Speech defects can cause problems for a child when communicating with peers. This problem is especially relevant at 5–7 years of age. And for a student in primary school it is important to clearly pronounce sounds.
The letter [L] hard and soft is sometimes difficult for children, but with the right approach this can be corrected.
As a rule, by the age of 4-5 years, children's speech becomes clear and they are able to pronounce most sounds. But it happens that speech defects remain, and there are many reasons for this. For example, someone in the family speaks unclearly or speaks two languages, and the child confuses the sounds. The most significant causes of speech defects are:
- hearing problems;
- problems with proper breathing;
- speech hearing impairment.
It is worth paying attention to the articular apparatus (features of the structure of the tongue, lips, location of the teeth). The most common reason is not correct pronunciation letter l - short frenulum, when the tongue does not reach upper teeth.
All listed anatomical features are determined only by a qualified speech therapist and pediatrician; do not draw any premature conclusions yourself. And one more thing: today, if there is a problem with a short frenulum, they do not cut it; experts advise simply doing it special exercises for stretching the frenulum.
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Variants of incorrect pronunciation of the sound “l”
The complex term “lambdacism” combines possible options incorrect pronunciation of the letter l when:
- the baby misses the sounds [L], [L’] (“imon” (lemon), “apata” (lapata));
- instead of the sound [L], he pronounces [u], [v], etc.: (“uapa” (paw), “zauatoy” (golden), “wuk” (bow));
- when nasal sounds [ng] are heard: “nguna” (moon), “ngama” (this is observed with rhinolalia, when the hard and soft palates are split, with the defects “cleft lip”, “cleft palate”).
- in words, replaces a hard sound with a soft [L’]: (“luk” (bow), “woodpecker” (woodpecker)).
If there are no serious deviations, then an experienced speech therapist will tell you how to work with the child in your particular case.
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Learning to speak the sounds [L], [L] at home is not an easy task, but for loving parents quite doable.
Catch the moment when your baby is full, with good mood, ready to play and make faces, and get to work.
All exercises should be carried out in a playful form that is interesting for the child. Make every effort to ensure that your child is not afraid of sometimes difficult speech therapy tasks, but, on the contrary, he wanted to play with you in this way more often.
Your main task is to work on lip mobility, strengthen the muscles of the tongue and larynx.
Start with 1-2 exercises a day, gradually increasing the pace so as not to overtire your baby and not cause a dislike for speech therapy training. Be sure to practice in front of a large mirror, with sufficient lighting, sitting comfortably on a chair.
For any, even the smallest, success in classes, do not forget to praise your child.
Articulation exercises
- “Delicious jam!”: We move a wide tongue over the lips, as if we are licking something tasty, while the lower lip does not help the tongue. We do this for one minute.
- "Broad smile". Smile from ear to ear for 10 seconds, with your lips closed. Recommended repetition 7-8 times.
- "Breeze". During this exercise, keep your mouth slightly open, bite your tongue with your lips and blow with all your might (2-3 minutes per session).
- Compete to see who has the longest tongue, while trying to reach their nose and chin.
- "Tube". A funny exercise for training your tongue when you roll it into a tube.
- "Horse". Clack along with your baby like a horse, gradually increasing the pace. Make sure that the lower jaw does not move.
- “Hammock”: Here the tip of the tongue rests on the upper front incisors so that it is shaped like a sagging hammock. The longer the tongue is held in this position, the better.
- "Fungus" is the most effective exercise to stretch the frenulum. The baby's tongue should fixate (“stick”) on the upper palate for 20–30 seconds.
- "Swing": when big smile alternately rest the tip of your tongue on the upper and lower incisors.
- Sound “y”: ask the child to pronounce this sound long and drawn out, so that the tip of the tongue is deeply hidden in the mouth, and the back touches the sky.
It will take 3-4 weeks to teach this difficult sound, as well as consolidate it, do not rush and do not stop at the achieved result.
Pronouncing sounds helps a lot breathing exercises, fun game With soap bubbles. It is also useful to blow on dandelions, candles, and feathers with your toddler.
The development of speech is facilitated by creative activities such as drawing, mosaics, modeling, sewing, i.e., everything that is associated with fine motor skills.
Don't be upset if solid sound[L]at first the child cannot speak. Soft [L´], for example, it appears in children due to excessive tension in the labial muscles, which quickly passes.
When is a speech therapist needed?
In general, it is possible for parents to make the “l” sound for their children at home, but sometimes only a qualified speech therapist can help. For example, the family speaks with an accent, or the parents have problems with diction. In such cases, it is difficult to demonstrate the pronunciation of sounds to the child in a quality manner.
If you have been working with your toddler for a long time, but to no avail, you should also seek help from a speech therapist. Perhaps your child perceives information better from a stranger.
Summary
Be patient and wise towards your children, and then you will definitely achieve results.
Also, don’t forget to teach with them and from time to time repeat all sorts of nursery rhymes, tongue twisters, and funny rhymes to practice sounds. All of them are effective in speech therapy, and most importantly, children love them very much and even enjoy inventing them themselves.
One of the common pronunciation problems in young children is the incorrect pronunciation of the consonant “L”. Sometimes “L” is completely absent from the child’s speech or is replaced with incorrect options. For example, the letter “Y” in the words “yug”, “yisa” instead of “meadow” and “fox”. How to promote the correct production of the consonant sound “L” in young children, what exercises should be done?
Establishing the correct pronunciation of the sound “L” will not take much time; it is enough to devote 15–20 minutes a day to exercises aimed at correcting and automating the pronunciation of this consonant.
We perform speech therapy exercises
The complex of speech therapy exercises necessary for the correct production of any sound, causing problems pronunciation (including “L”) includes several types of activities:
- Articulation gymnastics;
- Tasks for the development of speech breathing;
- Exercises to automate the pronunciation of sounds.
It is advisable that any home lesson contained elements of the listed types of activities. It should be borne in mind that the total duration of such an activity for a child 3–4 years old should not be more than 15–20 minutes.
For children aged 5–6 years, the total duration of the lesson can be 20–25 minutes. In this case, it is advisable to alternate speech therapy exercises with speech development tasks.
Exercises to establish the correct pronunciation of “L”
Articulation gymnastics, including the following exercises.
"Steamboat"
Purpose of the exercise: practice the position of the tongue that is necessary for the correct production of the “L” sound.
Performance: The child slightly opens his mouth in a smile, sticks out his tongue, clamps it with his teeth and sings “Y-y-y-y-y”, imitating the whistle of a steamship.
Attention: If during this exercise (when “Y-y-y-y-y” is sung), an adult hears a soft “L’”, then you need to ask the child to stick out his tongue as far as possible, while clamping his teeth not on the tip, but middle part language.
"Turkey Baby"
How does a turkey talk? “Bl-bl-bl,” gurgles and “babbles.” Invite your child to try to imitate the “talk” of a turkey using the following exercise:
Step 1. Having opened his mouth slightly, the child places his tongue on his upper lip, while the tip of the tongue should bend slightly upward, as if flowing around the lip.
Step 2. Practice, make several movements with the tip of your tongue up and down your upper lip.
Step 3. Connect the hum as you exhale, while simultaneously increasing the speed of the movements until you get “bl-bl-bl”.
This exercise will be very useful for the correct production of the “L” sound, as it perfectly develops the mobility of the tip of the tongue and practices the correct degree of its elevation.
“How does the horse ride?”
This exercise consists of two parts. In the first part, the skill of clicking is practiced, which helps to strengthen the muscles of the tongue and develop the ability to lift the tongue up. The second part helps the child determine the position of the tongue in the mouth when he says “L”.
Step 1. The child smiles, opening his mouth and showing his teeth. Then he flicks his tongue several times, resting on the roof of his mouth. (Imitate the clicking of a horse).
Important: During this exercise, the lower jaw should not be mobile, only the tongue should move.
Step 2. Explain to your child that horses can ride quietly, and repeat the tongue movements from the previous exercise, silently, without using your voice.
Important: Make sure that the tip of your tongue rests against the upper palate while performing it, and does not protrude beyond the mouth.
"Breeze"
Purpose of the exercise: learn to exhale air in such a way that it comes out of the mouth along the edges of the tongue, and not along its central part.
Performance: the child opens his mouth slightly and bites the tip of his tongue with his teeth. Then he needs to exhale, imitating a breeze. If it is not clear whether the child is performing this exercise correctly, hold a piece of cotton wool to his mouth while he is blowing. This will help determine the direction of the air stream.
Possible distortions in the pronunciation of the sound “L” in children
There are two most common ways to mispronounce “L” in young children. This is interdental and nasal pronunciation.
In the case of interdental pronunciation of “L”, the tip of the tongue extends beyond the upper incisors and is located almost between the teeth. It turns out a transitional option, something between “L” and “B”. To correct this problem, a standard set of exercises is needed to produce the consonant sound “L”.
In the case of nasal pronunciation, the difference is more obvious. The speech apparatus works as follows: tongue back concerns soft palate, but should touch the upper incisors with its tip. The passage of the air stream through the organs of the speech apparatus in this case is also different: it passes (partially or completely) through the nasal passage, making the resulting sound similar to a combination of “n” and “g”. The sentence “the pussy lived happily” will sound to the child in this case as “Vesengo Zhing’s pussy.”
In order to successfully solve this problem, it is necessary to carry out exercises that will help correct the direction of the air stream and.
Consolidation (automation) of the correct pronunciation of the sound “L”
Exercises aimed at training the correct automatic pronunciation of the sound “L” must be done after articulation gymnastics for 15–20 minutes.
We practice the pronunciation of “L” in syllables:
Lu-ly-la-lo, la-lo-lu-ly, ly-lo-lu-la;
Ol-el-al-yal, yol-ol-il-el, yal-yul-ol-yol.
We make speech therapy snakes using children's lotto cards:
We train the pronunciation of words, following the speech therapy snake. Example options for cards/words:
lily of the valley, swallow, pin, rock, noodles, school, ash, tent, diver, robe, salad, lamp, elk roll, boat, forehead, crowbar, soap.
You can use not only nouns, but also other parts of speech: verbs, adjectives:
He sang, washed, hummed, blew, yawned, put on his shoes, arched, pinched, fanned, sowed, stood, sat, hung, offended, saw, hated.
Hungry, cold, brave, ripe, sweet, whole, sad, scarlet, white, lethargic, small, angry.
Particular attention should be paid to the pronunciation of the consonant “L” in difficult cases: when there are two letters “l” in one word and when the letter “l” is next to other sounds.
Two letters "L" in one word:
barked, sent, chatted, swam, swallowed, broke, served, received, applied, burst, kissed, flew.
Confluence of “L” and another consonant sound:
Gratitude, eyes, burned, Klava, cereals, sweet, jinx, clump, globe, troubles, merit, lumps, fangs.
We learn poems and tongue twisters:
Oh, on the river, on Volzhanka
A nightingale floats on a stick
I sat down on a thin board,
He started a sonorous song.
Invite your child to analyze the fable and explain what cannot really happen. Learn the fable together, pronouncing “L” correctly.
Petya is small, he took the mint and crushed it
The mother saw it and did not order the mint to be crushed.
Repeat the tongue twister together, clearly articulating it in words containing “L.” Ask your child to explain what mint is. Add elements of lessons on speech development: let him discuss why it should not be crushed.
Sets with speech therapy exercises: cards, books, games, lotto, teaching aids for parents
- Set for playful independent exercises at home “Speech therapist’s suitcase” Staging the sound “L”, “R”. For children from 4-7 years old.
The set includes: bright workbooks with tasks and exercises (recognition alphabet, texts, words, professions); educational domino “Funny Animals”; educational lotto “Learning the sounds [Р], [Р’]”; educational lotto “Learning the sounds [L], [L’].” A bright, high-quality publication, with positive reviews from parents and speech therapists. You can separately purchase only the educational lotto “Learning the sounds of L”. - Set of 500 cards + guidelines, - designed to consolidate and automate the skills of “pure” sound pronunciation, and for the development of phonemic hearing. Designed for teachers, but can also be used by parents for home learning. The cards are double-sided (picture + spelling of a word with the sound highlighted), the words for each sound are selected in such a way that allows you to quickly and effectively introduce the given sounds into speech.
- Another wonderful set from “Umnitsa” - “We speak from the cradle”. It will teach the child not only to correctly pronounce sounds in words, but will also develop speech and intelligence in general. Suitable for children early age from 0-3 years. Designed for a course of classes over 53 weeks. The kit is very extensive in materials, it includes: methodological support “Development of speech activity”; class diaries; leaf-leaf books\talkers\repeaters; mumbler/imitation cards; soft toy Little wolf. Kits from "Umnitsa" always have positive reviews from parents, studying them is interesting, easy and effective.
Pronunciation of “L” and the age of the child
Some parents are in a hurry, trying to get the correct pronunciation of “L” in a child who has only recently begun to speak. According to speech therapy standards, the pronunciation of “L” and “R” is the most difficult for young children, therefore the final production of the sound “L” is considered to be the consolidation of its clear pronunciation at the age of 5-6 years.
Teacher, child development center specialist
Druzhinina Elena
Lesson on differentiating the sound “L”, speech therapist exercises:
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What should be the position of the organs of articulation for the correct pronunciation of the sound L?
- The vocal cords vibrate.
- The soft palate should be positioned so that it covers the passage into the nasal cavity.
- The root of the tongue is raised.
- The sides of your tongue should not touch your upper molars to allow passages for the air you exhale.
- The tense tip of the tongue should rest against the gums or upper teeth.
- The lower and upper teeth should not be too far apart from each other.
- The position of the lips should change and depend on the vowel sounds that come after the sound L.
The most common mistakes when pronouncing the sound L
- Forced exhalation, as a result of which you can hear a sound that resembles the sound N (air goes through the nose) or the sound F (with the participation of the cheeks).
- Replacing L with R, for example, “redheads”, not “skis”.
- The position of the lips is incorrect, the sound combination “uva” is heard, for example, “pashuva”, and not “went”.
- The tongue is in the depths of the mouth, the sound Y is heard, for example, “yoozhka”, not “spoon”.
Preparing the speech apparatus to pronounce the sound L
- To do the exercise called “Smile” you need to do the following: smile so that your lips stretch, and then return to their original state.
- “Tube” can be done in two ways. The first is to clench your teeth, pull your lips forward and transform them into a square. Second - imitate the pronunciation of the sound U (only without voice).
- “Needle”: Smile and stick your sharp tongue out of your mouth.
- “Let’s punish the naughty tongue”: Place a wide tongue on your lower lip. You can make a small hollow. It is important that the tongue is not too tense.
- "Turkey": open your mouth slightly, place your tongue on your upper lip, and then make stroking movements from top to bottom. You can add the sound combination “bl-bl-bl”.
- "Let's ride a horse": smile, lift your tongue up to the alveoli and “suck.” Then click it, imitating the “clatter of hooves.”
- "Let's go on the swings": smile. First for lower teeth lower the sharp tip of your tongue, and then lift it by the upper ones.
Several ways to make the sound L
First way. Open your mouth wide. Make sure your upper and lower teeth are visible. Then stick your wide tongue out between your teeth, pronounce the sound A and immediately press it with your teeth. As a result, you will get a combination of the sounds A and L. As soon as you are able to pronounce the sound L in this position, move your tongue to the correct position - it should be raised up and rest against the gums or teeth.
Second way. Say the sound Y. Then say simple words, in which the syllable LY is present, for example, bast, skis, and so on. When you are able to pronounce the sound L in the interdental position, move the tip of your tongue to the correct position.
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Growing up, our children increasingly replenish their lexicon. Their need to talk is growing every day. Unfortunately, most babies have problems pronouncing certain sounds. Is it possible to teach a baby to pronounce sounds correctly at home or will the help of a speech therapist be needed to eliminate speech defects?
What causes incorrect pronunciation?
The most common mistake adults make when communicating with their child is imitating his speech. We lisp with the little man, often distorting the words. It turns out that our speech drops to the level of a baby. Instead of speaking with young children as best we can, pronouncing all sounds and letters clearly, we deliberately make our speech unclear.
Since the child does not hear the correct speech from you, he will not be able to remember it and repeat it. Therefore, in order for your baby to learn to speak correctly, your speech must be clear and intelligible.
The reason for the incorrect reproduction of individual sounds may be a structural feature of the speech apparatus
- The ligament under the tongue is shorter than it should be, making it difficult to move.
- Normal speech is hampered by the size of the tongue (too small or, on the contrary, too large).
- Very thin or, conversely, plump lips, which makes their articulation difficult.
- Deviations in the structure of the teeth or jaw.
- Defect hearing aid, which does not allow you to hear some sounds and, therefore, pronounce them correctly.
Parents can easily correct some speech defects on their own. The baby experiences the main difficulties when pronouncing hissing sounds - Zh, Ch, Sh, Shch, the letters P, as well as Z, G, K, L, S and C.
How to help your child pronounce hissing sounds?
Teaching a child to pronounce the letters Zh, Ch, Sh, and Shch is a little easier than, for example, the letter R. Most often, children have a problem with the pronunciation of hissing Zh and Sh. At the same time, the sound Sh is not as annoying to the ear as the incorrectly pronounced Zh .
Usually the problem with hissing occurs because the baby is unable to relax the tongue and stretch it so that the edges touch the upper lateral teeth.
Therefore, the baby needs to be taught a few simple exercises.
- Let's relax the tongue . Place your tongue on your lower teeth, like a pancake, and tap it with your upper teeth, saying “Ta-ta-ta.” After this, the tongue should lie relaxed. Then you have to spank him upper lip and say “Pa-pa-pa.”
- Lifting the tip of the tongue upward . To complete the task, you need chewing candy or gum (it will be a good motivation for your child). You need him to open his mouth 2-3 cm, spread his tongue over his lower lip, sticking out its tip. Place a piece of candy on it and ask your child to stick it to the roof of his mouth behind his upper teeth. Make sure your baby only uses his tongue and not his jaw.
- Blow air through the middle of the tongue . Place a small piece of cotton wool on the table. Let the baby smile and position the tongue as in the previous task. The baby’s task is to blow the cotton wool to the other end of the table without puffing out his cheeks. At the same time, he must pronounce something like the letter F.
- Blowing cotton from your nose . The child opens his mouth slightly, places his tongue so that there is a groove in the middle of it, and the edges almost meet. We place a piece of cotton wool on the nose. The baby should take a deep breath of air through his nose and exhale sharply through his mouth. The cotton wool should fly up.
- We pronounce the sounds Zh and Sh . Ask the baby to pronounce the syllable SA, the tongue should be behind the teeth at this time. Then you need to move the tongue deeper into your mouth. As we move towards the alveoli, the sound from S turns into Sh. To get the sound Zh, we repeat the exercises, first pronouncing the syllable ZA.
- More words with Zh and Sh . Remember or come up with rhymes or tongue twisters where the letters Zh and Sh are often found in words. Repeat them with your child several times.
- We pronounce the letter H . If your baby has increased tongue tone, it will be more difficult for him to cope with the exercise at first. The sound CH consists of TH and Sh. First, the tongue should hit the alveoli, pronouncing TH, and then relax, passing the sound Sh through the slit. These two sounds, first slowly and then faster, should merge into one Ch. After several trainings, the baby will succeed !
Practice your pronunciation with different short rhymes. For example:
- There were jackdaws visiting the wolf cubs,
- There were wolf cubs visiting the jackdaw cubs,
- Now the wolf cubs are making noise like jackdaws,
- And like wolf cubs, the jackdaw cubs are silent.
Learning to pronounce the letter R
The baby begins to pronounce the letter R well only at the age of 5-6 years. If your baby has not yet reached this age, do not panic ahead of time.
There are usually some problems associated with the letter P
- The little man does not make a growling sound at all , it simply falls out of his words. This happens when the letter P is located between vowels. For example, a garage sounds like “ha - already”.
- The baby replaces the sound R with L, Y or Y . It turns out that instead of a rose - “vine”, red - “yzhy”, magpie - “jay”.
- The baby pronounces the sound R, but not the way it should sound in Russian . It either vibrates, like the British, or grates, which is typical for the French.
You can correct deficiencies in pronouncing the letter P by doing some exercises. It’s better to perform them while sitting and keeping your back straight. In this case, the child must see himself in the mirror.
This way he can see how well he completes the task.
- Sail . The child needs to open his mouth wide and lift the tip of his tongue behind his upper teeth. Bend the lower part of the tongue forward slightly and press the edges upward against the molars. You need to repeat this 3 times in a row for 10 seconds.
- horse . You need to press your tongue tightly against the roof of your mouth and then quickly release it. This will produce a sound reminiscent of the clopping of hooves. Repeat the task at least 10-15 times.
- Turkey . Draw an angry turkey with the baby. The child should throw the tongue out of the mouth, pushing it between the teeth. In this case, you need to pronounce sounds similar to “bl-bl”. The task is performed at a slow pace, gradually speeding it up.
- Let's bite our tongue . Stick the end of your tongue out and open your mouth in a smile. Then slowly bite your tongue with your teeth.
- Brushing our teeth . The baby needs to smile widely and move the tip of his tongue along the inner wall of the upper teeth, without moving the lower jaw.
- Who has it longer? Invite your baby to compare who has the longest tongue. Will he be able to reach his chin or the tip of his nose?
- Woodpecker . You need to open your mouth wide and tap your tongue hard on the inside of the gums near the upper teeth. At this time you need to say “d-d-d.”
To prevent your child from getting tired from numerous exercises, take breaks and invite him to roar like a lion. To consolidate the emerging successes, you can additionally learn tongue twisters and words that contain the letter R with your child.
Pronouncing the letters Z, S and C correctly
When a child does not pronounce the letter S, at the same time he cannot pronounce the other whistling letters and syllables - Z, Ts, Зь, Сь. The reason for this is an underdeveloped articulatory apparatus.
Special exercises will also help correct the situation.
- Get the ball into the goal . The purpose of this task is to learn how to release a long, directed stream of air. Make gates on the table using blocks or other toys. Roll a loose cotton ball. The kid must, with his lips folded into a tube, blow on the ball and drive it into the gate. While performing the exercise, you should not puff out your cheeks, and the blown air should flow in one long stream, without interruption.
- Song of the tongue . With your mouth slightly open, you need to place your tongue on your lower lip. Then you need to spank with your sponges - “five-five-five” (the tongue sings). The air comes out in a smooth stream without interruption. Then, opening your mouth wide, hold the soft tongue on your lower lip so that it does not curl up. It is necessary that the edges of the tongue touch the corners of the mouth.
- Pancake . It is important to teach your baby to relax his tongue. To do this he must smile, Front edge put tongue on lower lip. The smile should not be tense, and the tongue should only hang slightly from the lip.
- Brushing our teeth . The exercise is similar to the task for the letter P, only we will brush the lower teeth rather than the upper ones.
The letter Z is paired with the letter C, so its production is done in the same way as the sound C.
The sound T consists of two sounds - T and S, which quickly move from one to another. It is important to teach your baby to separate one sound from another. Ask your baby to say first the long sound “shhhhh”, and then the short “shhhh, tshh, tshh” sound. As a result, the baby will make the sound C.
What about K and G?
The sounds K, G and X belong to the back of the tongue, which implies a high rise of the tongue when pronouncing them. When a child does not pronounce these letters, most often his tongue is simply lazy (with the exception of congenital pathologies which only doctors can correct). To make your tongue work, you need to do exercises.
Slide downhill . Place a cotton ball on your baby's palm. The baby should open his mouth slightly, hold the root of his tongue in a raised position, and lower the tip of it. Then you need to quickly exhale so as to blow the cotton wool from your palm. The sound will be K.
spoon . Ask your baby to say “ta-ta-ta” slowly. Take a teaspoon and gently move your tongue away by pressing on the front of the back of it. Instead of “ta”, the baby will first get “cha”, and then “kya”. Continuing to press on the tongue, catch the moment when the baby produces a clean “ka”. He needs to remember what position his tongue was in at that moment. Don't worry if it doesn't work out right away.
Regardless of the exercises you do with your child to pronounce which letter, after class, repeat with him as many words, rhymes or songs with this letter as possible.
To the upper incisors. The tongue should touch the teeth. Push your tongue away from your teeth with force, while pronouncing “varnish”, “puddle”, “swan”, “chandelier”, “spoon”, “skis”. Note that depending on the vowel sound after the "l", the position of the tongue changes slightly. When pronouncing “chandelier”, the tongue no longer rests on the teeth, but on upper sky. And when pronouncing the word “skis” - in the very upper incisors. But the principle of pronunciation of the sound “l” is the same - the tongue is pushed away from the obstacle with force.
If you can't immediately say a distinct "l", you need to force your tongue to work. To do this, do the following:
When pronouncing the “l” sound in the above words, clamp your tongue with the tips of your upper and lower incisors, as if biting it. In this way you will fix the tongue and train it to correct position.
Repeat the following tongue twisters slowly and clearly:
- “Karl stole corals from Clara, and Clara stole Karl’s clarinet”;
- “Thirty-three ships tacked and tacked, tacked and tacked, tacked and tacked, but didn’t tack”;
- “Vlas’s daughter gargled striped, rinsed and rinsed, the river became striped.”
It is better to perform all exercises in front of a mirror. This way you can visually control yourself.
The sound “l”, like other sounds, may be completely absent in the child’s speech (for example, instead of the words “saw”, “bow” he pronounces “pia”, “uk”). This sound can be replaced by other sounds (“piua”, “yuk”). Very often, children replace the sound “l” with a soft version – “l”, and the result is “saw”, “hatch”. This can easily be explained by the fact that the position of the speech organs when pronouncing the sound “l” is somewhat more complicated than when pronouncing the sound “l”.
Instructions
Please note that if the sound “l” is pronounced correctly, the organs of articulation take the following position: the teeth are open; lips slightly parted; the tongue is long and thin, its tip rests on the base of the upper front teeth; the stream flows from the side along the edges and then comes out from the corners of the lips.
Do the following exercises to help you develop the correct pronunciation of “l”.
Proceed with exercise No. 1. Its goal is to learn to relax the muscles of the tongue. Smile with, open your mouth slightly, place the front wide edge of the tongue on your lower lip. Hold it in this position while counting from one to ten. You can compete with your child to see who can hold their tongue in this position longer.
Do the “Horse” exercise. It strengthens the muscles of the tongue and develops the skill of lifting the tongue upward. Smile, show your teeth, open your mouth slightly and click the tip of your tongue (for example, like a horse clicking its hooves).
Do the “Swing” exercise with your child. Its goal is to teach how to quickly change the position of the tongue. This is necessary when connecting the sound “l” with the vowels a, y, o, u. Smile, open your mouth slightly, put your tongue behind your lower teeth with inside, then lift it up, resting the tip against your upper teeth. Alternately change the position of the tongue 6-8 times, gradually increasing the pace.
Proceed to the exercise “The breeze is blowing.” Purpose: to produce an air stream that exits along the edges of the tongue. Smile with your child, open your mouth slightly, bite the tip of your tongue with your front teeth and blow. Check the presence and direction of the air stream by bringing a piece of cotton wool to your mouth. If you systematically perform this exercise (using your voice) and with the tip of your tongue raised upward, you will end up with a beautiful “l” sound.
Practice pronouncing words with the sound “l” with your child - sing to the tune of some song: lo-lo-lo, la-la-la, lu-lu-lu. Practice pronouncing words such as saw, hammer, light bulb, horse, etc.
It is best to start working on the pronunciation of the letter Ш early. childhood. But if an adult also has a similar problem, then articulatory gymnastics classes can help him too.
You will need
- - mirror;
- - rhythmic music
Instructions
Do a muscle building exercise lower jaw. Ask them to open their mouth wide and hold it in this position for 20 seconds. Repeat this exercise 10-15 times.
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