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Rebel Girls x Hispanic Heritage Month: Your kids will love these short audio stories about amazing Hispanic women
Read Essay →: Rebel Girls x Hispanic Heritage Month: Your kids will love these short audio stories about amazing Hispanic womenAs if I haven’t raved about the Rebel Girls books and the Rebel Girls app enough, I am now touting…
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11 of the best reading apps for kids in high school and middle school. Including test prep! | Back to School Tech
Read Essay →: 11 of the best reading apps for kids in high school and middle school. Including test prep! | Back to School TechSometimes we think of reading apps as being for little kids, but reading apps for kids in high school and…
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The Mathpid Math App is like an AI-powered math tutor for kids
Read Essay →: The Mathpid Math App is like an AI-powered math tutor for kidsThis is a sponsored message from the Mathpid App If your child is struggling with math, needs more help than…
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Should your kids be using BeReal, the hot new social media app? What parents should know.
Read Essay →: Should your kids be using BeReal, the hot new social media app? What parents should know.You may have seen this hilarious sketch on SNL that has a bunch of adults using the app BeReal during…
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The best family organization apps for sharing calendars, keeping up with chores, planning meals and more
Read Essay →: The best family organization apps for sharing calendars, keeping up with chores, planning meals and moreFamily organization apps are such a lifesaver, at least once you accept that life admin is part and parcel of…
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This app lets you check out library books on your phone. Free. From home. Yes!
Read Essay →: This app lets you check out library books on your phone. Free. From home. Yes!Lately, a lot of readers have been asking us about apps that let you check out free library books. Or,…
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5 of the best Santa tracker apps to prove he’s real. Because he is. So there.
Read Essay →: 5 of the best Santa tracker apps to prove he’s real. Because he is. So there.This year is definitely the year of the Santa tracker app. After, all, even the biggest Santa fans among us…
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Active Arcade is a fun free app that gets the whole family up off the couch.
Read Essay →: Active Arcade is a fun free app that gets the whole family up off the couch.Before the holidays kick into full gear, I recommend you download one super-fun, get-off-the-couch app that also happens to be…
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The best Black Friday tips to save you money online: Read this before you buy a thing!
Read Essay →: The best Black Friday tips to save you money online: Read this before you buy a thing!For over a decade now (whoa) we’ve been sharing the best Black Friday tips to help you find the best…
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The best apps for road trips with kids: Map apps, entertainment apps, even restroom finder apps!
Read Essay →: The best apps for road trips with kids: Map apps, entertainment apps, even restroom finder apps!I’m grateful for this list of the best apps for road trips with kids, because it turns out, I’m not…
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I’m getting better sleep thanks to this app. Which you may not even think of as a sleep app.
Read Essay →: I’m getting better sleep thanks to this app. Which you may not even think of as a sleep app.It’s been a while since we shared our favorite apps to help you get better sleep. So long, that our…
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10 of the best math apps for middle school that make learning fun.
Read Essay →: 10 of the best math apps for middle school that make learning fun.As a former homeschooling parent, I am a huge fan of math apps for middle school — and for tweens…
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These smart tips and apps can help minimize distracted teen driving
Read Essay →: These smart tips and apps can help minimize distracted teen drivingWe recently got a question in our Out Tech Your Kids group asking about apps that read texts out loud while…
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My favorite new iPhone trick to help me fall asleep — and stay asleep
Read Essay →: My favorite new iPhone trick to help me fall asleep — and stay asleepOver the past year, I have been so grateful for the sleep stories on Calm and some of the Apple…
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The vocabulary app my kids think is a game. Shhhhhh!
Read Essay →: The vocabulary app my kids think is a game. Shhhhhh!Do you have a struggling speller? As a homeschool mom, I know first-hand how hard it can be to try…
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3 helpful gardening apps to turn your thumb green, finally.
Read Essay →: 3 helpful gardening apps to turn your thumb green, finally.Who else is thinking about gardening this spring? Along with our own Liz and Kristen who recently hosted the We…
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Why Todoist is the first to-do list app I have actually stuck with for an entire year
Read Essay →: Why Todoist is the first to-do list app I have actually stuck with for an entire yearEvery year I swear, this is the year I get organized! This is the year I find the best ever…
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The new Duolingo ABC app is a totally free way to help kids with reading and writing
Read Essay →: The new Duolingo ABC app is a totally free way to help kids with reading and writingThis is a sponsored message from Duolingo ABC You probably already know Duolingo as the most popular language-learning app around…
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A comparison of 5 of the best audiobook apps. Get more reading time in!
Read Essay →: A comparison of 5 of the best audiobook apps. Get more reading time in!Anyone else the escape of audiobooks while we find moments to ourselves? These audiobook apps proved to be the perfect…
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Dear Reader is the addictive wordplay game for fans of Jane Austen and Edgar Allen Poe. Yes, really.
Read Essay →: Dear Reader is the addictive wordplay game for fans of Jane Austen and Edgar Allen Poe. Yes, really.When you think “voracious reader of the classics” you don’t generally think at the same time “..and big game, toor!”…