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 Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Whenever I open a new ebook on my iPad, I’m always on the lookout for what new cool things it can do with the the touchscreen technology. But I’ve just discovered a series of storybooks for the iPad that use technology to make reading an ebook as close to...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, we’re so happy to have Mayim Bialik sharing her fave. We have a mostly no-media household when it comes to my two kids, so we’re big music...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, we’re so happy to have Kelly Ripa sharing her fave. My girlfriends and I love the Livestrong app and it’s simply because we can do Calorie Tracker....
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Tech
Of course back to school time is mostly about the kids, but we moms and dads need all the help we can get too, to ensure we get the kids out the door on time, all while keeping up with our own busy schedules. While we can’t offer you a free sitter, housekeeper...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Tech
My iPhone and iPad have a few games to keep my little kids entertained, but as it turns out, they’re often more enthralled with the educational apps I’ve got loaded up. And really, what better way to help reinforce their learning with cool games that just...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Back to school sales are in full swing which means I can stock up on winter sweaters, coats and boots, even if we won’t need them for a few more months. Even better is a great Back-to-School sale on some of our favorite apps for kids that we won’t have to...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps
Though I was raised on the original Brothers Grimm stories, which are pretty dark, I was always a little more scared of the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. The whole I smell the blood of an Englishman boomed by a big hairy giant? Yeesh. But now we’re having so...
by Cool Mom Team | Link Roundups
Have you ever noticed how… absorbent the web can be? You just open Twitter or Pinterest for a few seconds, and suddenly information and interesting things are just gushing everywhere. Before you have one of those not-so-fresh, overloaded days, check out our...
by Cool Mom Team | Link Roundups
In case you missed them, here are some of our favorite picks from last week. 1. Keep your photos, your spreadsheets, even the Oxford English Dictionary near your heart with this beautiful and clever USB locket. 2. Our Dads Dig This pick is a beautiful, interactive app...
