Toys/Games for Language Stimulation in Preschoolers

This holiday season choose toys and games that will help your preschooler get ready for a lifetime of learning! Here are some suggestions to help your preschooler with language development from our pediatric speech and language pathologists.


1. Cat in the Hat - I Can Do That! $18.39

• Good for teaching direction following!

2. Cranium Cariboo $21.99

• Good pre-reading/literacy game, incorporates beginning sounds/letters, shapes, colors, numbers, concepts (“empty/full, not”)

3. Hasbro Candy Land Castle Game $15.97

• Good for simple matching, concepts (“same/different”)

4. Hi Ho Cherry-O $12.29

• Good for teaching 1:1 counting, concepts (“more/most, some/all”)

5. Go Away Monster $11.58

• Very simple matching game

6. Melissa & Doug Best Friends Forever Deluxe Magnetic Dress-Up $24.92

• Good for those who need work with descriptive words (“pretty, long”) or boy/girl pronouns

7. Lucky Ducks $22.92

• Simple color matching, concepts (“same/different, more/most”)

Note: All toys were available at amazon.com as of November 2009. Please note that not all toys will be appropriate for your child and are dependent upon his/her developmental level.