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Metamorphabet spells a good time for kids

by Nicole Blades | Educational Apps For Kids

I’ve always been partial to kids’ apps that play around with words and letters. They just feel like good, clean fun. And after trying out the new Metamorphabet app, I have just three words, ten letters: So. Much. Fun. The idea is simple, but super cute and...

Good educational apps for NOOK? Reader Q+A

by Jeana | Educational Apps For Kids

H i Cool Mom Tech, I just got a NOOK for my five-year-old. Any suggestions for inexpensive learning apps? – reader, via Facebook Ooh, lucky kid you’ve got. Having a fun device like the NOOK is certainly a great way to encourage reading and...

The new Sesame Street S’More digital magazine is brought to you by the letter E, for Excellent.

by Nicole Blades | Educational Apps For Kids

The Sesame Workshop just always gets it right, striking a wonderful balance between education and entertainment while keeping it family-friendly. So I’ve been eager to check out Sesame Street S’More, the new interactive digital magazine Sesame Street app for...

Need a great alphabet app for kids? Avokiddo ABC Ride takes kids way beyond A is for Apple.

by Jeana | Educational Apps For Kids

Although I don’t currently have any kids in the learning their ABCs’ stage of childhood, I can appreciate a really high quality alphabet app for kids that teaches it well, especially because there are so many out there that aren’t great. (Trust us,...

A to Sea: Dive deep with this beautiful new ebook for children

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

My kids don’t know much about marine life. I’m not sure why this is—maybe because we’re landlocked and don’t have regular exposure to the ocean. Or maybe because children’s book illustrators tend to favor more cuddly, furry creatures for...

Artwork for future coders

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

At a time that babies are just as likely to learn that I is for iPad as Ice Cream, it makes perfect sense that parents would decorate their kids’ rooms to prime them for tech mastery. The techie baby art prints from Niko + Lily are beyond adorable. With a...

6 of the best ABC apps for iPad. Says our kids.

by Shari | Educational Apps For Kids

If you’ve got an alphabet-hungry kid and are craving some awesome ABC apps for your iPad, I understand completely. When my son little, he was so obsessed with the alphabet that he saw letters in everything: a scotch tape dispenser was a G, a pancake needed to...

It’s time to raise the curtain on the coolest Muppet iPhone case

by Christina Refford | Cell Phone Accessories

Want to cover your iPhone in something that is most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, and Muppetational? Look no further—this one is perfect for all those Muppet fans, young and old. The Great Muppet Alphabet iPhone case from Society6 features 26...

Endless love for this awesome new alphabet app

by Christina Refford | Educational Apps For Kids

If you could see how bananas my grade-school-age kids just went over an “alphabet app,” you might think they were watching some ridiculous YouTube video. Surely an eight and ten year old couldn’t be hysterically laughing while playing an app whose...

A is for amazing adorable animal alphabet app from Wee Society

by Pilar | Educational Apps For Kids

Impalas deep sea diving, vultures with beehive hairdos, sneezing squirrels–they’re all part of a new crazy clever alphabet app with illustrations so quirky and modern that I want to hang them on my kiddo’s wall. But even better, this app isn’t...

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