![]() ![]() If you are working on the “bunch” /r/ have they make a mountain shape with their tongue having the big part of the hump graze the roof of the mouth. If you are working on the “retroflexed” /r/ have them roll the tongue tip back but not touching the roof the mouth and flatten the sides of the tongue on the teeth. I have began therapy with a kiddo who naturally made the “bunched” /r/ and a few weeks later realized they had more success with the “retroflexed” /r/. It is important when screening for the /r/ sound to monitor what they naturally do but also give them the option to try both. The differences are tongue tip up or tongue tip down. ![]() Tongue placement: We have found the retroflexed /r/ to be the most successful however, some kiddos are more successful with the “bunched” /r/. There should be a gap large enough to get a view of what their tongue is doing but not large enough that they lose the “box shape”. The big trick here is that you do not want the teeth to touch! You can facilitate this by using a tongue depressor and placing it on its side between the teeth. Teeth placement: When the kiddo’s are focusing on making a “box shape” have them be sure to align their teeth both vertically and horizontally. You can facilitate this by telling them to make the “sh” sound and observing their lip placement. So here’s what works for us! Have your kiddo place their lips in a “box shape”. We have found that the tongue will actually flatten in this situation. Follow Actions allow you to create structures that will repeat but can also. #LIPS SOUND REFERENCE HOW TO#Let’s talk about lip placement: We see a lot of tips on how to place your lips for the /r/ sound that consists of pulling them back and making a big “smile”. Music based on loops or short melodic fragments has a tendency to sound static. Here are some tips that we have found work for us: best for animate characters in motion design projects. We know the /r/ sound is any SLP’s dreaded goal in therapy! It’s hard to elicit and not to mention it isn’t a visual sound. But we are here to tell you that targeting the /r/ does not have to be a headache and can actually be very fun to teach! set the provisions of the mouth when pronouncing the different sounds. Aloha from everyone here at Speech Solutions Hawaii! ![]()
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