Reading Rainbow is back as an app. Is it worth your $9.99?

by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps

When I was a kid, I loved Reading Rainbow. The show promoted reading, and was right up there on my list of faves with Mister Rogers and Sesame Street. If you’re not old enough to recognize two out of those three titles, please don’t tell me. However I...

Storing kids’ artwork? There’s an app or two for that.

by Jeana | Best Apps

Storing kids’ artwork is one of the bane of many parents’ existence, no matter the size of your home. When my daughter was in daycare, there wasn’t a day that would pass when I wouldn’t come home with at least two masterpieces (i.e. a blank...

An audio book app that isn’t just for little kids any more

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Listening to compelling audio books has been my #1 way to prevent backseat squabbles between the kids as we do everything from a six-hour drive to Maine, to a 15-minute jaunt to gymnastics practice. And one of the best ways to get our hands on a seemingly limitless...

Phoster lets you make your own posters. Prepare to meet your next time suck.

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps

Do you ever have a moment where your kid says something so funny that you think “that would make a great poster?” Or do you have a great picture to display and you want to include the perfect caption? Now you can do both easily through the Phoster app, and...

5 must-have cooking apps, because back-to-school means back-to-cooking

by Jeana | Best Apps

One of the joys of summer vacation for me is having a break from packing lunches and cooking every single night. Meals just seem easier in the summer with the days not being as rushed and dinners taking a backseat to outside play time. With back-to-school looming,...

Hey, I know you!

by Jeana | Best Apps

If you’re like me, you’ve got Facebook friends, LinkedIn contacts, Twitter people, friends who aren’t on anything, a few scribbled on paper–let’s say it can get really hard to keep up with everyone. But thanks to a really unbelievable...

Four great breastfeeding apps for all you nursing mamas out there

by Jeana | Best Apps

As we hit the middle of National Breastfeeding Month, we thought it fitting to pull together a list of useful apps that will help you nursing moms keep track of those feedings, after feedings (after feedings). Ah yes, I remember those days very well. There were days...

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...

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,...