educational kids' TV Archives

A clever trick to boost your kids’ reading skills while they watch TV

During the dry spell of summer, when our favorite TV shows were in their off season, my 10-year-old daughter and I got hooked on a fun Korean high-school drama series. But while we watched I noticed something I didn’t expect: her reading skills improved. And...

BBC Earth: Attenborough Story of Life app | Our cool free app of the week

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

If you’re a fan of the BBC Earth documentaries, you’re going to love the BBC Earth: Attenborough’s Story of Life app, which i has over 1,000 of the greatest wildlife moments filmed by BBC documentary crews on shows like Planet Earth, Blue Planet and...

5 cool TV shows for kids that are all about STEM

by Georgette Gilmore | Entertainment

With STEM (and STEAM, because yay art!) a major focus in education these days, you’ll find toys, books, and apps for kids of all ages that highlight science, technology, engineering, and math. Being big fans of STEM at Cool Mom Tech, we’re so glad to see...

Breaking news: The American Academy of Pediatrics drops its ‘no screens under 2’ rule

by Kristen Chase | Fitness + Health

As parents, we want to do the best for our kids, but screen time is always a thorn in our sides, especially when the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has always said “no screens under 2.” Well, that’s not the case anymore, as the AAP just...

Web Coolness: Bitmoji on Snapchat, Google helps people register to vote, and free data for Pokemon Go players

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them too. 11 family-friendly TV shows that everyone will agree on that you can stream right now. You’ve got to see the winners of the 2016 National Geographic Travel...

PBS Kids series will now stream exclusively on Amazon: One more benefit of Prime membership.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment

Being a total Prime junkie who likes getting the most out of my membership (hello, free shipping + Transparent!) I was excited to learn that now Prime members will get exclusive access to free streaming PBS Kids series. Then I realized oh shoot, my kids have outgrown...

CINEMOOD brings family entertainment to your wall (or anywhere) in a really cool new way

by Jeana | Entertainment

I love family movie nights, especially on those rare occasions when it takes less than 15 minutes for the kids to agree on what we’re going to watch. So when I heard about a new wireless projector called CINEMOOD that lets you bring family movie night with you...

Flare Kids: A fun, free educational app that does good for kids in need, too.

by Cool Mom Staff | Educational Apps For Kids

This is a sponsored message from Flare Kids Parents love good educational children’s apps, even more so when they’re free. And now there’s Flare Kids which isn’t just great for the kids who use it, but for the children of the Atlanta Ronald...

$7 of the best YouTube channels to get kids excited about math$

7 of the best YouTube channels to get kids excited about math

by Cool Mom Staff | Entertainment

Even though our kids will be getting lots of STEM in school these days (at least, we hope so), we love the idea of encouraging their love of learning about science, math, and related subjects outside the classroom too. YouTube can actually be a fantastic resource for...

6 fantastic educational YouTube channels for older kids, to help make the most of that extra screen time.

by Kate Etue | Entertainment

My kids are already saying they’re bored during the afternoon when it’s too hot to play outside too long. So yeah, they may be getting more screen time than usual, but I’ve been trying to justify it by finding some educational YouTube channels. Or at...

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