Articulatory gymnastics - training of speech, muscles and thinking

What is articulatory gymnastics? How does it differ from speech therapy exercises? You can draw an analogy with the sport. Articulatory gymnastics is an ordinary exercise for general health, and speech therapy exercises are already treatments aimed at the special development of the muscles of some organ.

When to take action

If by 5-7 years the child does not pronounce any letters - it's time to deal with a speech therapist, which will help to select a special complex of articulatory gymnastics and focus on the right exercises for the correct pronunciation of a certain sound. And you need to do this as quickly as possible. Bad speech can lead to unpleasant consequences. The child will not have time in school (after all, oral speech affects the formation of the letter), it can be teased (which will hurt the child's gentle psyche, negatively affect his character). But before that you can not bring, if in time to pay attention to a problem with the speech of the child.

First steps

And the first signals can appear even in the baby age. For example, a child does not like or chews on hard food for a long time. So, he has weakened the chewing muscles, which take not the last part in the speech process. Even if the child has problems with sucking milk - this is already a signal to strengthen the speech apparatus. Of course, at this age the child can not explain what articulation gymnastics is, but first let him gnaw something hard: a carrot, an apple or lick a spoon (this strengthens the muscles of the tongue).

With children 2 - 3 years old, it is already possible to carry out articulatory gymnastics in a playful form. Even if the child does not learn to pronounce any sounds correctly, such preliminary preparation will significantly increase the effectiveness of the speech therapist's training afterwards. But most likely you will notice significant improvement in pronunciation, because articulatory gymnastics is an excellent prevention of speech disorders. Pay attention also to the games that reinforce the small motor skills of the child. The connection between speech and finger work has been scientifically proven.

How to practice

Start with the simplest exercises (or games). Become together in front of a mirror and "cheat": inflate your cheeks, smile a clownish smile in your mouth, build all sorts of faces. Even show each other a language - this is also a good articulatory gymnastics for the language, like any mimic exercises.

Play role-playing games. This will increase the vocabulary of the child, since children with impaired speech functions tend to have difficulty expressing thoughts. In addition, this is a wonderful development of the emotional sphere of the baby, his spirituality. Be engaged in business, for 3 minutes several times a day. To the baby was interested. Long-term studies of the child will quickly become boring. Come up with new elements if you see that the lessons have become uninteresting to the child.

With older children, a full-fledged articulatory gymnastics is performed, but only in a friendly manner. It is not necessary to insist, if the kid does not get something, still praise, and he will try.

Complex of articulatory gymnastics

Choose your own set of exercises, which is more like your child and works well for him. There are exercises in the poetic form, where the kid himself guesses the rhyme, uttering once again the necessary sounds.

One of the simple and universal exercises, for example, contributes to the prevention of ARI and lung diseases and at the same time improves the articulation of the child. Teach your child to breathe out slowly with a different form of lips. To do this, on expiration, you must continuously pronounce various syllables with consonants "b" and "m". At the same time, the exhalation is intermittent, which strengthens the respiratory system and the speech apparatus.

In any case, make every effort to ensure that the child pronounces all sounds correctly to the school. This will help him a lot.