Go Sum – Like Scrabble, if it were numbers

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps

I am all about tools that transform math problems into games that keep you engaged and thinking. So I am digging this new math app, Go Sum, because it is just perfect for kids that may be a bit math-phobic, while still keeping it interesting for the children that...

Instagram pics, Facebook pics, iPhoto pics and more, all in one happy place.

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps

Have you ever wanted to turn all of your friends’ various Instagram photos into a gallery on your tablet? What about finding a way to share your Instagram, Facebook, Shutterfly and iPhone galleries with your family in an easy way–emphasis on easy. We have...

Amazon Instant Video comes to the iPad, yay!

by Jeana | Travel

With an impending long road trip that the kids are already whining about, I’m in the process of loading up the digital entertainment options on my iPad. My primary source has always been iTunes, but with the launch of the new Amazon Instant Video for iPad app,...

Amazing Alex – The Angry Birds folks score again

by Eva Glettner | Games + Gaming

One of my favorite games as a kid was MouseTrap, with that crazy three-dimensional Rube Goldberg device. In fact, I’m psyched that my kids love playing it as much as I do. This fantastic new app [edited] being distributed by the award-winning team behind Angry...

Hone in on finding those car keys

by Jeana | Best Apps

My daughter loves to play house and has lately taken to using my car keys – for carpooling, of course. While she is usually good about putting them back, there have been times when she has left them somewhere on her “route,” resulting in a mad...

Numberlys – a new must-have app that’s as gorgeous as it is smart

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Who invented the alphabet? is my son’s latest impossible-to-answer question. I’ve tried to placate him with some smart talk, but the creators of the much loved ebook The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore have come up with a much more inventive and...

A smart reason to let your kids put their fingers all over your iPad

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

My kids have used their fingers and toes to help them understand numbers and counting from the days of 10 Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed through basic addition. And now there is a new app that uses technology to help reinforce these concepts with your iPad though,...

5 pinterest pins worth sharing

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment, Kids, Link Roundups

Obsessed with Pinterest like we are? Here are 5 pins we loved from this week. 1. An awesome camera bag that you can make yourself. 2. A resource that every parent with a camera should have at their finger tips. 3. The best Olympics...

Checking the weather on your iPhone just got cooler

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

I admit that I never thought I’d use the weather app on my iPhone when I first got it. But now I check it almost constantly, thanks to a son who’s weather obsessed and a husband whose job (and getting home to us) depends on it.So since I’m checking...

ThankYouPro – One more way to send thank you notes from your iPhone. Nice ones, too.

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

The more kids I’ve added, the worse I’ve become at sending paper thank you notes. Sorry mom! But now that I’ve downloaded this cool new app to my iPhone, I have absolutely no excuse any more, considering they even deliver the card right to my...