What is articulatory gymnastics?How does it differ from logopedic exercises? You can draw an analogy with the sport. Articulatory gymnastics is an ordinary exercise for general health, and logopedic exercises are already treatments aimed at the special development of the muscles of some organ.
When to take action
Если к 5 – 7 годам ребенок не выговаривает some letters - it's time to deal with a speech therapist, which will help to select a special set 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 in theearly infancy. 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 an articulatory gymnastics is, but first let him nibble something hard: carrots, an apple or lick a spoon (this strengthens the muscles of the tongue).
With children 2 - 3 years already it is quite possible to conductarticulatory gymnastics in a game form. Even if the child does not learn to pronounce sounds correctly, such preliminary preparation will significantly increase the effectiveness of the exercises with the speech therapist 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 fingers is scientifically proven.
How to do
Start with the simplest exercises (or games).Stand together in front of the mirror and “make a head”: inflate your cheeks, smile full-mouth clown smile, build all kinds of faces. Even show each other a language - this is also a good articulation gymnastics for the language, like any facial exercises.
Play role-playing games.This will increase the vocabulary of the child, since children with speech disorders, as a rule, have difficulty expressing thoughts. In addition, this is a great development of the emotional sphere of the baby, his spirituality. Engage in between times, for 3 minutes several times a day. To the baby was interesting. Long classes for a child will quickly get bored. Come up with new elements if you see that the lessons have become uninteresting to the child.
With older babies, a full-fledgedarticulation gymnastics, but only in a benevolent form. No need to insist, if the baby doesn’t do something, praise anyway, and he will try.
Complex articulation gymnastics
Подберите свой собственный комплекс упражнений, which your child likes more and is good at it. There are exercises in a poetic form, where the kid himself guesses a rhyme, uttering once again the necessary sounds.
Одно из простых и универсальных упражнений, for example, it contributes to the prevention of acute respiratory infections and lung diseases and at the same time improves the articulation of the child. Teach your child to exhale slowly with different lip shapes. To do this, on the exhale, one must continuously pronounce various syllables with consonants "b" and "m". At the same time, exhalation is intermittent, which strengthens the respiratory system and the speech apparatus.
In any case, make every effort to ensure that the child utters all sounds correctly to school. This will help him a lot.
