by Christina Refford | Causes and Giving Back, Entertainment
Black History Month lasts through the end of February, but you’ll need to act by Friday if you want to grab free downloads of three important audio books by Black authors. Offered as a gift from Cool Mom Tech-recommended audiobook company Libro.fm and Tantor...
by Kate Etue | Entertainment, Kids
Brooklyn-based kindie music geniuses The Pop Ups’s new album is out today, and (thanks to a sneak-preview) my kids are already hooked. To be honest, I am too. If you’re new to the kid-music scene, you might recognize The Pop Ups’s psychedelic...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
One of the sweetest things you can share with your kids on the 14th, well, in my opinion, is this brand-new compilation album of kids’ music for Valentine’s Day called Heart Beats, featuring a whole bevy of artists whose music we’ve loved for years,...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
With both my editors buried in winter storm Jonas and at least six inches outside my own suburban Boston window, it seems apt that today’s kids’ music download be one that sings of every school kids’ favorite day: A snow day. Snow Day by...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
Sundays are a great day to turn up the tunes and dance around the house. And to help ward off winter’s chill or maybe break up a long day indoors, our download of the week is a boogie-filled number called Rooms off the Grammy-nominated album Home by Tim Kubart....
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
We are still reeling over the events that happened in Paris on Friday and struggling with how much to share with our kids of varying ages. We hope our post, How to talk to your kids about the tragedy in Paris, has helped you find resources to help your own family....
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
Halloween may be one of my favorite times of the year, but it’s not much fun for kids who are afraid of all the bats, ghosts, witches, and goblins around every corner. If you’re also finding that the spookiness of Halloween is crowding out the fun of the...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
If you ask a lot of kids what they’d like more than a baby sister or a new bike or even their two front teeth, they’d say that want a sweet, fluffy, lick-you-in-the-face dog. And since October is the American Humane Association’s Adopt-a-Dog Month, I...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
Good grief! Peanuts, the comic most of us grew up with, is a senior citizen! Charles M. Schultz’s beloved comic strip is 65, having debuted in just nine newspapers back on October 2, 1950. And though no soundtrack would’ve been assigned to a newspaper...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
There’s a chill in the air this morning that lets me know that, without a doubt, fall is here. And since I know firsthand how hard it is to get kids out of bed on these colder, darker mornings, I’m recommending you follow my lead and download a song that...
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