Truckin’

by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps, Educational Apps

I have shared custody of my phone… with my daughter. Basically it’s mine pretty much everywhere but the car. When I am driving on long trips, I know don’t need the tempation of checking mail I know is waiting for me, so I am a-okay to let her at it....

Joy to Joya, an awesome video sharing app

by Jeana | Best Apps

I took the cutest video of my daughter at her piano lesson last week playing Beethoven Sonatas, jazz riffs and Billy Joel covers. It was amazing! OK, fine, it was a run-through of “Do Not Sneeze” accompanied by her piano teacher, but I still see a budding...

The new Twitter Music service: Is it any good?

by Jeana | Entertainment

Listening to the Hits One station on Sirius Radio in the car may keep me somewhat up with the latest pop hits (even though my kids always know the lyrics before I do), but I still find myself saying “who?” to every new up-and-comer that is mentioned. Can...

A photo app that makes you look a lot more organized than you really are

by Jeana | Best Apps

I have taken so many pictures of my kids on my iPhone that I tend to group them into “series.” There’s the Florida series, the winter snowstorm series, the soccer game series, and so on. So I’m excited to have found a new app called Picerty...

Reader Q+A: Preschool foreign language apps for Android?

by Jeana | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Can you recommend any preschool foreign language apps for Android for my kids? -Kathy Hi Kathy, thanks for your question! You didn’t mention if there’s a specific language you’re interested in, but here are a few picks that offer great apps for...

An educational app for the junior astronaut in your living room

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

What kid hasn’t dreamed of rocketing off into outer space to see what is out there? The problem is, that cardboard box in the living room isn’t going anywhere so fast. Junior Astronaut – Breaking through the space barrier is a standout educational...

Kids’ free music download (and free app!) of the week: Draw on the Table

by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids

One of our favorite kindie musicians, Frances England, has partnered up with the creative folks at Spark Studios to create an app that is not only hands-on fun, but is backed by a tune by Frances England herself. And you can get both the app and a download of...

6 smart tips for managing your kids’ screen time

by Jeana | Tips and Tricks

With a second grader in the house who is increasingly reliant on the computer for homework and projects, I’m finding myself becoming much more vigilant about what he’s doing when online, and researching ways to be better about monitoring screen and game...

Teaching kids foreign languages with a most genius interactive app

by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Finding nifty little apps of merit for the kids can be a chore all on its own. Every so often though we come across sweet and simple apps that not only entertain them but that also impress us.   Color Genius for iOS does just that. It’s really the simple...

How to get rid of unwanted cell phone calls? Lookup+ to the rescue

by Jeana | Tips and Tricks

Even though I’m on the Do-Not-Call registry, I sometimes get the one-off unwanted cell phone call from a telemarketer that I wish I could block, because it always seems to call the moment we sit down for dinner. While I have come to accept that a few might slip...