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Helping kids practice the fine art of patience with Waiting, the new children’s book from Kevin Henkes

I don’t know about you, but my kids aren’t the most patient people I know. I’m not either, for that matter, but I’m trying. I promise. And I think my kids are too. Still, it’s hard for all of us to practice waiting in a world where almost...

Our favorite cool tech picks this week

by Cool Mom Staff | Best of the Web

Here are 5 of our favorite tech picks this week from Cool Mom Tech. Look what you might have missed! 1. The big Apple announcement news that you’ll actually care about. 2. 21 of the best math apps for kids of all ages. 3. We rounded-up up 7 of the best YouTube...

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Our favorite cool tech picks this week

by Cool Mom Staff | Best of the Web

Here are 5 of our favorite tech picks this week from Cool Mom Tech. Look what you might have missed! 1. We rounded-up 7 of the best YouTube channels to help get kids excited about math. 2. Teach your kids coding through a board game. Cool! 3. Next up in our Back to...

13 great fantasy and adventure books for tweens. Get ready to buy the sequels!

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids

My ten-year-old is the kind of kid who is still reading in bed long after his siblings have fallen asleep. But it can be hard to keep up with his pace, and continue finding age-appropriate fantasy and adventure books that tweens like him will be excited about. I mean,...

The Day the Crayons Came Home: The must-have sequel to one of our favorite hilarious kids’ books

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids

The Day the Crayons Quit, written by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by the amazing Oliver Jeffers, has been sitting on my kids’ bedside table — and getting read every night at bedtime — since the day it came home from the bookstore. It’s quickly...

Fantastic tween books made into movies: 8 adventure-packed stories to help get older kids reading more.

by Christina Refford | Books for Kids, Entertainment + Media

We have no shortage of movie nights in the summer, but I would love to get my kids to crack open their books more often when school isn’t in session. And I think I’ve found a way to encourage them to read more while still keeping movie night on the...

Our favorite cool tech picks of the week week

by Cool Mom Staff | Best of the Web

Here are 5 of our favorite tech picks this week from Cool Mom Tech. It’s all about kids this week, and here’s what you might have missed! 1. Check out our review of the new online LEGO Minifigures game! Our LEGO loving kids are going nuts for it. 2. 6...

How to talk to your kids about prejudice with the help of 12 of our favorite books

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids, Tips + Tricks

It’s been a big few weeks for America, hasn’t it? From the heartbreak of the Charleston shootings to the landmark #LoveWins Supreme Court decision to the Girl Scouts donor dust-up, people everywhere are talking about prejudice. While I’ve seen such a...

The Princess and the Pony: A perfect princess book for a new generation

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids

When you think of a princess book, and what the lead character wants, what springs to mind? Classically, the story would be about meeting her true love or escaping her horrible life to live in a luxe castle. Then we moved onto more modern princess books including my...

A beautiful bedtime book that captures the joy of childhood

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids

It’s hard not to be completely smitten with the work of Brooklyn artist Ida Pearle as we have for ages. Her cut-paper illustrations beautifully capture the whimsy and joy of childhood. We loved her alphabet book A Child’s Day: An Alphabet of Play, and now...

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