by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Tech
Our tweens and teens heading back to school aren’t satisfied with cute erasers and personalized pencils anymore. They want tech! Aside from all those tablets and phones and laptops they’ve got 400 good reasons they need, here are a few little doodads to...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Listening to compelling audio books has been my #1 way to prevent backseat squabbles between the kids as we do everything from a six-hour drive to Maine, to a 15-minute jaunt to gymnastics practice. And one of the best ways to get our hands on a seemingly limitless...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Tech
With the back to school season here (surely you’ve heard by now), over the next couple weeks we’ll be putting together these mini guides on back to school tech to help you out with a few must-haves, helpful apps, and cool ideas. Starting with laptop...
by Cool Mom Team | Gear + Hardware
Kids and cell phones is a combo that strikes fear into even the most laid-back parents. As my oldest daughter inches closer to cell phone age, I’ve decided to do my research early so I’m ready when she’s ready. And while it’s tough to know what...
by Eva Glettner | Best Apps
I am all about tools that transform math problems into games that keep you engaged and thinking. So I am digging this new math app, Go Sum, because it is just perfect for kids that may be a bit math-phobic, while still keeping it interesting for the children that...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Uncategorized
Okay, so he’s not an 80s hair band, and he doesn’t have a one-armed drummer. But this leopard is the first iPhone case we’ve seen with ears–and he helps real, actual endangered leopards. Which means he does, in fact, rock. The super sweet...
by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps, Educational Apps
My subpar geography skills are one of my husband’s favorite things to tease me about. Could I fill in that blank map of the 50 states we had to do in 6th grade? Note to self: 2013 resolution! But I still find our planet completely fascinating and get caught up...
by Jeana | Best Apps, Educational Apps
When we go on long car rides, I like to pack a bag of activities of things that keep the kids occupied for as long as possible before they resort to the eventual “are we therrrrrre yet?” One of the things I always throw in is our set of Brain Quest...
by Cool Mom Team | Travel
Whether we’re camping, trying to catch fireflies, or just going out to the beach to watch the waves by moonlight, my kids like to have a little light nearby to keep an eye out for those things that go bump in the night. And while flashlights do the trick, I love...
by Christina Refford | Tech Toys
As soon as my kids were old enough to hold a crayon, I started apologizing to the trees. Wow, they run through a ream of paper in no time at all with all their pictures, notes, and stories. And while I appreciate their creativity, I also appreciate a smart little...
