Our 2023 Holiday Gift Guide is here! We polled our speech therapists to find out their favorite toys (and non-toy gifts) for all ages. The items on this list are regularly used by our clinicians in speech therapy, or at home with their own children. If you have specific questions about gift ideas for your child, feel free to chat with your speech therapist at your next session for some more inspiration.
Babies (0-12 months)
1: Bubble (we especially love the “Fubbles” brands because they don’t spill!)
2: Musical instruments and rattles
3: Teethers with crinkle tags
4: Pull string and dimple toy
5: “That’s Not My…” books
6: Tissue box with crinkle paper
7: Stacking rings and soft blocks (for children closer to 12 months, we also love the larger, cardboard blocks)
8: Mirror
Toddlers (1-3 years)
1: Farm
2: Shape sorter
3: Shopping cart and cutting play-food set
4: Baby doll
5: Cars and garage
6: Poke a Dot book
7: Large foam climbing blocks
8: Doll house
9: Potato Head family
Children (3-5 years)
1: Play kitchen
2: Train set
3: Play-Doh
4: Magnetic tiles
5: Critter clinic
6: Play cleaning set
7: Dress up clothes
8: Pop the Pirate (there are many fun pop-up games, including Pop the Pig)
9: Balloon Pump
Children (5-8+ years)
1: Cooperative, Peaceable Kingdom games
2: Building sets
3: Bike/Scotter
4: Educational Insights games (we particularly love Sneaky Snacky Squirrel)
5: Craft materials or craft kit
6: Walkie Talkies
7: Drawing pad
8: Guess Who
9: Kid-friendly baking materials
10: Science kit
11: Kid-friendly bank
12: Sports equipment
Non-Toy Gifts for All Ages
1: Indoor tent
2: Modular kid-couch
4: Franklin Park Conservatory membership
5: Columbus Zoo and Aquarium membership
None of the toys or materials on this list are sponsored, just fan favorites from your CSH speech therapy team!