by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
The idea of trips with the girlfriends or big family vacations sound amazing until you actually have to plan and organize them. Then, let’s just say the magic disappears pretty quickly. That’s why I’m super excited about a new site that is aiming to...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
We were smitten with the Red Rover app even before it came so hugely popular, but even good apps have room for improvements. Which is exactly what we think has happened with their new upgrade that should make a lot more parents take a look. If you’re not...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps
I’ve professed my love for the creative and entertaining apps by Sweden’s Toca Boca before, and I know I’m not alone in my admiration if our very vocal Facebook fans are any indication. My own kids already have six Toca Boca apps to give them a...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Just when I thought it wasn’t possible for my kids to love Eric Carle even more, CMP fave Night & Day Studios turns their all-time fave book into a cool iPad counting app that they just can’t put down. The Very Hungry Caterpillar app features five...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
I currently have over 600 photos on my iPhone — and those are just the shots I love enough to keep. Like so many moms, I’ve stopped carrying my real camera because I snap the kids doing something totally cute on my phone, then send it off in an email or...
by Molly | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Admit it. When you read those Harold and The Purple Crayon books as a child, you longed to have a magical purple crayon just like his. Though the ideas I’d draw today (a clean house! a remodeled kitchen! a pair of Camper boots in size 10!) are much different...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Between our membership to the Boston Museum of Science and frequent viewings of Here Comes Science, my kids are growing up thinking that science is the coolest subject out there. It’s a far cry from how I felt about it in high school myself. And now we have...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps
iPad digital books are so common, my kids have become quite the critics. So I know that we had a hit on our hands when all three of my boys are fighting over one. We are definitely digging Brave Rooney which is absolute fun. Why? This story from Emmy-nominated kids TV...
by Molly | Best Apps, Educational Apps
When it comes to apps for the preschool and under crowd, I appreciate an app that doesn’t try to do too much. Kids don’t always need to earn gold coins, reach the next level or simultaneously master shapes, letters and numbers; sometimes it’s good to...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
We’re thrilled to welcome Ernest Martinez as our guest Dads Dig This blogger. He’s Creative Director of Radio Disney and lead on-air personality, known to both his colleagues and millions of listeners as “Ernie D.” You can catch him on-air each...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
I think for those of us moms with fond memories of playing with paper dolls, there’s something really lovely about seeing how they’re being translated for the tablet age. I love that even on the road, without a pair of scissors, my girls can dress up their...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Just when I thought it wasn’t possible to do something new and exciting to an alphabet app, I discover this amazingly creative ABC app that has my little kids mesmerized–and learning too. The VivaKids’ ABC app for iPad features the creations of...
