Gifts to Promote Speech and Language Development

It's that time of year to buy presents for those we love!  As I'm shopping, I always try and buy gifts for kids that promote speech and language development.   Here's a list of gifts I recommend.

Books:

• Repetitive Books
• Rhyming Books
• Wordless Picture Books
• Scrapbooks/Photo Albums
• Books by Maria Dismondy

Games:

• Apples to Apples
• Candy Land
• Snails Pace Race
• HedBanz
• Guess Who
• Rory's Story Cubes
• Uno
• Jenga
• Chutes and Ladders
• Don't Break the Ice
• Spot It

Toys:

• Blocks
• Shape Sorters
• Mr. Potato Head
• Bubbles
• Stacking/Nesting Cups
• Dolls and Doll House
• Balls
• Train Sets
• Kitchen Set + play food
• Markers/Crayons
• Play Dough

What gifts do you recommend?