What’s the weather like? Find out with TinyBop’s beautiful new Weather app for kids.
We are such fans of Tinybop’s beautiful, minimalist apps around here, because they inspire our children to want to learn more about science in a creative, artistic way. Following in the footsteps of winning apps like The Earth by Tinybop and Plants by Tinybop,...
The Earth by Tinybop: the wonderful new app for future geologists. Or just curious kids.
We’ve found that our kids learn best if we give them the opportunity to be curious about things first, and that’s what the exploration apps from Tinybop do so well. Whether you kids are interested in the human body, architecture, or building machines, they...
Tinybop’s The Everything Machine: Budding engineers, your app has arrived
We love it when developers we adore take things up a notch, and that’s exactly what Tinybop has done with their wonderful new app, The Everything Machine. The Everything Machine is on a whole new level from what we’ve seen from Tinybop previously. It...
Simple Machines app by Tinybop: Kids learning physics without even knowing it.
We can hardly believe it that it’s only been a month since we featured the launch of The Robot Factory app from awesome app developer Tinybop, but they’re back again. This time with another fantastic educational app for kids, Simple Machines, and right in...
Tinybop Homes: Take a peek inside a Brooklyn brownstone. Or a Mongolian ger.
I confess: I’ve always been super curious about how other people live. I’m the nosy one who tries to catch a glimpse through lit windows while walking or driving by, and I’m afraid my kids have inherited my curiosity. Thankfully the new Tinybop Homes...
5 of our favorite, fun educational apps to get elementary students excited about learning this year.
Last week, my daughter Sage and I had a great time talking with the crew from News12 (NYC, Long Island, Westchester) about our favorite fun, educational apps for grade schoolers that help your kids make the most out of screen time. I’m glad I had the opportunity...
15 of the best science apps for preschoolers through teens: Back-to-School tech guide
We parents know that science is everywhere and why it’s so important. So we always love tracking down some of the best science apps for kids each year, to show kids how fun science can be, and how it’s a part of pretty much everything they already do and...
Now kids can build their own robot overlords with The Robot Factory app
Every time Tinybop releases a new app, I’m not sure who’s more excited — my kids or me. Their newest release, The Robot Factory, is just as awesome as all the others that we’ve adored, like The Human Body, Plants, and Homes. The creative...
9 fantastic gender-neutral apps for kids around themes that traditionally weren’t. Because girls like robots and boys like styling hair.
This week I was reading a post from one of our favorite app developers, Toca Boca, about how actively they try to create gender-neutral apps, and I was really impressed learning just how much effort they put into it. Like the sketch they featured in developing the...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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