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  • ABOUT LITJOYS
    • Leadership
    • The Birth of LitJoys
    • The Story behind the Name
  • SHOP EXPERIENTIAL PRODUCTS
    • City of Stars Experiential Book
    • City of Stars Storybook (Paperback)
    • Hunt the Constellations – A Learning Activity Calendar
    • Save the World – 5 Habit Changing Family Games
    • Apple Food Menu – An Innovative Health & Nutrition Food Game
    • Little Collector’s Passport – Travel Scrapbook and Stamps for Children
    • My Gulmohar Tree – READ.EXPERINCE.CREATE a Nature Tale
    • Travel Diary
  • GIFTS OF JOY
  • SCHOOL SESSIONS
    • Interactive Workshops at Kunskapsskolan School
    • Author Speak Session at Pathways, Gurugram
    • Interactive Workshop at DPS International, Delhi
    • Author Speak Session at Medhaam
  • FAMILY LEARNING WORKSHOPS
    • Transport Tales: From Carriages to Cars
    • Nature-Nurture Talks: Trees, Greens, and more
    • Travel Diaries
    • Earth and Environment Experiential Workshops
  • PARENTING BLOG
    • Founder’s Stories
      • City of Stars – An Experiential Environment Book
      • Little Collector’s Passport
      • The City of Five Seasons – Unlearning the Learning
      • Orange – The Colour of Indian Summer
      • Pink Christmas
      • Cheque Mate – The Indian Game of Strategy, Honour, and Pride
      • Big, Bigger, Biggest – A Tale of Spiders in Himalayan Holiday
      • GP for Giant Panda , Golden Parakeet and Gurgaon Police – The Scrabble of Words
      • Time and TimePieces
      • One Big Circle, Two Small Circles – The Hunt for Mickey Mouse
      • White Flowers and Black Night

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The Day Butterflies Came Home 3 years ago I started thinking about starting LitJoys because I was deeply disturbed by the behaviour of a 3 year old, who was not ready to look up from the Ipad screen for the entire time she spent at my house. 3 years later, parents often ask me how do I still manage to keep my 5 year old son off screens and yet manage to work and find my "me time," without sending him to numerous classes? My answer is simple - give your children their "me time," tune into their hearts and let them pursue their own hobbies or interests instead of imposing your own choices. Recently, when I realised that my son is fascinated by butterflies and was showing interest in painting on his own, I decided to buy him a Butterfly Stained Glass book. He spent hours painting the sheets, front and back on his own, and was excited to tear them off and paste on his bedroom glass door. When all pages in the activity book were over, but his love for painting and butterflies was still intact, I decided to print some butterfly outlines on rough sheets of paper. While he really enjoyed colour mixing during painting them, sticking ice cream sticks and making bookmarks out of them for his friends brought him double joy. It's been a month since butterflies came home and my little boy has painted more than three dozens of them, but he is still not bored and demanding to do more and more... Raise your children to become nature lovers, nurture the joy of learning and save them from "toxic childhood" (addiction to screens and plastic toys) through LitJoys products at litjoys.com/shop. #litjoys #founderstories #nurturingthejoyoflearning #naturelovers #noscreens #butterflylovers #earlylearningactivities #funlearningactivities #funactivitiesforkids #positiveparenting #parenting101 "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." While taking a walk every morning, many of us admire the beauty of nature and experience boundless joy. Yet, some of us (adults) destroy this joy for others by plucking flowers to make religious offerings every morning. And while our children have been learning to not harm nature in their schools, they often forget to respect nature while playing in the park in the evening. Build a true love and respect for nature and values that last for a lifetime in our future generation through READ, EXPERIENCE. CREATE 'My Gulmohar Tree' - an innovative experiential learning tool. Also motivate kids to influence adults to not destroy nature so that they can experience many little moments of joy appreciating the beauty of nature around them like little Abdu of our story book... "Abdu started observing and collecting flower of different trees from the ground in every season. Soon his friends joined him too. They ran with flowers in their hands and lined them in the holes of benches in the park...He requested his friends, PLEAAASE let us not pluck flowers or leaves of plants anymore. Together they decided to protect all plants and trees from harm." Know more at litjoys.com/shop. #litjoys #respectnature #naturellovers #kidsbooks #naturebooks #experientiallearning #kidsstories #childrenstories #kidsbookstagram #childrenbookstragram #kidsbookswelove #lovetoread #kidslearning #kidsactivities #kidseducation #education #naturelover_gr #naturegood #earlyyearseducation #earlychildhoodeducation #earlyyears #natureeducation #funkids #momsofig #parenting #momlifebelike #momlife #mommyhoodrocks #mommyhood #mommylove K for Karnataka, K for Kannada One evening, my 5 year old came running to me excitedly... "Mumma, Mumma which state is Kannada spoken in? Karnataka. Why do you ask?  My teacher asked me at school today." He came back again after 5 mins and asked the same question. And again after 5 mins...and again, probably because the name of the state was not as familiar to him growing up in North India. When it became a pattern, it struck me to take out our Little Collector's Passport from the closet again and have a more detailed conversation around states by referring to the map of India... I started showing him the different Indian states and explaining the languages associated with each state. Soon after he started counting the states and differentiating them from Union Territories, but found greatest joy in spotting the states in alphabetical order by reading their names on the map.We realised that maximum number of states start from letter M, a fact which had probably been erased from my memory too And before I knew it became a fun game to play morning, evening and night, at nap times and meal times, for both me and him...I started calling out the alphabets and he started enjoying to locate the corresponding states on the map. As for me, the happiness was double fold - not only was my son was learning something new in a fun way, but my product was being put to use beyond it's intended purpose! Little Collector's Passport - a fun and useful learning aid for children to record their favourite travel memories and learn about India and 48 countries across the world is available at our web shop (litjoys.com/shop) and Amazon India #litjoys #nurturingthejoyoflearning #founderstories #earlylearning #statesofindia #travellovers #kidsgifts #innovativedesign #traveljoy #kidslearning #kidsactivities #experientiallearning #kidseducation #educationalgames #educationalactivities #childrengames #kidsgames #mommyhood #mommylove #momlifebelike #momlife It's good to see 5 year old twin boys work with such focus and truly enjoy the activities of our Apple Food Menu Game - designed to promote healthy eating habits in children! The feedback from the mom around behavioural changes in her kids made our day... "Kids learnt that not just eating healthy matters but how they eat is equally important.There were times they fussed that will not eat this and that or would ask either of us to feed. But the moment they saw they'll get black apple for that, they have started eating whatever is served to them happily. They were also excited to see how many red, yellow apples they earned. So this was another big achievement for me that I could say them to eat healthy so that they'll earn more of red apples. I am really happy to see these positive changes in my kids after introducing them to this fun apple food game." Available at litjoys.com/shop and Amazon India. #litjoys #funactivitiesforkids #innovativeideas #healthierkids #healthykidsfood #healthyeating #healthyfoodforkids #positive parenting #eating #healthyeatinghabits #healthylifestyle #health #healthyliving #healthylivingtips #foodhabits #kidsgifts #innovativedesign #kidslearning #kidsactivities #experientiallearning #kidseducation #educationalgames #educationalactivities #childrengames #kidsgames #mommyhood #mommylove #momlifebelike #momlife #mombloggers It's that time of the year again...I have to convince my little Abdu to start wearing a mask while walking to his school bus stop as mornings have become very polluted. "Mask, but why mask Mumma? It's not Diwali yet. Abdu don't you remember that the air in our city is not good almost throughout the year. This is why I wrote 12 stories for 12 months in our book 'City of Stars' and designed it in the form of a calendar. I wanted kids like you to interact with it every single day and always remember to change their everyday habits throughout the year and convince their friends and families too!" Read more about inspiration behind this unique and innovative book with 12 real-life stories and 48 experiential activity pages designed for real behavioural change at our website. Available at our web shop (litjoys.com/shop) or Amazon India. #litjoys #cityofstars #childrensbooks #experientialcalendar #responsiblecitizenship #greener #cleaner #healthier #environment #awareness #pollution #awarenesscampaign #childrensbooks #kids #learning #education #kidsofinstagram #blogger #momsofinstagram #changeforbetter #habits #momblogger #smartparenting #momlife #kidapproved #books #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram #kidsbookswelove #stoppollution #savetheplanet🌎 Photo credit @ravinaphotography Birthdays are special for both children and parents. While kids are looking forward to receiving gifts from their friends, moms are often looking for unique and innovative return gifts to make their party and the kids faces shine. Many of us, who have become environmentally conscious, are looking for eco-friendly return gifts, while others are looking for books to nurture readers or something unique because they don't want to give usual stationery or plastic items. We bring to you gifts of joy, which not only will bring smiles to the faces of kids, but also help in nurturing the habit of reading, expanding the world view of little explorers and providing an opportunity to preserve their precious travel and childhood memories. More than eco-friendly gifts, why not gift them something that changes their behaviours and builds eco-friendly habits and values? Why not gift children a brighter future instead of fancy gifts wrapped in bright wrapping papers? We are happy to offer bulk quantity discounts for 3 of our products: 1.Save the World - Unique Behaviour Changing Games Age Group: 4- 9 yrs 2. City of Stars Storybook Age Group: 5-12 yrs 3. Little Collector's Passport with Sticker Booklet (Stamps and Flags of 48 countries across the world) Age Group: 3 to 12 yrs Know more about these gifts of joy at our website - litJoys.com. #litjoys #returngiftsforkids #uniquegiftsforkids #raiseresponsiblekids #raisereaders #travellovers ##kidslearning #kidsactivites #earlylearningactivities #earlychildhoodeducation #earlyyearseducation #kidseducation #education #observant #kids #learning #education #momsofdelhi #momsofmumbai #momsofbangalore #momsofpune #momsofhyderabad #momsofchennai #mommylife #momlife #mamablogger #parenthood #lovemom #activitiesforkids #giftsforkids #kidsactivitybook

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