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Child Master Research Paper

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Many young children struggle with mastering the /r/ sound. This sound can be challenging for them to master. Here are a few tricks you can use at home to help your child master the /r/ sound.

Understanding The Challenge

In order to help your child master the /r/ sound, you first have to understand why it is a challenging sound for your child to master in the first place.

This sound is often considered one of the hardest to master sounds in the English language in large part because three different actions have to be performed together in order to produce the /r/ sound. The /r/ sound requires the use of one’s lips, tongue and throat. All three of these ares of one’s body have to construct in order to make the /r/ sound correctly.

The key to helping your child master this skill is to focus on each action separately, and then put all three together. …show more content…

When you make the /r/ sound, your lips actually make the shape of an “O”. Try staying the word “raccoon” while looking in a mirror. You’ll notice that your lips make an “O” shape as you say raccoon and other words that start with the letter r, such as rabbit and rainbow.

You can help your child learn how to make this shape by teaching them how to make a “fish face.” In order to make a fish face, one sticks their lips out and creates a “O” like shape with their lips. You also pull in your checks a little bit as well.

By encouraging your child to make a fish face, you are providing your child with a visual image that they can relate to and you are making the activity fun for your child.

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