Where to find A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving streaming for free this year. Because, tradition.

by Kate Etue | Entertainment

We have a few Thanksgiving traditions in our family: mom’s pumpkin pie, a turkey that’s never quite ready when we expect it to be, and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on TV. Because Lucy, Linus and the rest of the gang are just a sentimental tradition...

They Might Be Giants’ No! to be followed up by Why? | Kids’ music downloads of the week

by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids

One of the very first kids’ albums I ever bought was They Might Be Giants’ 2002 classic No! to play for my then-toddler daughter. It still ranks up there with some of my favorite albums thanks to songs like Fibber Island, I Am Not Your Broom, John Lee...

Privet by KidsLink: A great new addition to parenting advice apps

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

Along with the diapers and burp clothes and countless other pieces of baby gear, perhaps the most valuable things that new (and newish) parents can receive are the BTDT words of wisdom from other parents who are boldly and actively doing the hard work of parenting....

Recess Monkey’s Penguinese: Kids’ music download of the week

by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids

Recess Monkey’s first song off their soon-to-be-released album Hot Air isn’t quite as wacky as that song about what the fox says (hallelujah), but if you ever wondered what the penguin does say, you’ll want to download Penguinese. You might expect a...

Skip Tunes: Give music control over to your computer (but not in a creepy HAL 9000 way)

by Nicole Blades | Uncategorized

It’s very #firstworldproblems, true, but it’s a tad annoying to click away from your work and log into a new app in order to see what’s happening with your streaming music. The genius Skip Tunes, makes sure this little inconvenience is no longer an...

Pay Once and Play: The best games with no in-app purchases. Thank you iTunes!

by Julie | Best Apps

I admit it, I’m an app junkie, and so are my kids. But the in-app purchase prompts on some of our favorite games drive us all crazy.Because even when you’ve disabled in-app purchases on the devices your kids use (you have, right?), the annoying prompts...

Light by Lisa Loeb: Hanukkah music download of the week

by Christina Refford | Kids

With Hanukkah beginning this week, it’s a good time to download kids’ music and 90’s songstress Lisa Loeb’s brand new song to have ready to play as you light your evening candles and enjoy the holidays with your family. Titled simply Light,...

Sesame Street is kickin’ it, old school style

by Delilah S. Dawson | Entertainment

Remember when Grover was groovy and Oscar was orange? I don’t. I didn’t start watching until 1979 or so, but I was definitely on the Street before that Elmo fellow showed up. Now you can share those classic episodes of Sesame Street with your kids–...

Orb music player is music to your ears

by Jeana | Best Apps

Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time and money adding music to my digital collection, and making playlists for every event imaginable.  With warmer weather just around the corner, I’d like to think that my “BBQ Music,” “Summer...

The best Beatles songs for kids

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment, Kids

While there are some awesome kindie rock bands out there that we’ve featured both here and on Cool Mom Picks, there are plenty of awesome “adult” tunes out there that work just as well for our kids. Now that the Beatles are on iTunes (whoo!),...