30 Examples of Strong R Words for Kids

From 9 or 10 months, children begin to pronounce their first words and that is when parents must be attentive to identify if they are capable of say all the letters correctly. Some children may have trouble making complicated sounds, and one of the most difficult is the strong R, which can eventually lead to a problem.

In this lesson from a PROFESSOR we are going to show you some words with the strong R sound so you can start practicing with your children and make sure they pronounce this very complex phoneme well.

The strong "r" sound It can be written in two different ways, depending on where the letter "r" is found within the word. The two ways we have in Spanish to pronounce this sound are "r" and "rr".

Examples of words with strong R

We leave you with some examples of both spellings so that you can practice this sound with your child, reading this list from top to bottom:

1. Float
2. Knee
3. Land
4. Rowing
5. Dog
6. Racket
7. Donkey
8. Blonde
9. Cart
10. River
11. Drunk
12. Door
13. Wart
14. Guitar
15. leave
16. Ravine
17. Paragraph
18. wrinkles

Examples of sentences with the strong R sound

These are some examples of sentences containing the strong R sound, So you can start practicing with your child:

• We're going to need more kibble for the dogs.
• A group of people quit their jobs.
• My boyfriend is very romantic.
• I don't want to attend my aunt's funeral.
• I need to get a partner for the dance contest.
• We live in the north of the republic.
• The rhinoceros is an animal very persecuted by hunters.
• I prefer rice water to cola.

In this other lesson from a Teacher we discover you examples of words with soft R to become familiar with the R sound in the Spanish language.

Rotacism it is a transformation that happens in the mouth of some people who want to get to say the strong R sound, without placing the tongue properly. This phase usually occurs in early years of age, when the child is learning to speak and does not have complete control of the muscles of his face.

R is one of the consonants you learn to say later, along with "z" and "d." But, if from 5 years of age, the child still does not know how to pronounce this sound well, he will need the help of a speech therapist to correct rotation.

The strong R sound has a very specific position within the mouth and, if the child's muscles have accustomed to pronouncing that sound in an alterative way, he will need a lot of work to re-educate the language. These exercises can help you work on the strong R sound with your child.

He starts breathing

The best thing your child can do in order to pronounce the R strong is to relax and allow his oral cavity to be relaxed. You can get that through the deep breathing. You relax next to him so he can see you as an example.

train the tongue

It's time to start work with the language. Have your child stick out the tongue and move the tip to the right, left, up and down. To make it more fun, you can ask your child to stick out his tongue and try draw a house in the air, with its doors, windows, tables, etc. That will make your child stimulate the imagination and not think about the tiredness of exercising this muscle.

use your teeth

The following training for your tongue consists of bite her lightly to get it activated. He now goes through all the teeth from left to right as if you were a dentist and wanted to find any defect in your mouth.

He begins to practice the strong R sound.

Get your child to start practice the strong R sound little by little, looking for activities that you might find fun. For example: you can imitate the sound of a motorcycle or say a tongue twister that contains that sound several times. Be quite exaggerated in your pronunciation so that he can mimic the position of your tongue and replicate it with his.

get a special book

There is children's literature that is intended to address certain pronunciation problems with the little ones You can choose a book in which the letter "r" is worked on and sit down to read with it every afternoon, so that it is an intimate and working moment. Some books that can help you are Tales to talk with the r and Tales to talk- The symphonies with R either Err err

Now you've seen some words with strong R that will help you to start working with your child on the pronunciation of this complex sound. You can find more lessons on diction in our section on teaching reading, where we explain how you can pronounce each sound correctly.