Oral-Motor Skills

Mouth, tongue, and lip movements for eating and speech production.

Examples & Achievements

• Chews a variety of food textures with mouth closed
• Drinks from an open cup without spilling
• Blows bubbles or candles out with controlled breath
• Moves tongue side to side and up to roof of mouth

How to Measure

• Can blow out a candle from 20cm away
• Eats a full meal with varied textures without difficulty
• SLP oral-motor assessment