Many parents are surprised to hear this, but chewing, blowing and tongue exercises are not designed to improve speech. Activities like chewing practice, blowing bubbles, blowing whistles, or doing tongue “workouts” are often believed to strengthen the mouth for speech. While these exercises may look like they should help, evidence based research in speech-language therapy shows that they do not improve speech sound development. However, that doesn’t mean these activities are

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