by Jeana | Websites We Love
I love when my kids come home from school and excitedly tell me about something fun they did that doesn’t include snack, lunch or recess. I love even more when it’s a mix of something educational and entertaining that we can all partake in together. The...
by Kate Etue | Entertainment
Are your kids going as stir crazy as ours are with this Polar Vortex and other crazy weather? We’ve exhausted every board game and put together every puzzle we have in our house. So, TV. And child friendly entertainment on our computers. With more parents...
by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment
We’re longtime fans of both Cookie Monster and Lord of the Rings, so of course we all stood and applauded for the new Sesame Street parody, “Lord of the Crumbs.” Cookie Monster, playing the role of Gobble (sound like anyone you know?) has to exert...
by Jeana | Websites We Love
I have 12-year-old and 3-year-old daughters who I’d like to find some good educational websites for. Any suggestions? – Michelle Thanks for your question, Michelle! There are a huge number of educational websites out there geared towards both your...
by Jeana | Websites We Love
I love my kids’ innocence when it comes to money management. They think that the ATM supply is endless and a credit card is just a means of being able to push the green button. But soon enough, they will start to get that money is earned and more importantly,...
by Christina Refford | Holiday Picks
It’s December 1st and despite pulling together some of the very best printable advent calendars out there, we’re out of ink. And I’m out of time if my back-up plan was to purchase something great online. Thankfully, like a Christmas miracle, there...
by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a video of your head superimposed on the body of an elf, dancing in a winter wonderland. Such is the magic of Elf Yourself by the hilarious company JibJab, a.k.a. the Spiridelli brothers. Now that the brothers are also...
by Cool Mom Staff | Best Apps, Educational Apps
I understand the appeal of websites and apps that bring a child’s favorite character to life, whether it’s Seuss or Dora or Yo Gabba Gabba. But sometimes it’s nice to find a world in which your kid can ascribe her own attributes and stories to the...
by Cool Mom Staff | Websites We Love
Today is my birthday. Which means for the last 10 years, it’s the day I refuse to turn on any news media whatsoever and re-experience the hell that I did more than a decade ago on this date. But now that my kids are getting older and asking questions, I’m...
by Cool Mom Staff | Websites We Love
Now that we’ve open the last book in our advent calendar, I get to deflect the When is Santa coming? questions all day long. But now I can just pop the kids in front of my computer for a little geography lesson as they track St. Nick’s travels around the...
