How to help your child to speak nicely? Perform special speech therapy exercises for the tongue, which gives excellent results.
It so happens that the kid is saying a lot, but it is not clear, as if he had "porridge in his mouth." The culprit of this incoherence often acts as a lazy tongue, which is in the pronunciation is very important - it is the most mobile articulation body!
If the child's tongue passive - that is, his muscles weak, he can not move properly in the mouth - the beautiful pronunciation of the baby, alas, will not.
When to start classes?
Typically, speech therapists begin classes with children from 3-4 years old, because at an earlier stage the baby is difficult to understand why he needs him these lessons. And even sit 5 minutes from the active little restless fails. If your baby is already 2 years old and you understand that speech problems they already have, try to do the exercises - fun, playful, complex breaking into 2-3 pieces so as not to cause the crumbs unwillingness to proceed to the next charging time.
5 tips
1. Exercises must be done daily, preferably in the morning or in the evening, performing a set of exercises for 5-10 minutes.
2. You can split the complex into 2-3 pieces to do all exercises during the day.
2. Better to hold classes in the form of a game, coming up with funny stories for exercise.
3. Articulation exercises performed while sitting, as in this position at the straight back of the child, the body is not tense, arms and legs are in a quiet position.
4. Be sure to do exercises with the baby. You show - he repeats. During the lessons the baby should be well see the face of my mother or father, as well as his own, to independently control the correctness of the exercises.
5. Optimally to hold classes in the mirror.
Needle, pancakes and other
Our exercises are based on relaxation and stress of the tongue, and the strengthening of the lateral rectus muscles. Therefore perform exercises 2-4 times each in this sequence. Let's start with a warm-up.
Pancake. Mouth open, a relaxed tongue lies on the lower jaw - but flowed like a pancake.
Needle.Tongue tense, stretched forward and the tip is sharp as needle. Pushed forward language as if a needle prick.
Painting the ceiling. The tongue moves back and forth, touching the sky.
Paint the walls. Strained tab "paints" the inner surface of the cheek.
Football. Strained tab moves from side to side, resting against the inner surface of the cheek.
Kata egg. Tongue perform circular motion, between the front teeth and the upper lip, the cheek, between the lower lip and lower teeth, again in the cheek, etc.
And some more dynamic exercises do to these pictures.
Merry you busy! Just do not overdo it: it is better to do less and to go back to charging a good mood.
