by Christina Refford | Kids
We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a bright tune by one of our favorite bilingual groups, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band. (And if you don’t know them yet well…they won the 2014 Grammy. So get on it!) De Colores is a well-known traditional...
by Christina Refford | Kids
For everyone eyeing the skies right now and hoping for a good old fashioned rainstorm to soak everything and give us puddles to jump in, Caspar Babypants has a light new song that your kids can sing to usher in the rainclouds. Rain Rain Come Today sings of all the...
by Christina Refford | Kids
Better start practicing your most hearty “Arrrrrrrr!,” because Friday is Talk Like a Pirate Day. And while you’re perusing all the pirate booty we’ve rounded up on Cool Mom Picks, download this most-excellent shanty from Boston-based Josh and...
by Christina Refford | Kids
If you like great kids’ music as much as we do, then you should be sure to follow our friends Stefan Shepherd via his website Zooglobble, and Bill Childs through his hugely popular weekly radio show, Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child. Not only will you be exposed...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
When I’m trying to decide whether to spend money on an app for my kids, I want to be sure it’s something they’ll return to again and again. But I also want my kids to learn something while they’re having fun. All of this is true of the new iPad...
by Kristen Chase | Tech Toys
We’ve featured tons of no-tangle earbuds and cool organizers to help fix tangled headphones here on Cool Mom Tech. Even a cord taco which was a new one for us. but I’ve never ever seen earbud sweaters. Until now. I had to chuckle when I saw these perfectly...
by Christina Refford | Kids
‘Tis that time of year again, when kids everywhere hop on the big yellow bus that whisks them away for a day of learning, friendship, and sometimes questionable lunches. And I can’t see that familiar vehicle drive down my street without immediately...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps
I have no idea why it took me so long to finally download and try the Video Star app, but now that I did, I’m so in love. Mostly with how creative my kids are getting with it. Aw, and just when I thought nothing would tear them away from Minecraft. This is...
by Christina Refford | Kids
Tuesday marks Women’s Equality Day and, in my opinion, there’s no better song to sing loudly with the kids than Schoolhouse Rock’s Sufferin’ Till Suffrage which celebrates a woman’s right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment....
by Christina Refford | Kids
Other than the daily sunscreen application my children must endure, they would probably say their least-favorite thing about summer are all the bugs that fly, crawl, buzz, and bite on a summer’s day or night. Since I’m getting a bit weary of hearing...
