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Hello dear readers! Today we will talk about how to teach a child to say the letter l. And also, how to carry out gymnastics and for what reasons he may have problems with the pronunciation of this sound.
The most common reasons
It is advisable, of course, to contact a specialist. A speech therapist will diagnose and be able to identify not only the reason why the child does not pronounce this letter, but also select exercises that will be adapted directly to his characteristics, both physiological and mental.
Otherwise, you run the risk of wasting both your time and your child in vain, especially if you are training consistently, but there is no result yet.
- Short frenum of the tongue.
- Incorrect speech in the family, in particular, lisping with the baby and distortion of words. For example, “buotska” instead of “bun”.
- Bilingual family. When there are representatives of different cultures in the same family, the child may confuse words and sounds. As if combining two languages into one, creating its own separate one.
- Dyslalia is a speech disorder, provided that the child has no hearing problems, as well as difficulties with the articulatory apparatus. In this case, it manifests itself in the form of a violation of the pronunciation of sonorous sounds.
You can learn more about other reasons by clicking on this link.
Variants of incorrect pronunciation
- Just skips (horn-spoon);
- Replaces with «U» (womon — lemon);
- Replaces with «Y» (yuk — onion);
- Correctly pronounces a hard one, but distorts the soft “L”, or vice versa.
The correct position of the organs of the articulatory apparatus
- Ligaments should literally vibrate;
- Soft palate in such a position that the passage to the nasal cavity is closed;
- The root of the tongue is raised, its sides do not touch the molars, and the tip rests on the upper teeth. This is necessary so that the air circulates freely;
- The position of the lips changes depending on the need to pronounce the vowels that follow after the “L”, in case the child pronounces the whole word.
- The jaws are relaxed, there should not be a large gap between the upper and lower teeth
Exercises and gymnastics
If your child’s speech distortion is minor and problems arise only with “L”, then you can easily cope without a speech therapist.
- First you need to prepare all the organs that are involved in speech for classes at home. Your task is simply to list them. For example, here we have a tongue — and pull it out, move it from side to side. But we have cheeks — inflate them and blow them off, as if a balloon has burst.
- We smile as wide as possible, and then we relax our lips.
- We depict different animals, in particular, we clatter like a horse, like a turkey we publish “blblbl”.
- We stretch our lips into a tube and publish «uuu», pull it for a long time.
- To reach the palate with the tongue and hold in this position for as long as possible.
- Let him smile and slightly open his mouth, while touching his upper teeth with the tip of his tongue. He must be tense. Then let him try to publish the letter «L». If he manages to achieve the correct position of the organs involved in speech, then this sound will also turn out.
- If the previous exercise fails, play the game «catch». To do this, you need to ask the baby to sing «A» and suddenly bite the tip of the tongue with his teeth, as if he had caught it. And then continue to pull «A».
- It is carried out easily, the algorithm of actions, as in the previous version, only instead of «A» it is necessary to sing «Y».
Completion
Watch how you speak. Use as many words as possible in your speech that have a solid «L» in their composition. And also, try to conduct classes only when you and your child are in a good mood. In order not to discourage the desire to train and learn to speak correctly.
And if he also has problems with the letter «P», then click here.
Good luck and accomplishments!
Also, we recommend reading an article with methods for developing memory in children.
The material was prepared by a psychologist, Gestalt therapist, Zhuravina Alina