PBS Kids series will now stream exclusively on Amazon: One more benefit of Prime membership.
Being a total Prime junkie who likes getting the most out of my membership (hello, free shipping + Transparent!) I was excited to learn that now Prime members will get exclusive access to free streaming PBS Kids series. Then I realized oh shoot, my kids have outgrown...
7 of the best science museums for kids that you should know about. Yay for hands-on STEM education!
We’re huge fans of STEM at Cool Mom Tech (no surprise, there), and in fact we started this site in part to help give parents more resources and opportunities to get their kids excited about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. However, while we love all...
CINEMOOD brings family entertainment to your wall (or anywhere) in a really cool new way
I love family movie nights, especially on those rare occasions when it takes less than 15 minutes for the kids to agree on what we’re going to watch. So when I heard about a new wireless projector called CINEMOOD that lets you bring family movie night with you...
Catch those new releases on FandangoNOW (and not two years later on TV)
It’s pretty rare that I watch a new release or an Oscar-nominated movie in any kind of timely manner, but today’s launch of a new service called FandangoNOW may make the impossible possible. We primarily know Fandango for movie listings and advanced ticket...
Sponsored Message: Slingbox lets you watch all your sports, movies, and other cable channels live, even on the road.
This is a sponsored message from Slingbox. With more people taking their media on the go, Slingbox is an innovative service enabling you to watch and control all the cable TV channels you already pay for absolutely anywhere — on your tablet, phone, PC or...
Could parents actually get to watch an Oscar-nominated movie this year? Common Sense Media to the rescue.
Every year around this time, I hear the buzz around Oscar-nominated films and roles, and every year around this time, I realize that I have seen, oh…none of them. I know a lot of you feel me. But with this compilation of flicks from the Common Sense Media 2016...
Kids’ music for Valentine’s Day: Heart Beats is ultimate cool compilation, nothing sappy.
One of the sweetest things you can share with your kids on the 14th, well, in my opinion, is this brand-new compilation album of kids’ music for Valentine’s Day called Heart Beats, featuring a whole bevy of artists whose music we’ve loved for years,...
Snow Day by Bleu: The perfect kids’ music download for those of us hit with another snowpocalypse
With both my editors buried in winter storm Jonas and at least six inches outside my own suburban Boston window, it seems apt that today’s kids’ music download be one that sings of every school kids’ favorite day: A snow day. Snow Day by...
David Bowie’s Kooks covered by Elizabeth Mitchell: Kids’ music download of the week
We were all saddened and shocked to hear of the passing of David Bowie earlier this week whose voice so many of us group up listening to on the radio or on our favorite albums and cassette tapes. I know that many of us at Cool Mom Tech immediately turned on David...
Cutting the cable cord: 5 things that happened when I finally did it
I’d been considering cutting the cable cord for about a year before I actually took the plunge. My kids and I rarely ever watch cable, and pretty much never use the landline (I don’t think I ever actually learned that phone number!), so it didn’t...
Rooms by Tim Kubart: Kids’ music download of the week
Sundays are a great day to turn up the tunes and dance around the house. And to help ward off winter’s chill or maybe break up a long day indoors, our download of the week is a boogie-filled number called Rooms off the Grammy-nominated album Home by Tim Kubart....Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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