“If I Ran the Circus,” I’d buy this wonderful Seuss app

by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps

“A wonderful app! It’s better than rap! ‘If I Ran the Circus’ makes me smile like a sap!” Um… sorry. There’s just something about announcing a new Seuss app that forces me to rhyme, albeit badly. We’ve talked at length...

Take this new geography-based app for a spin

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Whether you’re headed over the river and through the woods this Thanksgiving, or you’re just trying to get things ready for the big turkey dinner without tripping on a hungry kid, there’s a smart new U.S. geography app that is so much fun, your...

Some of our favorite kids’ apps make the leap from iOS to NOOK.

by Jeana | Best Apps, Educational Apps

It’s always great when great iOS kids’ apps that we feature here make their way over to different platforms. More education and entertainment for everyone! That’s why we were thrilled to hear that Nosy Crow, makers of really terrific kids e-book apps...

5 of our favorite techie pins on Pinterest this week

by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us, then take a peek at the five coolest Pinterest pins from this week that you won’t want to miss.1. A must-have safety resource for any parent with kids on Facebook. 2. Smart tips on how to organize your online...

A cool iPad app that keep math fresh for kids

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps, Educational Apps

A lot of readers ask us about great math apps for kids. (Cut The Rope only counts sort of) I’ve found a great one that’s equal parts science lesson and math course with a sprinkling of cool graphics thrown in for good measure. My kids are digging this...

Teaching kids that no, vegetables don’t come “from the supermarket.”

by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Let’s face it, most of our children think carrots grow in a refrigerated display case in a grocery store, so any chance to teach them about seeds, soil, sun and watering is a plus.My family and I are urban folk through and through, which means that my...

HISTORY Here, there and everywhere.

by Pilar | Best Apps

Wouldn’t it be cool if there was an app that could tell you about exciting historical places you might not even known were there? Like, right now? Right here, where you’re standing? Meet HISTORY Here. Developed by The History Channel, it’s packed...

Smash Party is four four four games in one

by Eva Glettner | Best Apps, Educational Apps

If you’re like me, if you’re plunking down cash for an app, you really want it to be worth it. So an app with four games in one has my name all over it. And when all four games are educational for the kids, my heart swoons. Smash Party is just...

A is for amazing adorable animal alphabet app from Wee Society

by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps

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...

Fun children’s books and videos starring: your child

by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps

You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a video of your head superimposed on the body of an elf, dancing in a winter wonderland. Such is the magic of Elf Yourself by the hilarious company JibJab, a.k.a. the Spiridelli brothers. Now that the brothers are also...