Cool homeschooling resources online, that aren’t just for homeschoolers: Back to School Tech Guide 2013
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
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
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
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.
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...
A Cat Lost In The City… or in the ocean, perhaps.
I like bright colors, moving objects and intense battles as much as the next guy, but my favorite incarnation of the virtual world is when it’s used for education. Particularly if bright colors and moving objects are part of the learning process. This is why my...
An app to teach kids foreign languages that you’ll kind of want to steal for yourself
Learning words in different languages never gets old. That’s how I became obsessed with telenovelas, but that’s an entirely different post. The trick is keeping things fun and interesting so that your kid will dig languages too. Thankfully, the creative...
Endless love for this awesome new alphabet app
If you could see how bananas my grade-school-age kids just went over an “alphabet app,” you might think they were watching some ridiculous YouTube video. Surely an eight and ten year old couldn’t be hysterically laughing while playing an app whose...
5 of our favorite Pinterest pins this week
Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us! Then check out our must-see pins from this week that you won’t want to miss. 1. This amazing new, affordable camera might just make us ditch our smart phone for a real camera again. 2. A must-have app for kids if...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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