bath crayons kept my daughter busy forever! side walk chalk. a folding slide from toys r us for the summer, i think they run around 80 bucks are so and are the perfect size for toddlers. i even put the slide end in my daughters kiddie pool. it is small enough that she can safely climb up and down and slid down in her pool... (supervised of course!) books that come with cds to play and read in the car or at home. my daughter has a leap pad but she is 3 soon and still hasnt quite gotten the hang of it yet, but its neat. the leap frog magnets and letter holder. you put each letter in the holder and it says, "A says ahhh, B says bbbb...." its really neat too. tonka truck books where you push the side buttons and it makes noise! melissa and doug brand puzzles and blocks are great. flash cards... they have some sesame street ones at dollar store. also they sell coloring/activity books with sesame street characters there or many other characters. about colors, shapes, numbers, letters, spelling, ect. my daughter likes to try and copy the letters.