Oro Motor Skills

• Oro motor skills refer to the movement of the muscles of the mouth, jaw, tongue and lips.

• Teaching children to move these muscles in the right way help them to swallow, chew and speak correctly.

• Children with poor oro motor skills are often difficulty to understand to drool, may be messy eaters and have unclear speech.

• Oro motor exercises help in;

a. Increasing the range, power and rate of movements

b. Being the oral movements under control

c. Increases the awareness of oro motor structures