’s Naughty List. Yes, Toca Boca, one of our favorite app...

Oh Appy Day! featuring Jennie Garth

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, we’re thrilled to welcome cool mom of 3 and actress Jennie Garth, whose kids like some of our own favorite apps! My kids love Cookie and Cake Doodle. They...

6 apps to help families survive the Thanksgiving road trip

by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks

If you are among the millions of folks traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday, we’ve rounded up six cool apps that we think will help make your trip smoother, for you and your kids. Just make sure you’ve got the headphones packed and your smart phone and...

The perfect road trip app for any egocentric toddler

by Molly | Best Apps

One of my kids’ favorite things to do on my iPad is flip through all the pictures and search for photos of themselves. Yes, they’re self-centered like that. So you can imagine their sheer joy at this newest app which makes their shining little faces the...

Buy an app, help a child.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Best Apps, Educational Apps

We love apps, and we love books, and we love celebrities. But we really love when all three come together to help kids who really need it. Our friends at Ruckus Media Group are partnering with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for their annual Thanks and...

The old Cinderella story gets way cool as an iPad story

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Though I’ve known the story of Cinderella for about four decades, I’ve got to hand it to the talents at Nosy Crow for freshening it up into an entertaining, engaging and interactive story worthy of 2011. Using the same playful attention to detail that made...