The whole life of a loving mother passes in cares, tenderness and expectation. First, we are waiting for the birth of a baby, then his first smile, the first steps, the first word ... And now comes the moment when your child is already chattering fluently, but one letter stubbornly refuses him. The most common problem is the letter "p" - the most complex and difficult to pronounce in the Russian alphabet. "How to teach a child to speak the letter" p "?" - this question arises in the minds of most parents at this moment.
Speech therapist or training with mom?
In time to notice the problem and begin to solve it is extremely important, because after losing time, you can assume that the baby and in adulthood will "burr". If the child does not pronounce the letter "p" at two or three years of age, then there is no need to panic, enough simple exercises for the formation of pronunciation. But if the baby is already 5-6 years old, it is best to turn to a speech therapist, which will accurately determine the reason why the child does not speak the letter p. After all, each crumb has its own problem: someone replaces the difficult letter of another, for example "l", and someone swallows a "vermin" or utters only in a few words. A visit to a specialist will allow you to learn about serious abnormalities at an early stage, because a baby can develop dysarthria - a pathology affecting the child's brain.
Learning is playful
If your chatterbox develops the speech according to the plan, and there are no problems, you can correct the pronunciation, and doing it yourself at home. Here are some simple exercises for pronouncing the letter "p", which you can perform with the kid yourself:
- the game "clean teeth": smile and clean the tip of the tongue with the posterior surface of the upper teeth (make sure that the baby's lower jaw remains fixed);
- game "teasers": stick out the tongue between the teeth and chatter them up and down (you can ask the crumb to growl or say a few words in this way);
- the "motor" game: we put the finger under the tongue and move the tongue from side to side (be sure to check that the child's hands are clean);
- the game "horse": suggest that the baby crochet with his tongue, depicting the clumsy hooves of a horse;
- the game "who has the language longer?": compete with the crumb, who will stick out the tongue, who will reach out to the nose with the tongue to the chin.
These games will help put the child the letter "p" on his own, subjecting the muscles of the articulatory apparatus to training. If the problem is with a child with a harmful letter in the language setting, then for the beginning, practice such letters as "d" and "z": they need to be pronounced with lips stretched. And only after that go to the exercises for the pronunciation of the letter "p":
- learn with the child tongue twisters with the letter "p" (about the Greek, for example), read the verses, where she often meets;
- regularly repeat with the baby sounds with the letters "t" and "d", find the poem,
where this combination of sounds is often repeated, for example "ta-ta-ta" or "yes-da-da"; - help and repetition of the sounds "brrr" or "trrr", necessarily relaxing lips.
Recipe for success
It is very important that the baby pronounces the complex letter correctly, ask him to repeat the voiced, pretending that you did not hear. But do not force him to do anything if he is lazy. Strict supervision and control are not helpers here, the main thing is the desire of the little ones, therefore it is very important that the training be interesting to him and not fatigue. The best way to teach a child to pronounce the letter "p" is a game, and, of course, your attention and concern. Regular classes, interest crumbs, mother's patience and love are able to perform miracles, which even such a harmful and complex "p" is not a hindrance!