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The new Khan Academy Kids app is a parental godsend. Plus it’s free!

by Caroline Siegrist | Educational Apps For Kids

As my son gets older, I’m starting to look for cool educational apps to give him a leg up on counting and letters and other basic skills. The clear favorite for now? The brand new Khan Academy Kids, a free learning app from Khan Academy and Duck Duck Moose,...

GeoGuessr is a brilliant way to get your kids excited about geography

by Kristen Chase | Educational Apps For Kids

My apologies to anyone trying to get in touch with me for the last hour because I’ve been playing GeoGuessr and have no plans on stopping. If you’re a travel buff, or love geography, or want a way to challenge your kids to get excited about both of those...

This popular coding app for kids is helping with math, reading, and problem solving skills | Sponsored Message

by Cool Mom Staff | Educational Apps For Kids

This is a sponsored message from codeSpark Academy If you’re finding the typical educational apps just aren’t cutting it for your kids, you need to meet codeSpark Academy, the #1 learn-to-code app for kids. It will not only teach your kids to code, but...

$18 of the best math apps for kids, from preschool to high school | Back to School Tech 2017$

18 of the best math apps for kids, from preschool to high school | Back to School Tech 2017

by Lexi Petronis | Back to School Tech, Educational Apps For Kids

With the new school year upon us, it’s always good to have a list of some truly awesome math apps in our back pockets (or really, on our tablets and phones) to help sharpen our kids’ numbers skills. So up next in our 2017 back to school tech guide,...

17 of the very best reading apps for kids, from ABCs to SATs | Back to School Tech Guide 2017

by Lexi Petronis | Back to School Tech, Educational Apps For Kids

We’re kicking off our 2017 Back to School Tech Guide with some of the very best reading apps for kids and whether your kids are just beginning to string together letters to make words or they’re tearing their way through Harry Potter for the eighth time,...

This app lets you check out library books on your tablet. Free. From home. Yes!

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

I love the feeling of being surrounded by stacks and stacks of actual old-fashioned books at my local library. But, I also love that they’re embracing all the amazing new technology that has huge benefits for busy parents like me, who are still emphatic that our...

9 of the best educational YouTube channels for teens and tweens to help keep brains sharp this summer

by Liz Gumbinner | Educational Apps For Kids

There are so many cool educational channels on YouTube for tweens and teens, but I don’t think that a lot of parents think to open our YouTube app when we look for educational resources for our kids. But we should. Let’s put it this way: when I ask my kids...

9 kinds of educational apps for kids you may not have considered

by Liz Gumbinner | Educational Apps For Kids

We’re all for loading up our kids’ tablets (or uh, the ones they steal from us) with apps that help keep them entertained while hopefully imparting a little more educational value than “how to shoot birds.” Especially as summer creeps closer,...

The free Lab4U apps are like having a science lab right in your smart phone

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

For those of you with budding scientists at home, the Lab4U app collection lets kids conduct real science experiments with just their phone. No WIFI required! The collection currently features two apps, Lab4Physics app and Lab4Chemistry, both of which use the sensors...

Calling all STEM lovers: Here’s how to get free storytelling lessons for kids from Khan Academy and Pixar.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Educational Apps For Kids

Well this is cool, parents! Khan Academy is partnering with Disney and Pixar to offer free online classes in storytelling for kids of all ages to show them how STEM helps make movies. The initiative is called Pixar in a Box, and we’re pretty sure it’s...

Merriam-Webster’s informative (and sometimes snarky) free dictionary app

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

We’re getting a good laugh out of the Merriam-Webster Twitter account, and don’t we all need a good laugh, lately? If you’re not following them, you should. Also, may we suggest downloading the free Merriam-Webster dictionary app? Sure, it’s...

Sprite Box: Code Hour is our cool free app of the week.

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

We love finding cool toys and apps that do a great job teaching our kids the basics of coding, since it’s a language we expect they’ll want (and need) to know when they’re adults. When they’ve got great design and fun play through too,...

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