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Endless Reader app: Even more endless love for one of our favorite apps

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

We’re huge fans of the Endless Alphabet app around here. I mean, it was created by the same team of people who made Sesame Street’s The Monster at the End of this Book, one of my childhood favorites. So I’m excited they’ve launched the Endless...

Wordplay Shakespeare: ebooks that make ye olde Shakespearean text clearer than ever.

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

Shakespeare’s plays are some of the most difficult pieces of literature your kids will study in school. English has changed significantly over the last 400 years, so try being 10 and having to know what the Bard meant by phrases like “Fie, my lord, fie, a...

The 10 best apps for kids: Editors’ Best Tech of 2013

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors' Picks of the Year

We see a lot of apps for kids here at Cool Mom Tech. A lot. Which means when we feature an app on our site, we really love it. Great for you, but tough when we’re trying to narrow down our favorite kids’ apps for 2013. Here, the cream of the crop when it...

The Little Scholar Tablet: a smart educational option for young kids

by Kate Etue | iPads + Tablets

Tablets are at the top of so many kids’ wish lists this Christmas, even for the littlest ones in our homes. For the preschool set who is just starting to learn about technology, the intuitive design of touch-directed devices are amazing. They’re able to...

Enter the magical world of Pandora ebooks, where kids become storytellers too

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps For Kids

When I started working in children’s publishing over a decade ago, I would never have imagined that children’s authors would be able to create an interactive book experience for kids like what Hullabalu, creators of the über-successful ebook series Pandora...

Cool homeschooling resources online, that aren’t just for homeschoolers: Back to School Tech Guide 2013

by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech

Along with books, YouTube channels, and educational apps, there are loads of smart and fun websites that both my kids and I agree are worthwhile supplements to their schoolwork. And as I get ready to start my eighth (gulp) year homeschooling three kids, I’ve...

The best preschool apps: Back to School Tech Guide 2013

by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech

Back-to-school is in the air and even young preschoolers can benefit from a little extra help at home with the help of fun educational apps, the latest feature in our Back to School Tech Guide. Some little kids’ apps are more educational than others, but each of...

The best free educational apps for kids: Back to School Tech Guide 2013

by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Tech

It’s not easy tracking down free educational apps for kids–or at least the good ones. And we have pretty stringest standards for what makes an app good. So we’re excited to launch our second back-to-school tech guide, starting with stuff you...

Learn with Homer: Not the epic poet, but pretty amazing nonetheless

by Julie | Educational Apps For Kids

My five-year-old son heads to kindergarten in two weeks. (Cue sobbing.) While he talks a blue streak and wields a glue stick like a lightsaber, we’re still working on his reading skills. So I was absolutely tickled by how quickly he became absorbed in Learn with...

3000 classic books, all in your palm.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment

The library has always been the classic way to get a ton of books without spending a fortune. Then Kindle and Nook came along, occasionally offering crazy ways to get free ebooks. Now there’s a new way to save money on an entire library: A single USB. An...

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