educational apps

Each summer, my kids love to monitor the growth of our backyard garden and keep an eye out for rabbits and deer. This year, we're also watching flora and fauna on the Plants app -- the latest release from TinyBop, maker of the Human Body…

As much as I embrace technology and consider my iPhone another appendage, I still feel nostalgic for the simpler times when tech didn't rule over everything, especially for my kids. Which is why I find the Kickstarter campaign for a new …

My kids are just two weeks into summer break, and they're so happy to have their days to just play outside and swim and you know, not do math. But since I don't want them to lose everything they've learned in just a few months, I've put …

H i Cool Mom Tech, I just got a NOOK for my five-year-old. Any suggestions for inexpensive learning apps? - reader, via Facebook Ooh, lucky kid you've got. Having a fun device like the NOOK is certainly a great way to encourage reading a…

H i Cool Mom Tech, any suggestions for fun kid-friendly typing apps or websites? - Tiffiny via Twitter How perfect -- I've just been looking for typing websites myself, to get my own kids to learn how to type online. Especially after the…

School's almost out for summer where I am, so I'm glad to find an awesome new educational app called My Incredible Body that takes kids -- and hey, parents too -- on a fascinating journey through nearly all the organ systems in our body …

We are so excited about the range of science and technology toys that are being created for our kids these days. I love that my kids are using their minds while they play, learning the whole time without realizing it, and the newest play…

I really appreciate the initiatives in recent years to get young kids involved in STEM and tech-centric activities like coding at younger ages. We've covered awesome resources like Tynker and Hello Ruby and now I've come across another c…

Sure, our kids love to play with iPads like uh, all kids these days, but no matter how educational an app may be , it's usually a solitary activity. We've loved collaborative games made for iPad like Duo Plink (though the company is sadl…

We've used the cool virtual map Google Earth to get a bird's eye view of our house, Disney World, and my mother's tiny hometown in Europe. And now there is a really neat history book for kids, History of the World with Google Earth , tha…

The Sesame Workshop just always gets it right, striking a wonderful balance between education and entertainment while keeping it family-friendly. So I've been eager to check out Sesame Street S’More , the new interactive digital magazine…

Although I don't currently have any kids in the learning their ABCs' stage of childhood, I can appreciate a really high quality alphabet app for kids that teaches it well, especially because there are so many out there that aren't great.…

Mibblio , an awesomely interactive music app for kids, would be pretty terrific even if it only played generic nursery rhymes. But given that it also features music from some of our favorite names in kindie music, like Dan Zanes , Recess…

If your kid is an avid reader—as in, he finishes his library books before he even gets them home from school—you may want to check out the Epic app , a new ebook subscription for kids in one handy app that that offers all-you-can-read se…

O bsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us ! Then check out these 5 awesome tech pins, plus all our daily picks from our own site and around the web. 1. Isn't this IT Crowd shirt the best ever? 2. These Minecraft creations are pretty …

Do you know what a baby seal is called? My kids can tell you it's a pup, because they've been having a blast playing with the new Hello Baby Animals , created by Carolyn Merriman of Shortstack apps. Carolyn has a background in early educ…

It's no secret we love cool educational apps for kids that blend fun and teaching and getting kids excited about learning new skills. And now with summer around the corner, it's even more important that we find ways to keep kids engaged …

You might think that my dark circles are due to my kids, or work, or simply insomnia, but they're not. I've only got Threes! to blame. The cool new Threes! app for iOS has got me absolutely obsessed. Slide numbered tiles around a board, …

The new The MoMA Art Lab app is for every parent who knows that kids are the original modern artists. Think about it: a child's artistic interpretation of the world is not always realistic or literal, they love to use non-traditional mat…

Full disclosure before talking about the new Ken Burns app: I’m a big Ken Burns fan. For nearly 40 years, the award-winning historical documentarian has been telling beautiful, expansive, influential stories on film about everything from…

As much as I love fun, educational apps for kids , I might get even more excited about finding great books to add to our family iPad. Especially original stories without any licensed characters trying to sell me on a cartoon to match a d…

Along with enjoying a nice day off from school, I want my kids to spend at least some time on Presidents' Day learning about our Commanders-in-Chief of yore. So I've rounded up three great apps for Presidents' Day that will teach them a …

Lucky kids. In the olden days, we learned numbers from boring flashcards, but our fortunate progeny have a sweet monster floating in a bathtub wearing a shower cap as their instructor right from an iPad. Just as we loved The Lonely Beast…

Mamas of my generation will immediately recognize the phrase: Mom always said, don't play ball in the house. Funny how decades after those Brady Bunch days, I am still reminded of that phrase every time I see my kids--yeah. Playing ball …