Meet KOOV, a new STEM kit that lets kids build and control their own robot | Sponsored Message
This is a sponsored message from KOOV For kids who love STEM — and those parents who want to foster their kids’ passion — KOOV is a remarkable educational kit to help kids 8 and up create and control their own robots, bringing their own imaginative...
Could the Kiddo wearable health tracker help kids make better choices? | Sponsored Message
This is a sponsored message from Kiddo If you want a way to keep track of your child’s health and well-being in real time, meet Kiddo, a new wearable health tracker designed to do just that. This wearable gadget gives you real-time insights about...
6 smart tricks to save you money at the grocery store every time
We are always on the lookout for tips and tricks to help us save money when we’re at the supermarket. Because really, who wouldn’t love to save a few bucks (or uh, a lot of bucks) on groceries? We all know about coupons and price comparing. But there are...
Web coolness: A tribute to Carrie Fisher (sniff), an upcoming March for Moms, and research that may explain lots of marital tensions
You have to watch this video tribute to Carrie Fisher from the Star Wars Celebration. RIP, General. April the Giraffe gives birth, internet gets happy. And snarky. Guess which major paper now is the first to have women covering every sports beat? Congrats to Malala...
Kids and social media: Smart tips and helpful advice from BTDT parents | Spawned episode 71
As the editors of Cool Mom Tech, we’re often asked by parents how to navigate the ever changing landscape of social media with their kids. So, we decided to spend this episode of our Spawned podcast answering questions and offering our thoughts and experiences...
We asked 17 creative kids to invent something on paper. You’ll love the results!
Our kids never cease to amaze us. Those minds are just so fluid and open, they’re always coming up with brilliant ideas and creative inventions that our cynical adult brains would probably nix before the ideas got halfway off the ground. So we asked a whole...
How much water should you be drinking? This smart bottle can help.
Our whole staff pshaw-ed the idea of a smart water bottle until our Editor Kate gave it a try for a week. Turns out, it can actually help you drink more water, which so many of us really need to do. Not only does the Hidrate Spark track your water intake with its...
3 inspiring ways your kids can design, create and invent using Tinkercad.
Last week, we introduced you to 3 cool kid inventors who we actually got to meet and chat with on behalf of our sponsor Autodesk. Well, since then, my tween Quinlan, who actually interviewed the inventors on Facebook Live (so fun!), has been learning how to use...
Web Coolness: The most beautiful photos of Obama and children, inspiring advice from Betty White and more.
Here’s what we’ve been reading around the web this week. Hope you like them too. President Obama still has a lot of letters from kids to answer. A look at some of the President’s sweetest photos with kids. Top photo via White House on Flickr. (And...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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