Logopedic Exercises for Children

A clear and good speech is absolutely necessary for the comprehensive timely development of the child. If he has the right speech, he speaks the words well, then he can express his thoughts much easier. The child gets much more opportunities to learn the world around and communicate. Children who can not speak well can become indecisive and withdrawn. Therefore, already at the early stages of child development it is so important to use speech therapy exercises.

Adult people can pronounce well any sound in isolation and in the process of speech, since they have developed the mobility of the speech apparatus. In a small person who only gets acquainted with the world, the accuracy and strength of such movements develops gradually during speech activity . Examination of the child often helps to identify violations in the structure of the articulatory apparatus and eliminate them with the help of special techniques, performing speech therapy exercises for children.

The main task of such exercises is the development and strengthening of the mobility of the organs of speech. They are usually appointed with the purpose of working out and strengthening those movements which are necessary for reception of certain concrete sound. They include gymnastics for training mobility and switching articulatory organs, working out those movements and positions of the lips and tongue, which are required with proper pronunciation of sounds. Logopedic exercises should be performed for a specific purpose, that is, the focus should not be on the number of exercises, but on choosing the right set of activities that help to fix the problem purposefully.

When selecting such exercises, the movements and positions of the speech apparatus, necessary for the formation of sounds, are taken into account. The whole system of such gymnastics is divided into two types: statistical and dynamic. The statistical exercises include: "Calyx", "Needle", "Spatula", "Arrow", "Chicks", "Trumpet". They all consist in keeping the articulatory posture for 6-15 seconds. Dynamic speech therapy exercises: "Horse", "Painter", "Fungus", "Swing", "Pendulum", "Delicious jam", "Snake", "Clock", "Coil". They require a rhythmic repetition of movements 6-7 times to improve the switching and coordination of the speech apparatus.

Some of them are used as logopedic exercises for the letter P, for example, "Calyx" - teaches you to keep the tongue in the shape of a cup near the upper teeth. Or "Swing" - movement alternately tongue from nose to chin. There are exercises for working out the movements for the pronunciation of specific sounds, but there are simply strengthening for the language, which is the most mobile organ. For example, "Needle" - a narrow and strained tongue needs to be poked out of the open mouth, "Pendulum" - the tip of the tongue moves to the right or to the left corner of the mouth. For the formation of sounds, the mobility of the lips also plays an important role. The rounded lips that are drawn into the tube make it possible to clearly pronounce the sounds: y, u, o, z, s, c.

Purposefulness of classes and carefully performed speech therapy exercises will help to prepare for the correct pronunciation of sounds the child's speech apparatus . They need to be selected and combined into complexes in order to achieve complete correct articulation of sounds. Each complex is designed for the specific position of the lips, the kind of movement of the tongue, trains the formation of the airflow, these are all very necessary elements for creating the right sound. Classes of articulatory gymnastics begin with the training of the basic movements, as well as the position of the lips, then it is necessary to proceed to working out special provisions. Conducting speech therapy classes for the fastest consolidation of acquired skills is needed daily.