Busy with Diwali? 5 Ways to Keep Your Kids Engaged!

Busy with Diwali? 5 Ways to Keep Your Kids Engaged!

Prep for Diwali like a pro! These easy activities will have your child engaged and involved in Diwali preps too!
Family Game Night: What makes these games so good?

Family Game Night: What makes these games so good?

Make family game nights memorable with these games!
February 10, 2021 — Soumya John
What Did India’s Playscape Look Like in 2020?

What Did India’s Playscape Look Like in 2020?

In what ways has the pandemic changed the playtime habits of Indian parents and kids? How did kids have fun during a year spent mostly indoors? We dived into our data to find out.
December 31, 2020 — Gowri Kishore
A gifting guide to get your child the best Christmas present

A gifting guide to get your child the best Christmas present

Struggling to find the perfect gift for your child this Christmas? This guide will simplify the process and have you set in no time!

Family goals for the new year! Do they work better than individual resolutions?

Family goals for the new year! Do they work better than individual resolutions?

We are at the end of 2019 and there an absolutely fresh new year waiting for us in just a few days. New years are like fresh pages or fresh...
December 30, 2019 — Shumee Toys
Single parenting! Same and different!

Single parenting! Same and different!

How are families different…

Structure - Some families are multi-generational, while others just have a parent and child. Some might have all adults leaving home for work every day; others may have stay at home or work from home adults.

Style – Tough love, consensus, free-range or any other kind of parenting – we all have our own ways of dealing with parenting issues though we all want our kids to be happy, healthy adults.

December 02, 2019 — Shumee Toys
Why a family meal is important for kids and families.

Why a family meal is important for kids and families.

What do family meals mean to the family?

They help build relationships. When you eat together you see one another over a comforting plate of food and bond with one another day after day. You talk, laugh or even argue, get to know one another and observe how the other behaves, building a relationship as you go. 

Inculcate better manners and politeness. When you eat together, you learn how to behave at the table. You listen politely, eat properly, answer questions and learn by observation. 

November 11, 2019 — Shumee Toys
9 Unique Ways to Celebrate Dussehra and the 9 Days of Navratri!

9 Unique Ways to Celebrate Dussehra and the 9 Days of Navratri!

With a country like India, though, there are many more ways to celebrate any festival like the Kulasekarapattinam Dasara in Tamil Nadu, which celebrates music and culture over these ten days or the Bathukamma festival of flowers in Andhra and Telangana. No matter how we celebrate our festivals, it is about family, culture, and a community coming together. It is about sharing, caring, and compassion. It's about learning something and passing on what we know. While it is always comforting to have traditions to follow and celebrate, it can also be fun to explore other ways to do celebrate. Do share with us how you celebrate your festivals. We wish you a happy Dussehra!
October 07, 2019 — Akshay Jadhav
Making our own traditions and celebrations! How we can bond over festive activities.

Making our own traditions and celebrations! How we can bond over festive activities.

What do festive celebrations do for us?

Festivals have a way of bringing us closer. When we celebrate something together, it automatically brings us closer and makes for a stronger bond. No matter how far away you are from your sibling physically, the arrival of ‘Rakhee ‘ ‘Rakshabandhan’ is bound to make you miss your sibling, feel nostalgic about the good times you have had together.

They create a sense of community. Those who celebrate together stay together. We all need a sense of belonging and community. Whatever the festival, from Eid to Christmas to Janmashtami, when we come together and enjoy the festival together, it builds a community. We exchange customs, adopt those from other communities and make them our own, thus creating and being a part of something special

August 19, 2019 — Shumee Toys
What we learn from mothers! A mother's day special.

What we learn from mothers! A mother's day special.

Mothers have kept us sane with their sage advice. And some of the lovely thoughts that we heard, tell us how they teach us to live life to the fullest, be silly, enjoy every moment that comes our way. From the very practical ‘never travel without your bathing suit’, to the wise  ‘you don't have to be party to every argument you're invited to’, or ‘do something you enjoy as you have to be at it 8 hours a day’; there were many learnings passed on from mom to other moms. Sometimes they taught them by example, sometimes by letting them make their own mistakes and at times with a touch of sternness.
May 08, 2019 — Shumee Toys
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Balance for better! Womenspeak on Women's day.

As we celebrate the EveryWomen on the International Women’s day, we take a peek at what a few of them do every day to be themselves and how they shape generations.

Sharing your story is not easy in these times of glossy, sanitized versions of lives everywhere we can see. Life is not about the highlight reel but about what happens behind the scenes. We at shumee wish every woman balance for better every day! Every day is Women's day at shumee!  

March 11, 2019 — Shumee Toys
Holidays - a time to be merry with extended family

Holidays - a time to be merry with extended family

In the recent past, the phrase ‘winter is coming’ has taken on ominous tones. However, for most children (and many parents and grandparents), winter is coming is the beginning of the buildup to a great time with the extended family.  For many families, this is the precious season that everybody gets off from schools, colleges and offices at the same time.
December 21, 2017 — Shumee Toys