by Liz Gumbinner | Causes and Giving Back
We all know that access to expansive STEM education is essential for kids growing up today. It not only introduces what are now the basic skills needed to thrive in a high-tech world, but it has the potential to open up unlimited career opportunities to those kids who...
by Jeana | Back to School Tech, Best Apps, Educational Apps
Our Back to School tech guide continues with a bevy of the best math apps for kids of all ages. There are so many fantastic options these days — almost too many to count (ha) — so we’ve done the digging for you to uncover lots of the best math apps...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment
We’re huge fans of STEM at Cool Mom Tech (no surprise, there), and in fact we started this site in part to help give parents more resources and opportunities to get their kids excited about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. However, while we love all...
by Christina Refford | Educational Apps, Best Apps
If you’re hoping to get your future mathlete ready for preschool in the fall, or just want to find a new ways to help practice counting, adding, and subtracting with your first grader, download the free version of King of Math Junior. This smart and fun game for...
by Christina Refford | Tech Toys
As we approach the final week of Christmas shopping, I plan spend a few minutes to make sure that I’m buying toys and games that will feed my kids’ brains as much as their need for play. And while “math toys” has never appeared on any of my...
by Cool Mom Team | Holiday Tech Gifts
We love toys for kids that are educational too, which is why we’re so happy to share of these some favorite cool STEM toys and gifts for kids as the next installment in our 2015 Holiday Tech Gift Guide series. And we’re extra happy to share this guide on behalf...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Here I was, thinking I was so excited to have my kids back in school, but I totally forgot one thing: homework. Drilling your kids on their math facts is the most fun ever, right? Ugh. Well, if you have the amazingly inventive Osmo for iPad, your kids will be able to...
by Julie | Back to School Tech, Best Apps, Educational Apps
Rounding out our 2015 back to school tech guide: The best math apps. All year long we’re on the lookout for the very best of the best math apps for kids of all ages, that we know that parents will appreciate too. (Especially since we’re the ones paying for...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment
Even though our kids will be getting lots of STEM in school these days (at least, we hope so), we love the idea of encouraging their love of learning about science, math, and related subjects outside the classroom too. YouTube can actually be a fantastic resource for...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Educational Apps
When the director of our ad team, Lisa, tells me to try a new app, I know it’s going to be a good one. She has good taste. And this time it’s Brain Dots (for iOS and Android) which happens to be fun, challenging, infuriating, and sometimes totally...
