Communicating with your child’s teacher and class without mass email chains? Thank you, Remind app.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

With back to school officially here, I cannot tell you how much I love the benefits of organization and communication apps for parents and teachers. They really do make life so much easier. Well, I’ve just discovered another tech tool that’s going to make...

12 of the best educational apps for preschoolers: Back to School Tech Guide 2014

by Nicole Blades | Back to School Tech

We’re so happy to kick off our 2014 back to school tech guide with one of our favorite, and most requested categories: The best educational apps for preschoolers. Now just because your little one isn’t in official Big Kid school yet doesn’t mean they...

Lyka’s Adventure apps and toys brings earth science to life for kids in the most fun way

by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps

We are so excited about the range of science and technology toys that are being created for our kids these days. I love that my kids are using their minds while they play, learning the whole time without realizing it, and the newest player hoping to make it into this...

Khan Academy SAT prep: Absolutely free. Because every kid deserves a chance to go to college.

by Kate Etue | Websites We Love

It’s been 10 years since Sal Khan first started creating educational video tutorials to help his niece across the country with her math homework. We’ve been huge fans of Khan Academy since, and now we’re raising our collective fists in the air to...

Be an organized parent and classroom volunteer with 9 helpful apps and websites

by Jeana | Tips and Tricks

Ever since my kids started elementary school, I have always tried to volunteer and chaperone whenever possible, especially in these years that the kids still actually want me to be there. But with many different opportunities to help out in the classroom, school...

Kids’ music download of the week: The Verve Pipe’s Homework Blues Stomp

by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids

Ahhhh Sunday–the day when school-aged kids everywhere realize they forgot about that big homework assignment due this week and send us parents into a tizzy. And to top it off, we were all up this morning at 5 with the end of daylight savings. Before you tear out...

A unique school fundraising idea using your very own photos

by Kate Etue | Websites We Love

School fundraisers are increasingly necessary these days with so many funding cuts, but we all know that even as kids are out shilling candy and wrapping paper, it’s their parents end up doing most of the work. So I’m excited to find this very innovative...

Target is giving $5 million to schools. Here’s how your school can get some of that.

by Julie | Uncategorized

Like so many of you, I’m committed to supporting my kids’ school. Whether it’s volunteering my time in the classroom, designing yearbook pages, or just sending permission slips back on time, I’m happy to do what I can. And for the next few...

Better lunch planning through technology

by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps

Here is a typical weeknight in my house. After dinner is made and I have digested, the dishes are all done and I hear snoring out of the monitor… I think, YAY I can go sit down and wait for Jon Stewart. But then I remember, I have to pack her lunch. I think...

Coordinating holiday parties and sports teams? Cross coordinating off your list

by Cool Mom Team | Websites We Love

A few classes at our school are hosting a big ol’ holiday pot-luck this week and whenever I get wind of that my first thought is, bless whoever took on that coordinator job. But now I realize that she has a lot of help (which is why she’s smart enough to...