Everyday Toys. Everyday Language. Communication Through Play

The toy is only the beginning.

You don’t need a shelf full of specialty materials to create meaningful communication opportunities.

Everyday Toys. Everyday Language. is a practical guide showing how ordinary toys, simple routines, and carefully chosen teaching moments can support communication through play.

Inside you’ll find practical ways to use everyday toys to support early communication, turn-taking, shared attention, imitation, requesting, language development, anticipation, cause and effect, and more—while keeping one important principle in mind: know the child’s entry point.

Inside the guide:

• 24 everyday toys with practical communication ideas

• 5 simple play routines

• Prelinguistic and foundational communication skills

• Know Your Entry Point

• Less Is Best

• MY TURN / YOUR TURN visual progression

• Object permanence and anticipation activities

• Natural language modeling

• Ways to determine whether the child learned the concept—not just the routine

• Practical examples for home, school, and therapy

Created for: Speech-language pathologists, educators, early-intervention providers, parents, and caregivers.

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Created by Tammy Nesmith, MS/SLP/TSHH

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