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Accessible playgrounds for kids, on demand. Thanks, internet!

by Liz Gumbinner | Causes and Giving Back

Leave it to NPR and Internet technology to create something as simple and wonderful as Playgrounds for Everyone, a community edited guide helping kids who require handicapped-accessible facilities find them easily. Turns out there actually is no official database like...

Fable tablet: Can it sit at the table with the other kids’ tablets? Here’s our review.

by Nicole Blades | Uncategorized

We’re big fans of dedicated kids’ tablets around here. We even have a list of our favorite tablets for kids, for those parents who aren’t quite ready to hand over a $500 iPad to a preschooler. Even if it is a hand-me-down. And this is why I was...

9 awesomely cool coding projects for kids using the Dot and Dash robots from Wonder Workshop

by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys

Recently, I wrote about how totally in love I am with the Dot and Dash Robots from Wonder Workshop. So it makes me extra happy that they have joined us as as our newest Cool Mom Tech sponsor because, well, we all adore them! (Also, so does every kid who comes over and...

Got a budding shutterbug? Grab this photo 101 book by National Geographic Kids

by Nicole Blades | Photography

I am pretty sure that it’s written somewhere in the fine print of the Parenthood Contract that we’re supposed to take tons of photos of our kids. So it’s always a nice bonus when the subjects of our countless pics develop their own interest in the...

4 tech summer camps for kids that parents will think are way cool, too.

by Nicole Blades | Tech Toys

Getting our kids on board with STEM early in the game seems like a great way to go. And just because it’s summer doesn’t mean that gentle parent-ly nudge in the right direction has to take a break. An easy way to get kids hyped about things like computer...

How to get your kids a free coding education this summer from Microsoft.

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Educational Apps

School’s out (finally). Time to really sink into summer’s sun and fun. But for many parents, summer also means tackling this gnawing question, how are we going to keep these children entertained? Well, for your tech-head kid, we’re happy to...

9 fantastic gender-neutral apps for kids around themes that traditionally weren’t. Because girls like robots and boys like styling hair.

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

This week I was reading a post from one of our favorite app developers, Toca Boca, about how actively they try to create gender-neutral apps, and I was really impressed learning just how much effort they put into it. Like the sketch they featured in developing the...

The new Masterpiece app for Osmo helps turn kids into brilliant artists. (Berets not necessary.)

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Tech Toys

So rad. Honestly, those were the first words that popped out of my mouth when I saw this crazy-cool new drawing experience called Masterpiece. It is the latest offering from Osmo, the groundbreaking, iPad-powered gaming device built by two young dads out of Stanford...

$Making math fun: 8 ways to help get teens excited about math$

Making math fun: 8 ways to help get teens excited about math

by Cool Mom Staff | Tips and Tricks

If you have a teen in your household, as some of us do, you’ll know that their math homework is getting much more challenging and sometimes (we’ll admit it) frustrating. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t ways for making math fun in really...

Pepi Ride: A fun intro to driving games

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

To be honest, I was a little hesitant when I first downloaded the Pepi Ride app. But then I turned it over to my 5-and-half-year-old son, and this doubting mama loved his reaction. Pepi Ride is a fun intro to video games. There’s no real educational piece to it,...

Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

We started Cool Mom Tech in 2010 to help make our increasingly digital lives easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun, however old your kids may be.

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