As children develop, it is important to build the tiny yet essential muscles in the mouth, face and tongue. Babies begin this process soon after birth by suckling, but development can't stop there. Strong oral motor muscles are needed for clear speech. Breath control is essential for signing, exercising, and speaking too.
A great way to do this is working with straws. Both sucking and blowing on straws are good ways to learn fine motor control in the mouth and breath control in the body.
Today we worked on oral motor techniques by using bubble painting. It took a few minutes to get the soap:paint:water ratio right, but it was still lots of messy fun!
It was a challenge to get the breath control just right so the bubbles would go up over the lip of the cup.
An important lesson in breath control: don't blow too hard into a cup of paint!
For more fun oral motor activities, check out our board on Pinterest.
http://www.pinterest.com/MissKRussell/oral-motor-activities/
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