by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
As a homeschool mom, I’m often looking for ways to mix things up for my kids so it doesn’t get boring. Our Amazon Echo is often playing music or keeping track of our grocery list for us from our homeschool room, but when I realized how many educational...
by Cool Mom Team | Out-Tech Your Kids podcast
If you’ve got a bunch of people online in your house all day like we do, we’ve got some suggestions – tips and gadgets – that might help give you a much-needed signal boost. The last thing you need is to get kicked off your work Zoom call or...
by Cool Mom Team | Out-Tech Your Kids podcast
For most of us, our kids will be engaging in some form of online learning this fall. So, we decided to poll our Out-Tech Your Kids Facebook Group members and get their favorite tech tips to help make the whole process a little easier. We hope they help you as much as...
by Kate Etue | Back to School Tech
As a brand-new homeschool mom two years ago, I have to say I geeked out a little over my first “me” purchase: a laminator. Nerd alert, right? But seriously, it’s one small gadget that I’ve used over and over and has been a huge help in my...
by Kate Etue | Educational Apps, Best Apps
Parents are scrambling right now, trying to figure out how to give their kids the best school year possible, which is why we’ve been working on a series of “back to schooling” posts to help make it a little easier for you. For many parents, this year...
by Cool Mom Team | Out-Tech Your Kids podcast, Tips and Tricks
Okay, so plenty of us gave up on the same screen time limits we had pre-Covid. But that’s not to say we don’t still have screen time fights with the kids. Or uh…arguments? Debates? Gentle disagreements? If you’re looking to cut back on the...
by Cool Mom Team | Out-Tech Your Kids podcast, Tips and Tricks
Kids are pretty darn smart, but we can be smarter, parents! On this week’s Out-Tech Your Kids podcast, we’re talking about the ways kids can circumvent parental controls so you can be prepared, thanks to the members of our Out-Tech Your Kids Facebook group...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment
This is a sponsored message for 4K Video Downloader Want to watch your favorite YouTube or TikTok videos without WIFI or cellular, save that favorite recipe to you computer, or catch a Twitch stream later on? You and your family can do all of that and so much more...
by Kristen Chase | Games + Gaming
With lots of extra time on their hands, my kids are spending a lot of that playing video games. And based on some of the discussions in our Out Tech Your Kids Facebook Group, I’m not the only parent who’s experiencing the same thing. But how do you know if...
by Kristen Chase | Websites We Love
Both Liz and I got word this week that our kids will be out of school for the rest of the school year, which means we’ll be doing this isolation schooling for another couple of months. Thankfully, resources like SchoolClosures.org have been popping up to help...