Your child is learning how to coordinate their movements in more precise ways. For speech, they need to coordinate all the muscles from their chest up to their mouth. They need to control air flow from their lungs, turn their voice on and off, and move their tongue to many places in their mouth. Blowing helps your child learn to coordinate their airflow and round their lips.

Today’s activity: Take turns blowing a feather or tissue paper back and forth. Make it a fun, turn taking game. Vary it by blowing through a straw.

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