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Black History Month lasts through the end of February, but you'll need to act by Friday if you want to grab free downloads of three important audio books by Black authors. Offered as a gift from Cool Mom Tech-recommended audiobook compan…

Brooklyn-based kindie music geniuses The Pop Ups's new album is out today, and (thanks to a sneak-preview) my kids are already hooked. To be honest, I am too. If you're new to the kid-music scene, you might recognize The Pop Ups 's psych…

One of the sweetest things you can share with your kids on the 14th, well, in my opinion, is this brand-new compilation album of kids' music for Valentine's Day called Heart Beats , featuring a whole bevy of artists whose music we've lov…

With both my editors buried in winter storm Jonas and at least six inches outside my own suburban Boston window, it seems apt that today's kids' music download be one that sings of every school kids' favorite day: A snow day. Snow Day by…

Sundays are a great day to turn up the tunes and dance around the house. And to help ward off winter's chill or maybe break up a long day indoors, our download of the week is a boogie-filled number called Rooms off the Grammy-nominated a…

We are still reeling over the events that happened in Paris on Friday and struggling with how much to share with our kids of varying ages. We hope our post, How to talk to your kids about the tragedy in Paris , has helped you find resour…

Halloween may be one of my favorite times of the year, but it's not much fun for kids who are afraid of all the bats, ghosts, witches, and goblins around every corner. If you're also finding that the spookiness of Halloween is crowding o…

If you ask a lot of kids what they'd like more than a baby sister or a new bike or even their two front teeth, they'd say that want a sweet, fluffy, lick-you-in-the-face dog. And since October is the American Humane Association's Adopt-a…

Good grief! Peanuts, the comic most of us grew up with, is a senior citizen! Charles M. Schultz's beloved comic strip is 65, having debuted in just nine newspapers back on October 2, 1950. And though no soundtrack would've been assigned …

There's a chill in the air this morning that lets me know that, without a doubt, fall is here. And since I know firsthand how hard it is to get kids out of bed on these colder, darker mornings, I'm recommending you follow my lead and dow…

I tend to browse lots of places looking for cool fonts that I may never use. (When it comes to typefaces I'm more of a collector than a designer; kind of like having lots of books at home you haven't yet opened. But I digress.) I've just…

My third born is soon turning another year older, a fact that makes me feel both happy and wistful as he is the baby in the family. So though I may be holding back tears as he blows out his birthday candles, I also love that I've found a…

Of all the great songs on Renee & Friends' amazing new album Simpatico , the one that I've had running in my head for weeks is a Prince cover featuring the voices of Renee Stahl of kindie band Renee & Jeremy and Maya Rudolph. Yes, that M…

One of the very first kids' albums I ever bought was They Might Be Giants' 2002 classic No! to play for my then-toddler daughter. It still ranks up there with some of my favorite albums thanks to songs like Fibber Island, I Am Not Your B…

With their great climbing branches, ability to provide cool shade on a hot day, and the leaf piles they supply in the fall, it's no wonder that our kids love to play around trees every chance they get. So I'm especially liking one though…

Our young children may not entirely understand why mom's Facebook avatar is covered in rainbows or what all those happy tears on Friday were for, but quite simply, kids can understand the basic premise that all of us here share, that lov…

After spending your Father's Day celebrating with the special dads in your family's life, take a few quiet moments to enjoy a song from one very special dad, writing one heck of a special song. Singer-songwriter Alastair Moock. Home When…

Like the title of the song says, I do love ukuleles, having just started taking lessons as an adult--much to the amusement of my three children. Though my favorite thing about The Harmonica Pocket's I Love Ukuleles is the clever wordplay…

Later this week, my kids and I will gather around the television to watch the nail-biting action of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals . But before we start to marvel at the super kids who don't get frazzled spelling words from aut…

We are big fans of ladybugs here, especially when we find them outdoors eating the bugs in our garden and not all over our walls on a sunny day. So for this week's music download of the week, we're loving a new song from the eco-minded, …

We've been spring cleaning our house for a few weeks now, thanks to a little book on the Konmari method of tidying and organization , so when I heard the song called Too Much Junk by Elska, I knew I had my family's new anthem. Give it a …

Need to put a little Irish pep into your step for St. Patrick's Day? Download a copy of John's Jig by Boston's Ben Rudnick and Friends and your family will be dancing a jig to this fun instrumental in no time. With its quick-pace and exc…

Remember those weekend mornings when you would roll out of bed with just enough time to make it to brunch? After losing an hour of sleep last night to Daylight Savings, I'm feeling a little pang for those days. Which is why my kids' musi…

As another blizzard rages outside my suburban Boston window, Caspar Babypants' wishful song, I Wanna Be A Snowman , will be running through my head as I shovel this afternoon. But since my kids still love the fluffy white stuff, and this…