Different children progress at different pace. My son is 26 months also and can only speak a few words unlike my gal who can construct simple sentences when she was at the same age.
I'm making efforts to read and tell him stories to expose him to more words. I find that the more you pressurise...
I can't comment about which childcare is good. My kid has been attending MMI for close to 2 years. I can see she's definitely made progress and probably the montessori curriculum does provide her with more exposure to different topics unlike other childcare which are more thematic based. MMI...
I bought a lot of stuff from Made with Love too and spend a few hundred $. Actually, scrapbooking doesnt have to be expensive. You can buy craft materials from places from Art Friend and Spotlight. Their scrapbooking stuff are cheaper. If you are not too fussy about using non acid-free pdts...
