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Posted by buddy on 6/7/2004, 3:52 am, in reply to "BORED!!!HELP!!!!" Also, I have found that visual representations of how many reps she needs in order to take a turn are helpful. For example, I may draw 5 boxes on a paper, with a happyface or some symbol after the 5th box. I tell her, "When you reach the happyface, you get a turn at the game!" Every time she takes a turn with her speech, I draw a simple object in the box, like a star or boat or sun. In this way, the child understands how much work is expected of her, and she is always working for a reward! The child's attention span, motivation, and the difficulty of the exercise all factor in to determining how many boxes I will draw. I always try to keep the energy of the lesson moving along.
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Have you tried using an age-appropriate game as the reward for x number of repetitions of the targeted oral-motor exercise? If she does the exercise, she is rewarded with a turn or two of the game? You play the game too, of course. Your sense of fun and enthusiasm when you play with her will help make the game rewarding to her. I used those games by Fisher-Price (I think) that were made just for preschoolers. I think games work better than toys because with games, there is a definite beginning and end to the child's turn.
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Thank you for sharing!