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Class Dojo: Our cool free app of the week

Class Dojo: Our cool free app of the week

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps, Best Apps

When I pick my kids up from school, they’re not exactly a fountain of information about their day. So when my kids’ art teacher set up a page for their classes with the free Class Dojo app, I was so thankful. Here, he can share everything from photos and...
Duolingo app: Our cool free app of the week

Duolingo app: Our cool free app of the week

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps, Best Apps

If you’re looking for a fun way to expose kids to new languages, we’ve been very impressed with quality of foreign language training you get with the free Duolingo app. You can choose from dozens of foreign languages, including common ones our kids learn...
14 of the best math apps for kids of all ages: Back to School tech guide

14 of the best math apps for kids of all ages: Back to School tech guide

by Jeana | Back to School Tech, Best Apps, Educational Apps

Our Back to School tech guide continues with a bevy of the best math apps for kids of all ages. There are so many fantastic options these days — almost too many to count (ha) —  so we’ve done the digging for you to uncover lots of the best math apps...
Endless Spanish: Our cool free app of the week

Endless Spanish: Our cool free app of the week

by Christina Refford | Educational Apps, Best Apps

Mis Amigos! One of our favorite early-reading apps, Endless Reader, has gone espagñol with the Endless Spanish app, an adorably playful and educational preschool app for both iOS and Android users. Similar to the awesome Endless Reader, Endless Spanish introduces kids...
SkyView stargazing app: Our cool free app of the week

SkyView stargazing app: Our cool free app of the week

by Christina Refford | Educational Apps, Best Apps

Summer nights are perfect for staying up late, lying on the lawn (or roof deck if you’re a city dweller) and looking up at the stars. But, often, streetlights and other ambient light can make it hard to see everything that is up there clearly. Or, truthfully, I...
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 | Educational Apps, Best 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...
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 | Educational Apps, Best 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...
The Highlights Hidden Picture app for kids. We found it, and it’s awesome.

The Highlights Hidden Picture app for kids. We found it, and it’s awesome.

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps, Best Apps

One of my favorite memories of childhood was my Highlights magazine showing up in the mailbox. I’d always turn straight to page 14 to do the Hidden Pictures before my sister could. (Sorry, sis.) My kids still love getting the magazine too, but now they can all...
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 | Educational Apps, Best 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....
What’s the weather like? Find out with TinyBop’s beautiful new Weather app for kids.

What’s the weather like? Find out with TinyBop’s beautiful new Weather app for kids.

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps, Best Apps

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 Farm2Table app teaches kids where their food really comes from. No, not the supermarket.

The Farm2Table app teaches kids where their food really comes from. No, not the supermarket.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps

I realized my kids didn’t have a great concept of where their food comes from when my son once asked me where chicken nuggets were from. Well, kiddo. That would be…chicken. (We hope.) Other than our small backyard garden, my kids don’t get to see...
An app to help young kids learn about music, easily

An app to help young kids learn about music, easily

by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps

When it comes to my range of talents, I’m sadly lacking in the music department. Yep, I’m pretty much tone deaf, unlike Kristen, the former music therapist, who puts us all to shame there. However I still really want my kids to get the benefits that come...
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