Tiny Builders construction app: All the fun of digging and excavating without the travel delays

by Julie | Best Apps

Road construction is one of those travel hitches we all want to avoid, unless you’re one of those toddlers and preschoolers who think those giant machines are the coolest ever. Now they can get their fill of drilling, paving, and bulldozing with the brand new...

The fantastic new Cat in the Hat Read and Learn app: Mr. Geisel would totally approve.

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Educational Apps

We’re all pretty picky when it comes to kids’ ebooks around here, but when you’re adapting a classic from my own childhood like Dr. Seuss, my standards skyrocket. Even so, I am wildly impressed with the brand new Cat in the Hat Read and Learn app for...

4 cool apps and websites to help your kids learn more about the moon on National Moon Day

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Seeing as how we live in an age where everything from Nutella to x has its own national day, I should not be surprised that today is National Moon Day. At least it celebrates something totally real and inspirational, and if it’s marketing anything, it’s...

A new fireworks app for kids that is all fun, no fear

by Christina Refford | Best Apps

If a single BOOM from a nearby fireworks display sends your kids running to bury their heads in your lap, you may need kinder, gentler fireworks this Fourth of July. Like the ones found on this cute new fireworks app, Fireworks Lab, which lets our youngest kids set...

Tiggly Words spells out fun while kids learn this summer

by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps, Tech Toys

With school out for the summer, I know that many of us will be letting our kids have a bit more screen time during these long, less-scheduled days. And if you’d like that time to be educational, at least some of the time, definitely check out the brand...

Simple Machines app by Tinybop: Kids learning physics without even knowing it.

by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps

We can hardly believe it that it’s only been a month since we featured the launch of The Robot Factory app from awesome app developer Tinybop, but they’re back again. This time with  another fantastic educational app for kids, Simple Machines, and right in...

Dot and Dash robots: The best of what coding toys for kids can be

by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys

Walking through the crowded, cacophonic aisles of International CES 2015 earlier this year, we were instantly drawn to one booth featuring adorable little robots gliding around the rug, and beeping and booping at our feet. It turned out to be the Dash Robot from...

An interactive storybook app for iPad with all the animals, none of the crowds

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

My kids ask me if they can download new apps to my iPad every day, and I almost always say no. I hate to give up my precious memory space for the junky, ad-filled apps that appeal to them, but that I’d really rather they not play in the first place. So when I...

A fun Easter app for kids to keep them busy while you hide the eggs

by Kristen Chase | Best Apps

It’s only the beginning of our Easter spring break mash-up weekend, and my kids are already getting antsy. Don’t they know that I, er, the Easter Bunny have things to do? So if you’re like me and have exhausted the Easter crafts, and Easter egg...

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...