As soon as Ronaldinho entered the fifth grade, he was elected as the captain of the school because of his excellent character and academic performance. He will speak as a student representative at the opening meeting next Monday.
Luo’s mother was so excited that she couldn’t open her mouth from ear to ear, but Ronaldinho was so worried that he wanted to cry without tears. He felt inferior to his “big tongue”. Ronaldinho thought he spoke standard Mandarin, but he didn’t speak it until he entered elementary school. I found that all my classmates were very articulate, but I was the only one who spoke slurred and occasionally stammered due to nervousness.
The opening meeting came as scheduled, and what Ronaldinho was most worried about happened - due to nervousness, she hesitated several times during her speech and even mispronounced a few words. She seemed to see all the faces in the audience. He was laughing at her...
Ronaldinho's failed speech made her questioned by many classmates: "Is she really capable of serving as captain? She can't even speak clearly!" Ronaldinho fell into confusion: Why am I slurring my speech? Why didn’t my mother teach me when I was a kid?
Parents will inevitably feel aggrieved when their children have such thoughts. No one wants to take the blame, but who doesn’t like children who are articulate?
However, excellent eloquence needs to be cultivated from an early age. The importance of clear articulation for babies is self-evident. Unclear articulation is not the baby’s fault, but language problems such as "big tongue" or stuttering are likely to be more common in the future. To some extent, children will be discriminated against by their classmates.
Beginners will have problems such as unclear articulation and non-standard pronunciation. Language expression is very important to children at all levels. Training children's oral flexibility from an early age may save their lives.
Slurred speech is not the fault of the baby, nor is it the fault of the parents. If it is not for problems such as hearing loss and intellectual disability, the culprit is likely to be the tongue and oral muscles. But if parents don’t pay attention to their baby’s speech issues early on, they are likely to be blamed in the future! Before it's too late, read this article and help your children clear the mines!
1: There is a problem with the tongue
A child's unclear articulation is probably due to a short tongue tie. Parents can check their child's tongue by the following methods: let the child stick out his tongue and observe the tip of the tongue. Is it pointed? If it is concave or has obvious grooves, it means the tongue tie is short. At this time, you need to go to the dental department for surgery. In addition, the tongue may not be flexible enough
2: Lack of oral tongue Muscle exercise
When people speak with their mouths, it is difficult to pronounce clearly if the muscle tension inside the mouth is abnormal. If the child is born with underdeveloped oral and tongue muscles, or he does not like to open his mouth to speak, or he is nervous when speaking, he will lisp, which cannot be fully mobilized. Movement of the oroglossus muscles is likely to cause the oroglossus muscles to become abnormal and stiff.
Of course, if there is a problem with the language environment in which the child lives, and the parents speak unclearly or speak too fast, it will affect the baby in the language learning period. During the correct guidance process, parents should also pay attention to their own pronunciation. ah! In addition, you will have unexpected gains by using lollipops wisely to nip problems in the bud or help your children improve their speech problems.
Will lollipops be helpful for practicing speaking? Don't believe it! The following steps are very simple. Parents only need to follow them to easily solve the problem of slurred speech in babies.
The flexible movement of the tongue is the prerequisite for the baby to pronounce words clearly. Lollipops can help the baby move the tongue, satisfy the baby's picky taste buds, and avoid tooth decay. The process is interesting and novel, and the baby will definitely like it. You can accomplish multiple things with one stone, parents should learn from it quickly.
Step 1: Prepare a lollipop. Parents move the lollipop near the child's mouth. The child will stick out his tongue and lick wherever the candy reaches.
Step 2: During the process, you can train the baby to lick the upper lip more often, which can help the child practice retroflex and retroflex sounds.
If you don’t have lollipops on hand, you can use honey instead. Babies’ attention is often attracted by interesting things, and they won’t like boring methods. Combine lollipop “therapy” with the following: Use this interesting and practical method together for even better results!
Blow the harmonica
Blowing the harmonica is the same as blowing the balloon. It is intended to help children exercise their oral muscles. Such exercise can not only make the baby's oral touch more sensitive, but also make the tongue more sensitive. Flexibility and lung capacity can also be exercised.
Tongue twisters
Many babies can pronounce every word correctly, but when they are put together, it is a disaster. This is because they are not used to speaking quickly, and it is difficult to hear clearly when their parents speak too fast. At this time, you might as well guide your children to learn to speak quickly. Learning tongue twisters is a very interesting process. Children may not be able to read it smoothly at first, but as long as they persist in practicing, they will definitely achieve significant results.
Chewing food
In order to fully mobilize the oral muscles, parents should guide their babies to learn to chew carefully and slowly. They can also prepare snacks that their children like, such as QQ candy, beef jerky, and wood chips. Sugar alcohol, shredded squid, etc., lead your baby to chew food together, but you must also pay attention to protecting your teeth!
Children’s expressive ability accompanies them throughout their lives, and its importance cannot be ignored!