Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Free Online Resources That Make a Busy Mom’s Life Easier
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items Being a mom already comes with 472 open tabs in your brain. 😂 These are free websites, apps and online resources that can make everyday life a little easier—from figuring out dinner and keeping the kids entertained to budgeting, organizing and getti...
Tell Supercook what’s sitting in your fridge and pantry, and it gives you recipe ideas using those ingredients. Perfect for the nights when you swear there’s “nothing to eat” but you’re absolutely not making another grocery run.
Supercook — Figure Out Dinner With What You Already Have
Connect a participating library card and borrow ebooks, audiobooks and magazines. Great for reading during your lunch break or listening to something that isn’t somebody yelling “MOM!” 😂
Libby — Borrow Ebooks & Audiobooks Free
Free lessons and practice across subjects like math and science. This is one to remember when homework comes home looking like it was written for somebody with three degrees.
Khan Academy — Free Learning Help for Kids
Games, activities and educational videos featuring familiar children’s characters. Entertainment that can actually teach them something? We’ll take it.
PBS KIDS — Free Educational Games & Videos
Movement videos, dance activities and mindfulness content for kids. Perfect for rainy days or when everybody has been trapped inside long enough to start getting on each other’s nerves.
GoNoodle — Get the Kids Moving
Use the free features to organize meal ideas and simplify grocery planning. Because deciding what everybody is eating every single night deserves its own salary.
Mealime — Make Meal Planning Easier
Recipes designed with cost in mind. Great when you’re trying to feed a whole family without your grocery receipt looking like a mortgage payment.
Budget Bytes — Affordable Meal Ideas
A huge recipe resource for those “I have chicken…now what?” nights. Read reviews and find different ways to use ingredients you already buy.
Allrecipes — Search Recipes by What You Need
Use it for grocery lists, reminders, random thoughts, appointments and all the little things you’re scared you’ll forget. Your brain doesn’t have to be the family’s only storage system.
Google Keep — Get Things Out of Your Head
Appointments, school events, practices, birthdays and reminders can live somewhere besides your memory. If it isn’t on the calendar, we’re going to pretend nobody told us. 😂
Google Calendar — Put the Family Schedule Somewhere
Birthday invitations, chore charts, schedules, school projects, labels and simple printables. You don’t need to be a designer to make something cute.
Canva Free — Make Almost Anything Look Put Together
Use free budgeting calculators, articles and financial tools when you’re trying to understand where the money went approximately seven minutes after payday.
Mint Alternative: NerdWallet’s Free Budgeting Resources
Budget calculations, loan calculations, percentages, savings and plenty more. Bookmark this for the moments when adulting suddenly requires math you haven’t done since high school.
Calculator.net — Free Everyday Calculators
Search for walking workouts, beginner strength training, yoga, stretching or whatever fits the amount of energy you actually have that day. No gym membership required.
YouTube — Free At-Home Workouts
Use the free meditation, sleep and relaxation resources when your body is tired but your brain apparently scheduled a 2 A.M. staff meeting.
Insight Timer — Free Meditation & Relaxation Content
Check the calendar before paying for another weekend activity. Local departments often list community events, family programs, parks, classes and seasonal activities.
Your Local Parks & Recreation Website
Create saved lists for playgrounds, restaurants, inexpensive family activities, coffee shops or places you want to visit later. When everybody asks, “What are we doing today?” you already have ideas waiting.
Google Maps — Save Places You Want to Try
Search the movie or show everybody wants to watch and see which streaming services currently carry it. Because we’re not clicking through six different apps just to discover nobody has it. 😂
JustWatch — Find Where a Movie or Show Is Streaming
Don’t sleep on this one. Many libraries offer digital books, children’s activities, research resources, classes, events and other free services online.
Your Local Library Website