by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
When I heard that Music Together was creating a CD for everyone, and not just the lucky families who get it free along with their children’s music classes, I jumped at the opportunity to check it out. Granted I’m a registered Music Together teacher...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
“HEY! Don’t turn that down!”, I snap at my husband who has interrupted my backup singing so he can figure out some complicated directions on our way to Boston. He looks at me, warily, from the corner of his eye. Shoot. I have been caught...
by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media
I do like a lot of the educational cartoons on TV today, but c’mon! Where’s the Schoolhouse Rock of the 21st century? Where are the shows that try to break down the electoral process, explain the constitution or tackle global warming?Aha. Enter Heartwood...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
If you heeded our advice and snatched up much lauded performer Frances England’s debut album, Fascinating Creatures, then you and your kiddos will be glad to know she’s got another great one to add to your collection. On Family Tree, Frances’s...
by Julie | Entertainment + Media, Storage + Organization
I’m all for handing my girls a box of crayons and a ream of paper and letting them while away an afternoon creating works of art. The only problem? Their cumulative efforts result in a fire hazard worthy of condemnation. The ART:Archives has the...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Hope you’re free from 9:00 to 9:45 EST tonight because that’s when Cool Mom Picks co-founders Kristen and Liz will be dishing about summer gear live on Kristen’s weekly parenting podcast. Get the kids to bed, grab a glass of wine (or coffee if...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Who says great preschool entertainment has to be heteronormative? (There’s a new word for Scrabble for ya.) Not Dottie’s Magic Pockets, the self-proclaimed “greatest kid’s show not yet on TV” for alternative families. And lest you think...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
While we Gen-X parents may have outgrown our Lollapalooza days (Primus so rocked it in ’93) it doesn’t mean we’re ready to hang up the proverbial Docs just yet. Which is why the Kidzapalooza summer concert has become such a rollicking annual...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
The thing about computer games for early-elementary kids is that there is a precarious balance to be struck between learning and fun. You want it to be educational (justification, justification) but if it’s too difficult or dry it won’t hold their...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Do you ever listen to music and think, "Seriously, how do people make these kinds of wonderful sounds?" Me too. And I just did when I checked out Funky Kidz: Kinda lame name, but pretty great album. Funky Kidz features a collection of nostalgic favorites...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Brooklyn parents have surely overheard other moms in the supermarket or the corner diner saying, "Oh we signed up for Kevin…he’s the best." They’re talking about Kevin Meeker, who teaches one of the more popular Music for Aardvark classes...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
The way I see it, kids are ridiculously obsessed with dinosaurs and they love a kicking beat, so it was only a matter of time before the two came together. Baby Loves Hip Hop made it happen. Adding to their smash hits Baby Loves Jazz and Baby Loves Disco, this latest...
