Contents:
- In order for children not to be slurred, what should parents do?
- 1. Teach how to place the tongue when saying the letter R
- 2. Imitating the sound of objects
- 3. Singing
- 4. Brushing your teeth
- 5. Ask your doctor for help
Small children generally have a little difficulty pronouncing the letter "R" and differentiating it from the letter "L" because their lips are not as obvious as the letters "B" or "M", which they can follow easily. That's why when they want to say something that contains the letter "R", for example "My game is broken!" Which is usually spoken out of their mouths is "My game is broken!".
However, do not let the child continue to lisp until adulthood. Besides being able to make it difficult for him to communicate, the slurry that is carried to adulthood can also make children feel inferior when they have to talk to other people. Read these tips, let's say, so that the child doesn't keep slurping!
In order for children not to be slurred, what should parents do?
Small children should be able to recite the letter "R" smoothly when they are 5 to 7 years old. However, if your child has turned 5 years old and has not been fluent in saying "the snake coiled on the fence", actually you don't need to worry too much.
You can help him practice pronouncing the letter R with the following tips so that the child does not lisp until he grows up later.
1. Teach how to place the tongue when saying the letter R
The letter R is indeed very difficult for children to say compared to other letters. Different from the letter B which is easy to follow because it is very clearly seen the movement of the lips, which is folding the upper and lower lips inward.
When the letter R is pronounced, usually children will make an "el" sound. This difficulty is caused by the difficulty of the child catching and seeing how the tongue moves when the letter is spoken. Plus, it's also difficult to explain how to pronounce this letter.
Help your child pronounce the letter R by demonstrating lifting the upper lip by placing the tongue into the area of the palate. Then ask him to move his tongue. Make sure the sound is slightly vibrating. Well, you can train children to pronounce these letters with easy words, like "wheels", "hair", "neat", or "broken".
2. Imitating the sound of objects
In order to smoothly recite the letter R, you must outsmart the child as often as possible to pronounce this letter. For example when playing while imitating the sound of the object. Some sound objects that you can tuck into the game include:
- The sound "grrrrr ..." from the sound of the tiger
- Sounds bang! bang! bang! "from the gunshot
- The sound of "brem brem brem" from the sound of the motorbike engine
- The sound is "broken ... confused ..." from the sound of an ambulance
- The sound of "brr ... brr" from the sound of a washing machine or fan
- The "kriing ..." sound from the telephone or bicycle bell
3. Singing
There are many children's songs that use the letter R in the lyrics, for example songs Kring Kring is a Bike, Cut Goose Duck, My Round Hat, Wake Up, or My Balloon.Training children to talk while singing is definitely very fun and easy for children to follow.
4. Brushing your teeth
In addition to training children to pronounce the letter R with the game, you can also do your cleaning activities. For example when bathing and brushing teeth. After the toothbrush, the remaining foam must be rinsed with water.
Well, when you gargle you can train your child to vibrate the throat to produce an R sound.
In addition, gargling also trains the flexibility of the muscles in the mouth. To be more maximal, when gargling face the child in front of the mirror so that he can see how he vibrates and moves his tongue. Be careful when you train a child with this method so he does not choke.
5. Ask your doctor for help
If the previous method is not effective, you need to consult a doctor. Maybe the doctor will give a special tool to the child's tongue to make it easier to recite the letter R. The doctor may also recommend you and your child to take part in speech therapy so that the child is not slurred so on.
