Toniebox, the cool screen-free entertainment center for little kids

by Caroline Siegrist | Kids

My son’s just at the age he can start listening to stories on his own, but I’m not in a hurry to hand over my iPhone to keep him entertained. So I was intrigued to read about Toniebox, a cool screen-free content box for little kids. The Toniebox works with...

Listen up! 5 fantastic storytelling podcasts for kids.

by Kristen Chase | Entertainment

Podcasts can promote your child’s creativity and imagination without spending more time in front of a screen. And while there are more and more awesome podcasts for kids popping up all the time, we wanted to specifically highlight storytelling podcasts. Think...

The holiday gift for grandparents that’s a keepsake the whole family will love

by Kristen Chase | Uncategorized

I am fortunate that my grandmother was a writer, so she took it upon herself to write all her amazing life story down for us before she passed away. Even so, I would have loved to have had StoryWorth, a service that helps you capture your loved ones’ stories and...

Scribble Creative Book Maker app: Let kids become instant authors and illustrators

by Jeana | Best Apps, Educational Apps

I’m pretty measured about letting my kids use my iPad, especially when they could be playing outside, practicing their instruments or learning their fifth language. Ha. In truth, I’m all about balance in our household, and I’m definitely a fan of...

Let the StoryCorps app capture stories of your family’s history this holiday. The result is really beautiful.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

When I’m driving around running errands, I usually have NPR on the radio, unless I’m listening to Spawned, of course. The stories that almost always end up with me in tears, searching for a Kleenex in the console, are the reports from StoryCorps which...

Makesto is a sweet, free storytelling app to let kids’ imaginations run wild

by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps, Educational Apps

They say every picture tells a story, which makes my six-year-old a master story teller. We get a book’s worth of drawings from her each day and the explanations of her creations are always mind blowingly crazy awesome. So imagine our excitement when we...

Sparkup: An e-reader just for kids. (As in, hands off Mommy’s Kindle.)

by Christina Refford | Gear + Hardware

Though reading to the kids has always been one of my favorite things to do, it’s not always possible for those of us who travel for work, have a newborn, or just get too busy to drop everything to read a book for the fourth time in an hour. On those days, instead of...

Stories, etc: A new app that lets you preserve your epic Ryan Gosling story for your great-great grandchildren

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

So much of social media relies on storytelling. Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, even YouTube and Vine — they are all platforms for sharing our stories with each other. Pubsoft recognized this need we have to capture and share our memories, and launched a fun family...