educational apps

Let's face it: Our kids and these tiny screens are going to be together for the long haul. Might as well teach the ins and outs of all things digital from early on, right? I'm talking about coding for kids: teaching children how to speak…

This is a sponsored message from Entertainment One Family Preschoolers can't seem to get enough of Peppa Pig , one of the coolest new cartoons to hit the tube in the last ten years. Probably because Peppa Pig likes a lot of the same thin…

We haven't been shy about singing our praises for nabi tablets for kids . Between the nabi Square , nabi Jr. and the nabi 2 (which I dubbed the best kids' tablet at the time), it's pretty safe to say that we are very fond of their awesom…

We're always on the lookout for the best math apps for kids that put some fun in the fundamentals, especially for the 3- to 7-year-old crowd. Getting kids excited and interested in math from an early age just makes good sense -- good num…

Holiday season is just around the corner (hold me) and we're starting to see lots of great kids' electronic gifts popping up. We have covered VTech's InnoTab kids' tablets for years, harking all the way back to the original InnoTab when …

As longtime fans of BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. , I always turn to the sites for solid, clear, kid-friendly explanations of everything from the first Thanksgiving to 9/11 . So I'm turning to the BrainPOP Jr. site (best for kids up to third…

I'm super picky where it comes to educational math apps, and I rely on my kids' opinions . They'll try anything, but it takes an extra special app to hold their interest. Twelve a Dozen is one of those exceptional math apps for iPad that…

For me, exposing my preschooler to tech is about inspiring him in his non-tech world too. So I tend to be drawn toward apps with a simple aesthetic that he can relate to. The new Windy and Friends apps are some of the best iOS apps (edit…

For me, as a kid, mathematics was fun until it wasn't. I would say the party fizzled around the time If a train leaves the station at 10:15... questions became regular players on homework. So that's why I enjoyed giving the Todo Math app…

I just spent the last 30 minutes playing the new Amazing World Atlas app, which should probably be reason enough for you to download it to your smart phone or tablet but hey, if you need a little more convincing, I'm happy to help. We've…

It's no secret that kids love farms and animals, and at this time of year many families are making trips to experience hayrides, apple picking and pumpkin carving. But if a drive out to the country isn't in the cards, the new kid-focused…

When the original Star Walk app launched a couple of years ago, it was an instant hit with us, even with the $5 price tag. Yes, kind of hefty for 2012 but totally worth it, especially for those of us who possessed that excitement and won…

If your kids are like ours and asking questions about 9/11 , you're looking for appropriate sources to help you explain it to them rather that some network keeps replaying plane crash video footage over and over again. That's why year af…

Even though my two older kids aren't as tied to a specific bedtime routine as when they were younger, reading in bed together is something that we still all love doing. And with a husband who travels frequently, it's so neat that the Sto…

When I'm trying to decide whether to spend money on an app for my kids, I want to be sure it's something they'll return to again and again. But I also want my kids to learn something while they're having fun. All of this is true of the n…

I don't often sit with my kids while they're on their tablets, mostly because their limited screen time is during my limited time to get dinner ready. Also, I've had enough Angry Birds to last me a while. But today I sat down with my fou…

Whether your kids are figuring out how to sound out words for the first time, or you have older grade-schoolers who just might choose an educational app over a game from time to time if it's fun enough, educational apps can certainly be …

Scientific curiosity is what's lurking behind all those questions our kids start asking as toddlers. While we parents don't always have all the answers, fortunately there's a ton of cool science apps out there to help indulge that curios…

Math: The word alone strikes fear into the hearts of too many kids -- and frankly, too many parents. That's why we think it's so important to find the very best math apps for kids to share with our readers, so we can help our kids get a …

We're so happy to kick off our 2014 back to school tech guide with one of our favorite, and most requested categories: The best educational apps for preschoolers. Now just because your little one isn't in official Big Kid school yet does…

As much as I'd love to take a trip to Europe with my kids and let them ride bikes through Holland to see the windmills and tulips, it's just not in the budget this year. But I can still let them learn about Dutch culture through the beau…

One of my kids' favorite activities is to grab my phone and watch videos of themselves over and over again. And yep, I know tons of you can relate. So I can only imagine how excited they'd be to see animated version of themselves as the …

Even though it's easy to snap and share plenty of great vacation photos these days, I do miss those fun postcards we used to collect and send during my family trips as a kid. But now with the ScenePast app for iOS, you can actually send …

About halfway through our summer, my bag of tricks is getting dangerously empty when it comes to creating fun, new things to do with the kids. But one of our favorite arts-and-craft companies, Kiwi Crate , has developed Kiwi Corner , a w…