vocalmotorgrocerylist

Vocal Motor Grocery List

Strengthen Suck and Blow:

(Note: sugar is not good for droolers. Citrus facilitates sucking)

Applesauce	Fresh Orange Wedges	Lemonade
Caramel Suckers	Grapefruit Juice	Grapefruit Wedges
Milkshakes	Cranberry Juices	Puddings<
Jello Cubes	Peanut Butter	Juice Bars
Popsicles	Food Dips	Juice Smoothies

Suck or blow foods listed above through a straw. Thin puddings to a consistency that will pass through the straw, however thick enough to require some effort from the suck.

Increasing Jaw Control; Facilitate Munch and 3-Dimensional Chew

Munch-Crunch:

Apples	Carrot Sticks	Raw Veggies	Sweet Tarts
Cheerios	Chips	Corn Curls	Graham Crackers
Granola	Pickles	Pretzels	Popcorn
Toast

Chew:

Cheese	Bubble gum	Gummy Bears	Dried Fruits
Jerky	Lemon Drops	Long Suckers	Fruit Roll-ups
Raisins	French Fries	Slim Jims	Licorice Sticks
Oranges	Skittles	Marshmallows	Sugarless Gum

Wake Up for Oral Structures for Articulation,
Motor movements for chewing, Sensory Input

Sour Warheads: hard candy, lolipops, gum, or liquid drops**

**Liquid drops may be placed on a toothette (dampen toothette). Toothette may be placed in the rotating lolipops - just remove the lolipop and insert toothette.

Sour Apple Jello Candy: Dip a large marshmallow in water and roll in the jello powder. Allow to dry over night - provides sensory stimulation, jaw rotation for chewing, movement of tongue within oral cavity. Other Sour Jello flavors have been used, but the apple is the most sour.