by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized
At a time that babies are just as likely to learn that I is for iPad as Ice Cream, it makes perfect sense that parents would decorate their kids’ rooms to prime them for tech mastery. The techie baby art prints from Niko + Lily are beyond adorable. With a...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
Poking around one of my favorite online shops, Fat Brain Toys, I was looking to see what’s new and geeky and cool for kids now that school is close to letting out around here. That’s when I came across this robot. But it’s no ordinary robot;...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Babies
Swaddle your baby with love. With tenderness. With math and science! Don’t worry, these swaddlers are totally organic. (Organic science? Hm…sounds like a great baby gift to us.) The lovely 100% organic cotton swaddle blankets from Uncommon Goods are the...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
My kids’ love of electronics is not going away just because the grass is green again, which is why I really like a new educational iPad app that gets kids excited about the great outdoors—and even asks them to put down the iPad and go outside to experience...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
What kid hasn’t dreamed of rocketing off into outer space to see what is out there? The problem is, that cardboard box in the living room isn’t going anywhere so fast. Junior Astronaut – Breaking through the space barrier is a standout educational...
by Cool Mom Team | Holiday Tech Gifts
We’re so excited to present the first in our Holiday Tech Gifts series! Starting with . . . cool games and tech toys for the kids. Yeah, we know that big kids and teens probably want shoot-em-up games for their consoles but hey, we’re still moms. So here,...
by Eva Glettner | Best Apps, Educational Apps
A lot of readers ask us about great math apps for kids. (Cut The Rope only counts sort of) I’ve found a great one that’s equal parts science lesson and math course with a sprinkling of cool graphics thrown in for good measure. My kids are digging this...
by Eva Glettner | Websites We Love
I know it’s important to introduce science to your children in a really fun and hands-on way. (Let’s call it a parent’s antidote to the rote equation memorization called for by current state testing.) If you set the groundwork that science is fun and...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Tech
With so many of our big kids using tech gadgets on a daily basis, it seems only natural that they’d use them school. So for our final installment in our Back to School Tech series, we’ve rounded up some of the best educational apps for big kids, tweens,...
