by Cool Mom Team | Editors' Picks of the Year
While not every one of these websites are brand new, these are the ones that we fell in love with in 2011, may of which experienced terrific upgrades and improvements that make our lives a lot easier or more entertaining. Culling from reviews on both Cool Mom Picks...
by Cool Mom Team | Games + Gaming
With kids asking for all sorts of gadgets, it can be hard to know when they’re ready. Sometimes just playing the family gaming device or using your tablet is all them need. But in other cases, it might be time to get them their very own. So we’re putting...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Please see updated information below As a homeschooling mom to three, one of whom visits an Occupational Therapist for fine-motor skills help, I spend a few minutes a week checking out new educational apps. This isn’t a very expensive pastime, since many...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Tech
We know the one thing integral to keeping your sanity during back to school time is organization. Whether you volunteered to be the classroom mom and need to help wrangling 26 families or you’re just trying to keep track of your own, we’ve rounded up 9 of...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Those of you who are long-time readers of our sister site, Cool Mom Picks, may have heard us rave about Readeez DVDs, which introduce kids to phonics, reading and good music in a way that is fun, playful and effective. Now they have a new downloadable series focusing...
by Cool Mom Team | Tech Toys
My near 4 year-old son has been eying my oldest’s Nintendo DS for awhile now, but he’s just not quite old enough to do anything but ask us to help him play a game. Sort of defeats the point of having it. But since the brand new MobiGo from VTech arrived in...