by Jeana | Lifestyle Apps
Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time and money adding music to my digital collection, and making playlists for every event imaginable. With warmer weather just around the corner, I’d like to think that my “BBQ Music,” “Summer...
by Cool Mom Staff | Video
Our closest family is over 2000 miles away. This means other than a few annual visits, our together time is relegated to phone calls and computer conferencing, both of which can be tough with four squirmy kids under six like I have. But recently, Cisco offered to...
by Christina Refford | Educational Apps For Kids
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 Staff | Around the House
For those of you who want a little more high-tech gardening in your life (and really, who doesn’t?), we’ve been has been a fan of the AeroGarden for years. It’s a boon for those of us apartment dwellers with no outdoor space of our own, sniff, but...
by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups
Here are some things we’ve liked reading around the web this week. We hope you will too. Boy Scouts introduces a Robotics Merit Badge Next up: one for the Girls Scouts too (we hope). Interesting piece in Time on how technology influences to new American family....
by Cool Mom Staff | Travel Essentials
I am always prepared when embarking on a road trip with my kids–and by road trip, I mean anything longer than an hour. That’s pretty much their threshold for patience before the “when are we gonna be thereeeeeeeeeee?” whines set in. Since our...
by Cool Mom Staff | Educational Apps For Kids
There’s a lot going on in the world these days. Kids are hearing rumblings about so many countries, many of which are new to them. Depending on their ages, there are some good tools to help initiate conversations about friends and foes overseas, like the clever...
by Jeana | Baby Tech, Family Safety Apps
I can’t believe my kids are old enough for me to say things like, “Well…we didn’t have that when my kid was a baby,” but a mere six years later and I’m already waxing nostalgia about how much different it was before all the advances...
by Jeana | Internet Safety
I’m not quite ready to have all those internet safety for kids discussions. I’m already preparing myself for the moment when my oldest asks if he can set up a Facebook account. Granted, he doesn’t even know what Facebook is, and he’s in...