A smart reason to let your kids put their fingers all over your iPad

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

My kids have used their fingers and toes to help them understand numbers and counting from the days of 10 Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed through basic addition. And now there is a new app that uses technology to help reinforce these concepts with your iPad though,...

iPhone protection tip for parents – Toddler Lock App + Toddler Lock Case

by Jeana | Best Apps

Every time I see toddlers wildly tapping and swiping at their moms’ phones, I wonder how much they’re inadvertently racking up in iTunes purchases–or perhaps which international country they’re dialing. But it’s not just toddlers that are...

A free coloring app for kids to let them Squiggle themselves silly.

by Pilar | Best Apps

Sometimes you just have to color outside the lines. This awesome coloring app for kids just requires a few squiggles from your kiddo to get animated–getting him animated too. The aptly named Squiggles! has 14 different pre-set pages (including one blank one)...

The 3 Little Pigs, only everyone lives.

by Molly | Best Apps, Educational Apps

If you’re a traditionalist who doesn’t like people messing with classics like “The Three Little Pigs” on their iPad apps, then you might as well not read this post.  Jekolab, an Italian app developer has recently released a slightly less...

Tiny Tiger and Friends App

by Roxanna | Best Apps

My older sons are well-versed in the world of iPhone games — they’re lifesaving when I need them to be quiet in in waiting rooms and during long flights — but my two and half year old usually gets left behind. It’s fine by me, because...

Peter Pan comes to life on your iPad, and we’re Hooked. (Ha)

by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps

My three-year-old is a newly minted Peter Pan groupie. I assume she’s not the only one, which is why this new Peter Pan app has her absolutely, well, hooked, and I have to admit, I’m pretty into this e-book/app hybrid too. The Peter Pan: Disney Classics...

An app to teach kids hygiene, cleanliness, and uh, other stuff you do in the bathroom.

by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps

With two kids under the age of six running around the house, the importance of keeping tops and tails fresh and relatively clean comes up a lot. A lot. Personal hygiene is still in work in progress for both of them, but I’m pretty confident that one day, boogers...

Pat the Bunny for iPad – the one bunny we love well after Easter is over

by Cool Mom Team | Holiday Picks

Pat the Bunny is a baby book staple in most households, including mine, where I got at least three copies at my baby shower. After all, it’s one of the very first interactive books. So not surprisingly he’s finally gone digital with a fun iPad app, which,...

Phonics apps for early readers? Reader Q&A

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps

I (want) to know what some of the best apps (are) for a 4 year old. She’s so interested in learning to read, yet I have no idea where to begin. I think she may have a bit of photographic memory, so it’s hard to tell if she is actually reading, or just has...

Android apps for kids: 3 new ones worth a look

by Jeana | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Our readers often ask us to suggest more kids’ apps beyond iOS, and while we do cover the great Android apps we find, there’s certainly a discrepancy in both quantity and quality when compared to what’s available for iOS. Well Android users, I think...