5 printable Minecraft Valentine cards for the classroom

by Christina Refford | DIY, Games + Gaming

My kids will no longer settle for any old box of Valentine’s cards, especially now that they know how easy it is to dig up some cool printable Minecraft Valentine cards to hand out in class. Even for those of us who aren’t sure if the Sheep are good or why...

Duh! Books: Educational eBooks for kids who want to know more than their parents can tell them. (We can relate.)

by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps

I feel lucky that my daughter is a voracious reader, but her curiosity has a downside: She always wants to know more. So I also feel fortunate to have discovered Duh! books. These fiction e-books, geared toward kids from second to fifth grade, are an awesome...

batteryPOP: A safe online entertainment network for kids that they can customize themselves.

by Kate Etue | Entertainment

If you have kids old enough to play on the internet on their own, but not quite so old to do it without you wanting to be over their shoulders the entire time, you’ll be as happy as I am about batteryPOP, a new online entertainment network where your kids get to...

The new SquareHub app for Android. So now more families can create their own smart, safe social networks.

by Shari | Best Apps

We love companies that consistently try to improve their already-pretty-fab products, so we’re enthusiastic to tell you that SquareHub, a social networking app made just for families that we love, is branching out to Android families now too with some other...

A smart cap that lets you know when football is taking its toll on your kid

by Kate Etue | Fitness + Health

Football parents around the country are becoming more and more concerned about concussions. Some of these medical findings we’re hearing about are pretty scary. But football isn’t going away any time soon, so how do we keep our kids safe while...

8 Halloween apps for kids for spooky, creative, or silly fun

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

Once again, it’s that time we seek out the very best Halloween apps for kids to help keep them in the Halloween spirit, without wearing out their costumes and polishing off the mini Kit-Kats before the 31st even hits. And once again, it’s a hard job. But...

What is SnapHack? It’s the reason we warned parents about Snapchat.

by Kristen Chase | Internet Safety

Just a few weeks ago, we featured four apps kids are using that parents should know about, and noted that SnapChat was decreasing in popularity–which gives us a small sigh of relief. But with a brand new app release this week, we’re thinking kids might...

Build-your-own computer kits for kids, all designed by another kid. Minds blown.

by Pilar | Tech Toys

We all know STEM is a big deal in schools these days. The combination of science, technology, engineering and math is what kids are living on a daily basis, so a 10-year-old entrepreneur named Ethan Saadia wants to encourage even more kids to really get into computer...

Flips: Headphones that turn into speakers. Whoa.

by Pilar | Uncategorized

As a family of frequent travelers, we have a lot of headphones at the ready, just waiting to be thrown into our carry-on bags or in the car. But we’e never seen anything like this before. Billed as a hybrid headphone/speaker system, Flips headphones are designed...

4 apps kids are using that parents really should know about

by Julie | Internet Safety

Parenting tweens and teens is challenging enough, but the prevalence of tech in most kids’ lives makes it that much more important for parents to try and stay one step ahead. Where safe internet browsing was once our biggest concern, now smart phones and social...