May Top Tip

It’s all about  Blowing Bubbles everyone loves bubbles and while having fun you will be strengthening your tongue and exercising the lips to help with speech sounds.

Bubble Mix Recipe 

  • 2 cups washing up liquid
  • 1tsp of cooking oil
  • 1 cup of water

Making The Mix

mix the washing up liquid with the water and add the cooking oil it makes the bubble mix stronger our if you don’t want to use bubbles you could try – cotton wool or feathers across a table small pieces of hankie in the air bubbles from the bath, using the palm of your hand, try whistling.

Strengthen abdominal muscles can increase sentence length, strengthening the tongue correctly for (K,G) and ng sounds that are produced at the back of the mouth.

Lip rounding for sounds (W, OO) and ‘O’ when your child is blowing if the shape of the lips is round, great if they are more on the flat side try squeezing their cheeks to get their lips in the right position.

Speech Sounds – When your child requests more bubbles with a sign or gesture try modelling the sound (m) more, (b) bubbles or (p)for pop.

 

 

 

 

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