More speech and oral motor info…
· Snack time is an excellent time to improve oral motor skills.
· Have child hold a thin pretzel or cracker in your lips. Now hold a fat pretzel in your lips. Can you hold it while I count to 5?
· Bit small pieces from a large cracker or long pretzel. Importance is to learn good biting skills.
· Take tiny bites from pretzel stick. Place stick in different places to practice biting with different teeth.
· Drink from a variety of cups. Try a different cup or mug every day. Sippies are great when a mess can't be made, but it is important to use regular cups every day to develop oral motor skills necessary for speech and sound production.
· Lick foods (pudding, yogurt) from lips.
· Drink through a straw. Drink pudding, milkshake or applesauce through straw.
· Hold a popsicle or lollipop about an inch form mouth and stretch tongue to lick it.
· Blow on warm food.
Eat a different texture every day.
· Smooth - pudding, applesauce
· Crunchy - crackers, pretzels
· Chewy - raisins, fruit snacks
· Lumpy - yogurt with fruit
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