Encouraging speech for toddler

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I am wondering if anyone has any good tips or methods of encouraging speech. My DS is 19 months and has a few clear words, he understands everything you say to him and carries out tasks easily.
I am a first time mum and I constantly talk to my DS, I say everything I'm doing, say the name of everything he points at but I am thinking should I be doing more to encourage his speech.

So how have some of you lovely parents helped encourage your toddlers speech, any little tips would be greatly appreciated 😄😄

Offer choices
Count to 10 when you ask a question, they need 10 seconds to process the question and formulate a reply
Use simple sentences
Read the same stories a lot, sing the same.songs a lot (they learn through repetition)
Maybe learn and teach a few simple Makaton signs
Relax.

Nursery rhymes and reading lots of books. But what you're doing sounds perfect. I found with both of mine their speech really took off once they were two xx

I'm a speech therapist and my advice would be that it sounds as though he's on track for his age. It also sounds as though you're already doing the right things. Children will typically understand many more words than they can say, so if he can follow simple instructions that's great. The 'target' by 24 months is around 50 spoken words and starting to join them together to form short phrases. I encourage parents to remember the '4S' - Say Less, Slow down, Stress the key words and Show (using eg gesture and pointing). Try not to ask him too many questions - this can be hard to do! - and try to create communication opportunities like offering him choices ( e.g do you want water or milk?)

The Tallking Point website has some great advice and play ideas

I bought a couple of those 100 first words books (though they are remarkably similar so just 1 will do) and I would sit and go thru it with him and ask him to repeat the words, which he would sometimes do.

Also I gave him running commentary on everything....I mean EVERYTHING. "Do you want to go on a walk? Ok, let's find your hat. Where do we keep it? Look, it's in this drawer! Let's put the hat on your head. Now we need your coat." Etc etc.

At first I felt a bit silly but he went from saying a couple of words at 19 months to speaking in some sentences by age 2. His speech improved rapidly when I really embraced explaining everything and talking constantly. I think talking and picture books are a really good way to help them learn.

My little one likes songs and nursery rhymes. If I left a pause at the end of the line, he started saying the last word.

I agree with offering chocies, read 3 times a day. Nursery rhymes we do alot of then and my son now does the actions and encourage to do stuff such as follows get clothes this helped him with words as he's saying go ..go to get that's what he mean