Move over Eloise, Sophie and the City is here.

by Melissa | Best Apps

First-time author Kelly Florio Kasouf penned a chic and whimsical children’s book, The Super Adventures of Sophie and the City, that caught the hearts and minds of New York’s fashion elite. Why? Kasouf’s actual dad is Steve Florio, the former...

Gube: Like YouTube. Except safe for kids.

by Pilar | Best Apps

Justin Timberlake dressed as a cup of soup. Michael Bolton vamping as Captain Jack Sparrow. Both are a YouTube hoot. The idea of my kids coming across either one while clicking through to what they think might be age appropriate is not. Enter Gube. Think of it as...

Karaoke for the preschool set

by Molly | Best Apps

I know I don’t have the only 2 year-old who can pick up my iPhone, unlock the screen and navigate apps. And it never fails, when the phone is in her hands, the Nursery Rhyme Karaoke app, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, is the first thing she clicks on every single...

Word W.E.L.D.E.R. and Scramble With Friends. Word game addicts, beware

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

All last year I read about the addictive awesomeness that is the Word W.E.L.D.E.R. app. And I resisted. Oh, did I resist. I am someone enamored of word game apps like Words with Friends and Scrabble, so I knew I’d love it. But it wasn’t until Zynga went...

DuckyTube: Like YouTube only, you know. With ducks. (Not really.)

by Pilar | Best Apps

My kids have a serious iPhone habit, and yes, I suppose you could call me the ultimate enabler since the kidcentric apps on my devices vastly outnumber the ones meant to help adults make a decent mixed drink (ahem). And then there’s YouTube. Both kids have...

Go ahead, play with your food.

by Pilar | Best Apps

I’m usually the one on kitchen duty, but today, my kids served up some fried sausages, microwaved pears, boiled carrots, and um, pureed sardines. Good thing I wasn’t the one eating any of it. Toca Boca, one of our favorite app designers, is all about...

Domo Animato, Mr. Roboto

by Pilar | Best Apps

There’s nothing my kids like more than being read to at bedtime. Whether they’re dog-eared or digital, calming, whispering affairs that encourage them to catch their forty winks are the usual go-tos, and Robot Blue From Planet 22 is no exception. In clever...

Playing house, iPhone style

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

Now that you’ve all got those shiny new iPhones and iPod touches for the holidays (or at least a few million of you do), it’s time to start loading up on apps for the kids. A good place to start is our editors’ picks for best kids’ apps of the...

3 Christmas apps to keep little fingers busy while you finish wrapping presents

by Molly | Best Apps

This was the year I was going to be organized for Christmas. But let’s see…I haven’t wrapped a single present, I have three handmade gifts to finish, a family party tonight where I’m expected to bring cookies, lots of cookies, and a messy...

Holiday audiobooks for kids: A good excuse to spend 30 hours relaxing around the fire

by Molly | Best Apps

I tend to get a little romantic around the holidays. Not in the candlelight dinner with my husband kind of way, but more in the drink hot chocolate, nibble on cookies, music playing softly in the background while my pajama-clad children (who never fight over who gets...