Stretch tongue out, roll sides up like a taco and hold for 5 second count.
Tongue Exercise – Tongue Slides
Hold the 'bowl' position. Slide the tongue out of the mouth like a file drawer while scraping the molars with the sides of tongue, Repeat 10x Alternative/Modification: Say "Awe". Enhances: Transversus/Superior Longitudinal/Inferior Longitudinal/Palatoglossus
Tongue Exercise – Tongue Pull-Ups
Use hard straw or pencil or cuticle stick attached to two elastic bands with slip knots, Open mouth wide, Point tongue straight out, Place straw just behind the tip of the tongue. Use very small movements to lift the tongue. Enhances: Myohyoid/Genioglossus/Digastric/Hyoglossus
Tongue Exercise – Making the Bowl
Hold the 'bowl' position without the aid of a sensory elastic, Hold for several counts. Repeat Alternative/Modification: May need to scratch the tip of the tongue to get a 'rim'. Enhances: Transversus/Superior Longitudinal/Inferior Longitudinal/Palatoglossus "Bowl" position.