by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
My kids don’t know much about marine life. I’m not sure why this is—maybe because we’re landlocked and don’t have regular exposure to the ocean. Or maybe because children’s book illustrators tend to favor more cuddly, furry creatures for...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
Congratulations to one of our favorite kindie bands, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band, for winning a Latin Grammy for Best Children’s Latin Album! Their Spanish-language kids’ CD ¡Fantastico! will turn your Sunday into a fiesta filled with...
by Kate Etue | Uncategorized
The problem with trying to find a tablet for kids is that many of them tend to look like, well, tablets for kids. And the thing is, no matter how amazing might be (looking at you, Nabi 2 and Nabi Jr) I can’t convince my older kids that it’s a real tablet....
by Julie | Causes and Giving Back
Growing up in the midwest, our neighbors had two solar panels on their roof. I always thought that was so cool. Now panels are popping up in my neighborhood, and it’s still just as cool to me. I would love to see even more solar energy sources, especially since...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps
While we’ve been singing the praises of Toca Boca apps for kids for ages now, we’re not the only ones. They are wildly engaging, often educational, and absolutely charming with quirky details and humorous characters that can only come from this...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
If you love giving your kids access to ebooks but hate having to buy them a la carte, check out the new ebook library recently launched by Zuuka, one of the oldest and best resources in the ebook world. Over the last few years, iStoryTime has been building up an...
by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
They say variety is the spice of life, and I’ve definitely found that to be true where it comes to educational kids’ apps. The more awesome kids’ apps I load on the iPad, the more likely it is my own kids will keep exploring and learning, and now...
by Julie | Websites We Love
Without exaggerating, there’s probably hundreds of things I wish were around when my kids were younger, and Bill Nye’s old show is definitely on that list. We’ve made do with science programs geared toward adults (yay Morgan Freeman!), but I’m...
by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps
This mom is a writer, so obviously it makes my heart soar when I see my children reading a good, old-fashioned book (you know, one with pages) or writing their own. But since we live in a time when there are more often tablets in their hands than a pencil,...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
My husband and I really want our kids to learn to appreciate other cultures, which means we have to actively seek out ways to expose them to other cultures, and here’s a wonderful new one. One Globe Kids was created by a multi-cultural, globe-trotting mom with a...