by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Educational Apps
We’re happy to be celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child today, for the second year in a row. Because this year is themed around improvements in education, it’s the perfect opportunity to check your preschool aged daughters’ favorite...
by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
My daughter is quite the artist, and her attention to detail is impressive. I only wish she’d apply the same care when writing her letters and numbers. So I was curious to check out a handwriting app that might help her clean up her act. StartDot Handwriting for...
by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
October 6 is the start of Fire Prevention Week, which means this is a really good time to commit to getting your kids up to speed on fire safety tips. As parents, we all know that teaching fire safety to our kids is important, but it can be tough to do in a way that...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Educational Apps
The emotions we feel as adults are so complex today, as they are each year on September 11. But as parents, we have the added burden of trying to explain it to our own children in an age-appropriate way, and to help them cope with it too. So once again, we’re...
by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Rules are all well and good, but sometimes it’s fun to break them. This outstanding storytelling app agrees, but shhh…don’t tell the kids. InfiniScroll, an open-ended storytelling tool turned app for iOS, is all about breaking the rules of linear...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Tech
While science may conjure up memories of chem labs and memorizing Newton’s Laws, we think kids are ready to explore science as soon as they start asking why the sky is blue. Science has the answer to that perennial kid question, and many more. We’ve worked...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
It’s homework time again! If sitting around the kitchen table learning parts of the body is a major bummer for your kids, check out this new amazing educational app. Imagine the children’s science museum on your iPad–and hey, it may even get them to...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Tech
Back-to-school is in the air and even young preschoolers can benefit from a little extra help at home with the help of fun educational apps, the latest feature in our Back to School Tech Guide. Some little kids’ apps are more educational than others, but each of...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Tech
We’re pretty diligent around here about making sure our kids understand math concepts, and math apps can be a helpful and even fun way to get them excited about it. Year after year, math just keeps building on itself, so it’s super important for students...
by Cool Mom Team | Link Roundups
Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us! Then check out our five most popular pins from this week. 1. Keep these awesome educational channels for kids on YouTube bookmarked to help your kids get ready for back to school. 2. Here’s a simple, free way to keep...
