by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
While science may conjure up memories of chem labs and memorizing Newton’s Laws, we think kids are ready to explore science as soon as they start asking why the sky is blue. Science has the answer to that perennial kid question, and many more. We’ve worked...
by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
Along with books, YouTube channels, and educational apps, there are loads of smart and fun websites that both my kids and I agree are worthwhile supplements to their schoolwork. And as I get ready to start my eighth (gulp) year homeschooling three kids, I’ve...
by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
Back-to-school is in the air and even young preschoolers can benefit from a little extra help at home with the help of fun educational apps, the latest feature in our Back to School Tech Guide. Some little kids’ apps are more educational than others, but each of...
by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
If you’ve got a kid going back to school with precious digital cargo, don’t just dump it in a standard canvas backpack pocket and hope it makes it home alive. As part of our back to school tech guide, we’ve narrowed down 6 of the coolest, best-rated,...
by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
We’re pretty diligent around here about making sure our kids understand math concepts, and math apps can be a helpful and even fun way to get them excited about it. Year after year, math just keeps building on itself, so it’s super important for students...
by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
While there’s no shortage of computers and other assorted gadgets that kid need for the back to school season, we continue our 2013 back to school tech guide focusing on some of the cooler gadget and high-tech school supplies this year for older students. With...
by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
Ah, homework. The bane of many parents’ back-to-school existence. With more serious homework comes the requisite serious computer these days, so here are our picks for the best laptops for kids to consider for your student. -Jeana Recently, Kristen wrote a...
by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
It’s not easy tracking down free educational apps for kids–or at least the good ones. And we have pretty stringest standards for what makes an app good. So we’re excited to launch our second back-to-school tech guide, starting with stuff you...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Back to School Tech
Time for the four Rs: Reading, Writing, ‘Rithmetic, and Really Cool Tech. Here are some of our favorite techy picks for Back to School, all in one handy place. 1. Coolest Laptop Bags for Big Kids – If your kid is taking a laptop or tablet to...
by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
With so many of our big kids using tech gadgets on a daily basis, it seems only natural that they’d use them school. So for our final installment in our Back to School Tech series, we’ve rounded up some of the best educational apps for big kids, tweens,...
by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
Now that the school year has started for nearly all of us, we’re starting to realize, whoa, we really need better organization around here. Getting organized at the start of the school year is one of the keys to staying organized–and not finding yourself...
by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech
Our tweens and teens heading back to school aren’t satisfied with cute erasers and personalized pencils anymore. They want tech! Aside from all those tablets and phones and laptops they’ve got 400 good reasons they need, here are a few little doodads to...