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Daily Vroom app gives you personalized brain-building exercises for your kids. So like, an extra brain for you.

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

Kids’ brains grow so fast during the preschool years, which is why they need lots of stimulation to help them develop smarter, sharper brains. Also, possibly why kids at this age are so um, challenging. Not just me, right? But often, parents are so busy doing so...

Scribble Creative Book Maker app: Let kids become instant authors and illustrators

by Jeana | Educational Apps For Kids

I’m pretty measured about letting my kids use my iPad, especially when they could be playing outside, practicing their instruments or learning their fifth language. Ha. In truth, I’m all about balance in our household, and I’m definitely a fan of...

3 fun, free toothbrushing apps for kids. Because, Halloween candy.

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

Yes, we know our kids should (and do) brush their teeth without the help of an app every night. But in the spirit of Halloween fun, and you know, the bags and bags of candy headed our way, I’ve found three fun, free toothbrushing apps for the kids that are...

Get kids coding with free daily Halloween-themed challenges during Kano Mischief week

by Christina Refford | Educational Apps For Kids

If your kids are having a hard time waiting for Halloween to hurry up and get here, we’ve got a fun treat to share with you that will keep them busy and challenged this week. Developed by Kano, whose DIY computer kit wowed us earlier in the year, Kano Mischief...

The Earth by Tinybop: the wonderful new app for future geologists. Or just curious kids.

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

We’ve found that our kids learn best if we give them the opportunity to be curious about things first, and that’s what the exploration apps from Tinybop do so well. Whether you kids are interested in the human body, architecture, or building machines, they...

Play your way through early American history with Frontier Heroes app for kids

by Christina Refford | Educational Apps For Kids

When it comes to teaching my kids history, I’ll use anything I can get my hands on, from Crash Course and Brain Pop videos, to cool apps like History Here that help us learn the history of places we visit. And now I’ve found a lighthearted yet smart app...

Osmo Numbers app: Man, where was this when we were learning basic math skills?

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

Here I was, thinking I was so excited to have my kids back in school, but I totally forgot one thing: homework. Drilling your kids on their math facts is the most fun ever, right? Ugh. Well, if you have the amazingly inventive Osmo for iPad, your kids will be able to...

Animal Jam Play Wild app: A safe, fun, educational way to let your kids act like total animals

by Nicole Blades | Educational Apps For Kids, Fun Apps for Kids

Warning: It’s a jungle out there. No, really. There’s a crazy, colorful jungle filled with wild animals and plants for kids to explore, and it’s right there on your smart device. Since we always love the kinds of educational apps that kids...

$21 of the best math apps for kids of all ages: Back to school tech guide$

21 of the best math apps for kids of all ages: Back to school tech guide

by Julie | Back to School Tech, Educational Apps For Kids

Rounding out our 2015 back to school tech guide: The best math apps. All year long we’re on the lookout for the very best of the best math apps for kids of all ages, that we know that parents will appreciate too. (Especially since we’re the ones paying for...

The HeyBC spelling app makes learning very very cute

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

My kids have been back to school for a couple weeks now, and that means I’m reviewing spelling words with the big kids while I cook dinner every night. My preschooler doesn’t want to be left out, so he’s asking for “homework” too....

WonderBox: A game-changer in educational apps for kids

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

I have a kid who really wants to be creative, but usually needs a good push before he’ll dive into a project, and now we’ve found an app that delivers on that so beautifully. The brand new WonderBox app hails from Duck Duck Moose, one of the first...

Tinybop’s The Everything Machine: Budding engineers, your app has arrived

by Julie | Educational Apps For Kids

We love it when developers we adore take things up a notch, and that’s exactly what Tinybop has done with their wonderful new app, The Everything Machine. The Everything Machine is on a whole new level from what we’ve seen from Tinybop previously. It...

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