Speech Muscles
When we let parts of our body be loose and at ease, are they tensed or relaxed?
Relaxed!
When we speak, how do we want to sound?
Smooth!
Using easy speech, tell us something you like to do in your free time.
"In my free time I like to..."
How is your speech this week? Do you feel you sound more bumpy or smooth when you talk?
Always want to try and sound smooth!
Show me the difference between tensing and relaxing using your jaw. Tense and relax these muscles 3 times!
Tense= tight muscles
Relaxed= loose muscles
Do your best to describe smooth speech.
Fluid, we don't get stuck on words or sounds, easy.
Look around the room and tell me 3 BLUE things that you see while using your easy speech.
"I see..."
Tell me one strategy that we can use to have our speech sound more smooth/fluent.
Belly breathing, slow down our pace
How does belly breathing help our speech?
Helps us to talk slower, control our breathing, relax our muscles
Give an example of a bumpy sentence, then try it again smoothly.
How do you think you did?
When can we use easy speech?
Whenever we can! During conversations, ordering at a restaurant, reading, playing games.
If we notice we used bumpy speech what can we do?
Try again! You can always try to correct your speech! We want to sound smooth for our listeners!
Name 4 body parts that are used during speech.
Mouth, lungs, voice box, ears, nose, eyes
If we notice we are using bumpy speech, what is a strategy we could use to fix it?
Do a belly breath, try to say the sentence again!
How does easy speech help us?
Slows down our speech, helps us sound more fluent, helps us to control our breathing
Explain why using smooth speech is important when we are talking to others.
We want them to understand and hear what we have to say! What we say is important