Whether you are helping a child with a language delay or just like to be proactive supporting a typically developing child, there are some fun, inexpensive toys you should keep around the house. Let's go with creative-no flash cards allowed.
Here are my Top 5, in no particular order:
1) pom pom craft balls: count, pour throw, catch, glue them. One big plus is they do not fit up a child-sized nose.
2) wrapping paper tubes: use as microphone, instruments, racetrack, marble run. Wrapping paper rolls don't always come with the cardboard tube anymore. If you get one, hoard it!
3)coffee cans: use as a bank, cash register, magnet board, drum, container to fill and dump the pom pom balls you just bought.
4) balloons: are the best toy ever made. Catch, throw, hit blowup, pop, draw on, stick to the wall. So fun. And that is just scratching the surface.
5)water: in sinks or small tubs (or bath tubs). All supervised, of course. SPLASH! Water on/off, fill pour, empty, scoop, squeeze sponges, SPLASH!, color the water, make bubbles, SPLASH!