Oral Motor Strength- The Foundation to Speech (Part 1 of 3)
Learning to speak is not an easy task. Speech is a complex fine motor task that requires your tongue, lips, jaw, teeth, and lungs to work together and at the right time to make a sound. It is also complicated by the fact that much of the work is being done where we can't see it, inside our mouth. Children learn how to string beads on a string by watching someone string beads on a string and they learn how to jump by watching someone jump up and down. Now, imagine trying to le
