From Pronunciation to Conversational Skills, These Chatty Toys Can Help Kids Develop Language

Along with its bright colors and many sounds, the Baby Musical TV Remote Control ($13) also says numbers zero through nine in English, Spanish, and French, which gives babies 6 months and up the first tools to begin pronouncing those words (and counting!) themselves.

The LeapFrog Learning Friends 100 Words Book ($16) introduces babies 18 months old and up to more than 100 age-appropriate words chosen by learning experts.

The Sesame Street Rock and Rhyme Elmo ($24) has 14 phrases and five songs that he cycles through, introducing kids to various words — in both English and Spanish!

This adorable Musical Turtle Toy ($29) has four play modes that allow kids to sing songs, make patterns, count numbers, and learn letters along with their turtle. It comes with a built-in bilingual feature so kids can learn pronunciations in both English and Spanish.

This VTech Touch & Teach Word Book ($22) teaches kids more than 100 words through its 12 detailed and touch-sensitive pages.

The Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Stages Puppy ($14, also available in a pastel version) isn't just super cute and cuddly — it has more than 75 sounds and songs that introduce 100 first words like parts of the body, shapes, and numbers.

The LeapFrog Chat and Count Smart Phone ($18) has more than 15 activities that encourage imaginative play and teach kids basic conversational skills.

Toddlers and little kids can practice reading and speaking sight words through ThinkFun Zingo Sight Words ($22). The game encourages prereaders and early readers to recognize some of the most common words, bridging reading a word mentally with verbal pronunciation.

These 24 two-sided Rhyming Fun-to-Know Puzzles ($10) help kids learn common vocabulary words through pictures and teaches the concept of rhyming.

Babies can have 360-degree fun with the Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Learning Home ($129), which has three "Smart Stages" learning levels in four languages: English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin. Its more than 200 songs, sounds, and phrases will introduce kids to colors, shapes, numbers, the alphabet, and so much more.