by Christina Refford | Educational Apps For Kids
Whenever I open a new ebook on my iPad, I’m always on the lookout for what new cool things it can do with the the touchscreen technology. But I’ve just discovered a series of storybooks for the iPad that use technology to make reading an ebook as close to...
by Christina Refford | Educational Apps For Kids
My heart is heavy this morning as I prepare to talk to my children about the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and what it means to so many of us. My younger two are easily satisfied with my very honest, but guarded, explanation, but my ten-year-old, who was just a baby on...
by Christina Refford | Educational Apps For Kids
Back to school sales are in full swing which means I can stock up on winter sweaters, coats and boots, even if we won’t need them for a few more months. Even better is a great Back-to-School sale on some of our favorite apps for kids that we won’t have to...
by Cool Mom Staff | Educational Apps For Kids
Jeremy Bernstein is a digital creative director at Deutsch Advertising in New York, so he’s always up on the latest and coolest. He’s also the father of two ridiculously cute kids. It’s a common refrain in our home since we got an iPad a few months...
by Cool Mom Staff | Educational Apps For Kids
I get such a kick out of watching my girls get creative–putting on plays, making up songs, doing puppet shows. (Shades of my own childhood!) And now there’s an absolutely inventive, wonderful app that let’s them do that very thing right on an iPad....
by Jeana | Educational Apps For Kids
We keep hearing about summer brain drain for kids who are on summer vacation. But for those ambitious parents out there who are already eying the Ivy Leagues for their toddlers (oh not you, of course), it’s never too early to start making pathways between those...
by Christina Refford | Educational Apps For Kids
During these long, unscheduled, fun-in-the-sun summer months, I’ve been on the lookout for some smart apps that keep my kids’ brains thinking and not turning into soft serve. That’s a big reason why I am so excited about this math app which we all...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Educational Apps For Kids
Our first child was born perfect. Ten fingers, ten toes. Still, we had to wait a couple of years to see if she had inherited one very important trait. When she picked up her first lightsaber at age nineteen months, we knew. We had a nerdy baby. And there was much...
by Christina Refford | Educational Apps For Kids
Most of us know that George Washington was the first president and Al Gore was never one, but there are a whole lot of years in the middle there that are not my strong suit. That’s why I love a new app that helps my kids and me brush up on our U.S. history in an...
by Christina Refford | Educational Apps For Kids
Ever since he was a little guy, my six year old has been obsessed with maps, so it was a no-brainer that I’d look for fun apps that capitalize (ha, get it?) on his obsession. What I didn’t expect was to find an app that I’d want to play whenever I...
by Cool Mom Staff | Educational Apps For Kids
This is a sponsored message from DK Publishing It’s an amazing feeling to watch your child develop a love of reading and learning, especially if you’ve always been a bookworm yourself. But if your son or daughter needs a little more coaxing (especially as...
by Jeana | Educational Apps For Kids
There are so many kids’ apps geared towards teaching letters and phonics and let’s be honest, a lot of them suck. But when we hear that developer Duck Duck Moose has got one out, we sit up and take notice. Word Wagon is a very cute kids’ learning app...