Dyslalias and Rotacism: Orofacial Exercises

Next we give you 77 orofacial exercises performed by the speech therapist Manuel Mendoza Rodas of the EOE of Montilla. An essential material for classrooms that you can download at the end of the article.

List of orofacial exercises

Smile without opening your mouth.
Laugh
Spread your lips slightly. Press your lips together.
Stick your tongue out, as much as possible. Stick your tongue in and close your mouth.
With your mouth open, stick your tongue out. Stick your tongue in.
Stick out your tongue and turn it to the right.
Stick out your tongue and turn it to the left.
Stick your tongue out and fold it up.
Stick your tongue out and fold it down.
Stick out your tongue as little as possible, without opening your mouth.
Stick your tongue out as far as possible and keep it still in a horizontal position.
Fold your tongue up, without taking it out of your mouth.
Fold your tongue down, without taking it out of your mouth.
With your lips parted, place the tip of your tongue between your teeth. Stick your tongue in as quickly as possible.
Bite your upper lip.
Bite your lower lip.
Relish your upper lip in both directions.
Relish your lower lip in both directions.
Relish the lower lip and the upper lip in a rotating direction.
Repeat the previous exercise in the opposite direction.
Rest the tip of the tongue on the upper alveoli.
Rest the tip of the tongue on the lower alveoli.
Move the tip of the tongue to the molars on the right.
Shift the tip of the tongue to the molars on the left.
It moves the tip of the tongue from the teeth to the bell, making it slide on the palate.
Make a click, pressing the tongue with the roof of the mouth and releasing it quickly.
Turn your upper lip up while holding a pencil.
Wink one eye and then another.
Wrinkle your nose
Crinkle your eyes.
He expresses with his face different states of mind: terror, fear, fun …
Rotate the tongue, placing it between the upper or lower lip and the gum.
Rapid exit and entry movements of the tongue, vibrating on the upper lip.
With your mouth open, run the tip of your tongue along the edge of your upper incisors.
With your mouth open, run the tip of your tongue along the edge of your lower incisors.
With the tip of your tongue, push one cheek and then another.
Fold your tongue inside your mouth, and forcefully push it out.
Stick out your tongue and fold its side edges into a longitudinal channel.

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Idem to the previous exercise, also bending the tip of the tongue upwards.
With your mouth ajar, put your tongue wide. (Relaxed).
With your mouth ajar, put your tongue narrow. (Tense).
Put your lips in the kissing position.
After a long inspiration, vibrate your lips.
Suck on the lower lip with the upper one.
Suck the upper lip with the lower one.
With your lips parted, turn them forward.
With your lips parted, turn them back.
Vibratory movement of the tongue, imitating the noise of a motorcycle.
Vibratory movement of the lips, imitating the buzz of a bee.
With your tongue between your lips, let them both vibrate simultaneously.
Gargle.
After a long inspiration, puff out both cheeks at the same time.
After a long inspiration he coughs.
After a long breath, puff out your right cheek.
After a long breath, puff out your left cheek.
Open and close your mouth slowly.
Open and close your mouth quickly.
Open your mouth slowly and close it quickly.
Open your mouth quickly and close it slowly.
Chew.
Grit your teeth and loosen them.
Place the bottom teeth in front of the top ones.
Place the top teeth in front of the bottom ones.
Perform lateral movements of the lower jaw.
Yawning
Mimics the labial position of the phoneme / o /.
Mimics the labial position of the phoneme / a /.
Mimics the labial position of the phoneme / e /.
Mimics the labial position of the phoneme / i /.
Mimics the labial position of the / u / phoneme.
It imitates the position of the bilabial phonemes: / p /, / b /, / m /.
Mimics the position of the labiodental phoneme: / f /.
It mimics the position of the linguodental phonemes: / t /, / d /.
It mimics the position of the linguointerdental phoneme: / z /.
It mimics the position of the linguoalveolar phonemes: / n /, / l /, / l /, / r /.
Mimics the position of the linguopalatal phonemes: / ch /, / ll /, / ñ /.
Mimics the position of the linguovelar phonemes: / k /, / g /, / j /.