How Toys Teach (What You Should Consider Before You Buy Toys!)

How Toys Teach (What You Should Consider Before You Buy Toys!)

It may be trite, but we cannot stress on it enough! Play is the work of children. As parents when we buy our children toys, we look at a few...
pretend play with shumee

Tips to teach kids life skills through pretend play and role play

The advantages of pretend play range from social skills and empathy (by negotiating and also role play of walking in the shoes of another), an appreciation for relationships, emotional competence, cognitive development and more.

As kids, trips to the grocery store, market, post office, airports, coffee- shops and restaurants, and even a visit to the doctor at the hospital, were fertile grounds for our next playtime.  Tinker, tailor, soldier sailor, rich man, thief, and cop – we have played them all without knowing that this was teaching us life skills to deal with what comes in our adult lives.  Pretend-play meaning young ones emulating actions and conversations that they have observed from adults in their lives may seem a relatively new term but has been in existence as long as time. (Even animals young resort to mock wrestling, mock hunting, and hiding and seeking, etc.)

May 20, 2019 — Shumee Toys
Helicopter parenting - It's time to take off and let the kids fly!

Helicopter parenting - It's time to take off and let the kids fly!

Are you a helicopter parent, constantly hovering around your child, trying to step in and help them in every little thing? Take our quiz to find out! We also share some great tips on why stepping back from overparenting is important.
April 07, 2019 — Shumee Toys