by Pilar | Games + Gaming
My second grader is crazy into made up games he creates and customizes himself. Everything from blueprints for Star Warsian buildings to trains crafted from Toca Builders blocks are on his roster of perpetual projects, and creating his own video game is definitely at...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Oh Appy Day! is our ongoing feature giving you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. Last week, our editor had the chance to talk to Andre Agassi. My favorite app is called Over 40. It’s not only a flashlight, it’s a...
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 Kate Etue | Websites We Love
School fundraisers are increasingly necessary these days with so many funding cuts, but we all know that even as kids are out shilling candy and wrapping paper, it’s their parents end up doing most of the work. So I’m excited to find this very innovative...
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
School season is here, no getting around it, and that means independent reading time, kiddie book clubs and classroom reading groups. We’ve offered up the best math apps for kids, the best science apps for kids, the best preschool apps, and now we’re...
by Jeana | Websites We Love
During a recent discussion with a group of young kids about what they wanted to be when they grow up, I was surprised when one little boy piped up and said, ‘I want to make the next Angry Birds!” Luckily, little tech-minds like him might be able to get a...
