by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
We parents hear all the time about the importance of reading for kids. Fortunately there’s a huge range of topics in outstanding kids’ books to engage kids, from wizardry to classroom adventures to spy novels to fairy tales re-told. But I have to admit...
by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
It’s hard to believe that in many places around the country, we’re halfway through the school year. But if your kids are like mine, that also means they’ve been drilling their math facts for months, and they could probably use a change of pace. The...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Educational Apps
While my NYC school kids are home today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I know that sadly, it’s still not recognized nationally the way we recognize, say, the mythology of Columbus Day. (I’ll refrain from going off on that one.) In several southern...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Not all kids’ magazines are created equal, and one that’s risen to the top of our reading list lately is Anorak. The art is modern and cool, the stories interesting, and the jokes witty. And now this British mag. known as “The Happy Magazine,”...
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Educational Apps
When it comes to fun educational apps for kids, the folks behind Cool Mom Tech faves Endless Alphabet and Endless Reader just won’t quit. (Guess that’s where the whole endless thing comes into play, huh?) The creative development team at Originator Kids...
by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
All three of my kids have a slight obsession with the weather. I’m sure some of their curiosity is due to the downright weird weather we often see here in Colorado, so it’s no wonder my youngest is really enjoying the MarcoPolo Weather app, which gives him...
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Let’s face it: Our kids and these tiny screens are going to be together for the long haul. Might as well teach the ins and outs of all things digital from early on, right? I’m talking about coding for kids: teaching children how to speak programming...
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Educational Apps
We’re always on the lookout for the best math apps for kids that put some fun in the fundamentals, especially for the 3- to 7-year-old crowd. Getting kids excited and interested in math from an early age just makes good sense — good number sense, to be...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Educational Apps
As longtime fans of BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr., I always turn to the sites for solid, clear, kid-friendly explanations of everything from the first Thanksgiving to 9/11. So I’m turning to the BrainPOP Jr. site (best for kids up to third grade or so) and their...
by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
I’m super picky where it comes to educational math apps, and I rely on my kids’ opinions . They’ll try anything, but it takes an extra special app to hold their interest. Twelve a Dozen is one of those exceptional math apps for iPad that earns an A+....
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Educational Apps
For me, as a kid, mathematics was fun until it wasn’t. I would say the party fizzled around the time If a train leaves the station at 10:15… questions became regular players on homework. So that’s why I enjoyed giving the Todo Math app for kids a...
by Kristen Chase | Best Apps, Educational Apps
I just spent the last 30 minutes playing the new Amazing World Atlas app, which should probably be reason enough for you to download it to your smart phone or tablet but hey, if you need a little more convincing, I’m happy to help. We’ve featured cool...
