Top 10 Oral Motor Exercises and Why We Love Them
Do you have a picky eater on your hands? Or perhaps an oral seeker? Does your child constantly chew on their shirt, pencil or hair? If you said yes to any of these questions, you're in the right place! In today's video, we're explaining what oral motor activities are, why we love them, why they're beneficial for every child, and we're demonstrating our favorite oral motor activities for you to try with your kiddo! Let's have some fun!
Table of contents:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 What is Oral Motor & Why it's Important
01:54 Safety Precautions
03:11 Our 10 Favorite Oral Motor Activities
09:33 When to do Oral Motor Activities
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As a behavior specialist with client's who have oral sensory needs (PICA, chewing, mouthing) this is very helpful information to share with the parents when they ask, "how do I get my child to stop..." Thank you!
@HarklaFamily
2 жыл бұрын
That's great to hear, Jennifer! I'm glad we can be helpful to you and your clients!
Sour spray! Woah! I couldn't EVEN - but maybe that means I need to practice that sensory stimulation more!
Thank you for this ❤️
@HarklaFamily
Жыл бұрын
We're glad it's helpful!
Thats great❤
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Great ideas thank you! What are some examples of how you document these exercises?
@HarklaFamily
8 ай бұрын
When you say "document," do you mean in a treatment note?
I experience discomfort while speaking, particularly with words that include the 'd' or 't' sound, as my tongue hurts. I feel while speaking like my tongue is only responsible for speaking and there no such tension feel on lips while speaking. I feel like the total control during speak only on tongue. Please suggest some exercises for correction this problem
@HarklaFamily
2 ай бұрын
It would be beneficial to seek out a trained therapist who specializes in speech and oral myofunctional therapy!
@Divan000
2 ай бұрын
@@HarklaFamily Very difficult to find one with both speech and oral myofunctional therapy experience. we can find one of them but not both. Even feeding therapists don't do oral motor exercises where I live. no occupational therapist does oral motor exercises. I only find these exercises on KZread.
11 yr old boy doesn't chew hard or even normal food, only eats soft food. He says his mouth hurts .... Dentists confirm everything in the teeth gums jaw etc is fine. He just needs to chew and use his teeth and jaw
@HarklaFamily
3 ай бұрын
Could be that he hasn't developed the strength and endurance throughout his oral structures! A feeding therapist might be good to look into!
Quick question can I use like a sour candy instead of the sour spray?
@HarklaFamily
7 ай бұрын
Sure! Always using candy that is safe for the child!
For sensory seeker who is always smelling things like crazy???
@HarklaFamily
3 ай бұрын
could be seeking olfactory input!
@nikhathmubeen790
3 ай бұрын
@@HarklaFamily yes, I know that. But how can this be managed better for him? Please advice