by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment
The library has always been the classic way to get a ton of books without spending a fortune. Then Kindle and Nook came along, occasionally offering crazy ways to get free ebooks. Now there’s a new way to save money on an entire library: A single USB. An...
by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps
I like bright colors, moving objects and intense battles as much as the next guy, but my favorite incarnation of the virtual world is when it’s used for education. Particularly if bright colors and moving objects are part of the learning process. This is why my...
by Eva Glettner | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Learning words in different languages never gets old. That’s how I became obsessed with telenovelas, but that’s an entirely different post. The trick is keeping things fun and interesting so that your kid will dig languages too. Thankfully, the creative...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
If you could see how bananas my grade-school-age kids just went over an “alphabet app,” you might think they were watching some ridiculous YouTube video. Surely an eight and ten year old couldn’t be hysterically laughing while playing an app whose...
by Stephanie Mayers | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Watching my daughter have to think hard while she is playing with an educational app makes me smile big. And being able to finally take advantage of the booming educational app market is a joy when presented with some of the amazing options out there. Our newest...
by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps
“A wonderful app! It’s better than rap! ‘If I Ran the Circus’ makes me smile like a sap!” Um… sorry. There’s just something about announcing a new Seuss app that forces me to rhyme, albeit badly. We’ve talked at length...
by Liz Gumbinner | Life and Home
I just got a bunk bed for my kids and was trying to figure out a good clip-on reading light that could just clip onto the sides of the bed. Have you come across anything like that? Thanks! -Maryann Funny enough Maryann, I could have written this question myself about...
by Cool Mom Staff | Websites We Love
If you loved the cool notebooks we highlighted last week as part of our 3 Springpad Notebooks that you’re going to love series, then hold onto your hats. We’ve put together more awesome smart notebooks that showcase how powerful this website and free...
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 Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
As a mom of a child with a learning disability in reading, technology has been a huge help. But most of the reading apps out there are geared toward young children who are learning to read, not 9 year olds. I just stumbled across the Whispersync and Immersion Reading...
