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KAMI paper-folding puzzle game: Our cool free app of the week

KAMI paper-folding puzzle game: Our cool free app of the week

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

With all the time I spend outside of the house waiting for my kids to finish a class or practice, I’m always trying to find something new to do on my phone. You know, other than continually refreshing my Facebook feed or checking to see if any new kitties have...
Jump Numbers math app for kids: Our cool free app of the week

Jump Numbers math app for kids: Our cool free app of the week

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

With the school year ending soon, I know that my kids aren’t going to stand for games or apps that feel too much like a school lesson. Nor do I want them to spend their summer days doing nothing but memorizing math facts. But after playing with the skip-counting...
ChatterPix Kids: Our cool free app of the week

ChatterPix Kids: Our cool free app of the week

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

I sometimes think I have the sense of humor of a ten-year-old, which comes in handy since I do have a tweenage son who thinks things like talking cupcakes and singing basketballs are pretty hilarious. What’s even more hilarious is when we can record our own...
Yummly Recipes: Our cool free app of the week

Yummly Recipes: Our cool free app of the week

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

I have fallen into a dinner rut, relying on a few tried-and-true recipes that I can whip up before the kids get too peckish at the end of a busy day. But now that I’ve download the free and gorgeously designed Yummly app, which is available free for iOS,...
King of Math Junior for kids: Our cool free app of the week

King of Math Junior for kids: Our cool free app of the week

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

If you’re hoping to get your future mathlete ready for preschool in the fall, or just want to find a new ways to help practice counting, adding, and subtracting with your first grader, download the free version of King of Math Junior. This smart and fun game for...
Yuggler for parents: Our cool free app of the week

Yuggler for parents: Our cool free app of the week

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

It’s Sunday morning and your kids’ friends just had to cancel their afternoon playdate. Or, you are on vacation with your toddler, and rain has just ruined your plans to visit that cool new park you read about online. What to do? Well, nowadays, there are...
Can you teach coding to preschoolers? Here are three toys that will try

Can you teach coding to preschoolers? Here are three toys that will try

by Christina Refford | Tech Toys

Coding is certainly one of the new buzzwords in education, along with STEM, STEAM, and now, believe it or not, STREAM. And while a lot of learn-to-code apps toys, and games, like Robot School, Dash Robot, and Code Master, are targeted primarily to grade-school kids,...
A new go-kart for kids you control with your phone. Whoa!

A new go-kart for kids you control with your phone. Whoa!

by Christina Refford | Tech Toys

If your kids have a need for speed, and you have a need for keeping them safe, you have check out Actev Motors’ new Arrow Smart-Kart, one of the coolest ride-on toys I had the joy of seeing at NYC’s Toy Fair earlier this year. This high-end electric...
Alien Assignment app for preschoolers: Our cool free app of the week

Alien Assignment app for preschoolers: Our cool free app of the week

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

Though your kids may not be able to find their shoes when you are running out the door, they are sure to love finding the solutions to the problems posed in Alien Assignment, a fun, free app for kids as young as three. Created by the Fred Rogers Center, it...
Brain Pop Featured Movie: Our cool free app of the week

Brain Pop Featured Movie: Our cool free app of the week

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

In this week’s Spawned podcast, our editor Liz’s Cool Pick of the Week is Brain Pop, a website I have turned to for years with my homeschooled kids to find smart, kid-friendly videos about topics as diverse as William Shakespeare, the Civil War, and DNA....
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