by Jeana | Best Apps, Educational Apps
I really appreciate the initiatives in recent years to get young kids involved in STEM and tech-centric activities like coding at younger ages. We’ve covered awesome resources like Tynker and Hello Ruby and now I’ve come across another cool coding tool for...
by Julie | Games + Gaming
Sure, our kids love to play with iPads like uh, all kids these days, but no matter how educational an app may be, it’s usually a solitary activity. We’ve loved collaborative games made for iPad like Duo Plink (though the company is sadly no longer) and...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
We’ve used the cool virtual map Google Earth to get a bird’s eye view of our house, Disney World, and my mother’s tiny hometown in Europe. And now there is a really neat history book for kids, History of the World with Google Earth, that puts the...
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Educational Apps
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...
by Jeana | Best Apps, Educational Apps
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,...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Entertainment, Kids
Mibblio, an awesomely interactive music app for kids, would be pretty terrific even if it only played generic nursery rhymes. But given that it also features music from some of our favorite names in kindie music, like Dan Zanes, Recess Monkey, The Pop Ups, Lucky Diaz,...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
If your kid is an avid reader—as in, he finishes his library books before he even gets them home from school—you may want to check out the Epic app, a new ebook subscription for kids in one handy app that that offers all-you-can-read selections for a low monthly fee....
by Kristen Chase | Link Roundups
Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us! Then check out these 5 awesome tech pins, plus all our daily picks from our own site and around the web. 1. Isn’t this IT Crowd shirt the best ever? 2. These Minecraft creations are pretty amazing. Our kids...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Do you know what a baby seal is called? My kids can tell you it’s a pup, because they’ve been having a blast playing with the new Hello Baby Animals, created by Carolyn Merriman of Shortstack apps. Carolyn has a background in early education, and her apps...
by Kristen Chase | Best Apps, Educational Apps
It’s no secret we love cool educational apps for kids that blend fun and teaching and getting kids excited about learning new skills. And now with summer around the corner, it’s even more important that we find ways to keep kids engaged to avoid that...