by Cool Mom Team | Games + Gaming
With kids asking for all sorts of gadgets, it can be hard to know when they’re ready. Sometimes just playing the family gaming device or using your tablet is all them need. But in other cases, it might be time to get them their very own. So we’re putting...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps
Ask my son to write up his Christmas list, and he’ll hand you the LEGO catalog with about a hundred things circled. While I love watching him sit and build everything from the Space Shuttle to a mulitcolored house for all his LEGO mini figures, there is a new...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, we’re thrilled to welcome cool mom of 3 and actress Jennie Garth, whose kids like some of our own favorite apps! My kids love Cookie and Cake Doodle. They...
by Kristen Chase | Best Apps
In my experience with iPad apps over the last couple of years, I’ve learned that sometimes the simplest apps are the most entertaining and educational. And that’s exactly how I’d describe this adorable new parent-created app for preschoolers and...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps
I’ve professed my love for the creative and entertaining apps by Sweden’s Toca Boca before, and I know I’m not alone in my admiration if our very vocal Facebook fans are any indication. My own kids already have six Toca Boca apps to give them a...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Every parent with an iPad (and that’s a lot of us) has at some point asked the same question–something along the lines of man, why can’t they make one that’s just for kids that doesn’t cost a fortune and isn’t destined to be broken...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Between our membership to the Boston Museum of Science and frequent viewings of Here Comes Science, my kids are growing up thinking that science is the coolest subject out there. It’s a far cry from how I felt about it in high school myself. And now we have...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Back to school sales are in full swing which means I can stock up on winter sweaters, coats and boots, even if we won’t need them for a few more months. Even better is a great Back-to-School sale on some of our favorite apps for kids that we won’t have to...
by Cool Mom Team | Websites We Love
Our readers are often the source of the coolest finds, like this one — a fantastic little self-funded website that allows young children to create, imagine, and play without the help of a single TV character. Click around the whimsical world of Poisson Rouge and...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps
I get excited about great apps for my kids — and ticked off by the ones that stink — but I don’t usually think too much about the apps’ developers. However, as my kids have started to amass an arsenal of apps on my iPad, I keep running into...
