SLIDE 5 Little messengers
We need different organs of our body in order to speak.
Observe what you use when you say “pie”. You see, how many
- rgans have to be addressed very precisely concerning time
and precision of the movement. Those organs are controlled by the brain. The messages run along the nerves to the different
- rgans. For children you can explain that there are little
messengers who run to bring the command to the mouth and the lips etc. Usually those little messengers work correctly. But sometimes they are sent into the wrong direction or they start too late or they stumble on their way and the mouth and the lips wait for the next message or get a wrong command. This causes the stuttering moments – the lips stick together or the vocal folds don’t vibrate.
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