| Many of us do. You're probably asking yourself, | | | | recite. You can then start giving them short 2-3 |
| where do tongue twisters fit into early childhood | | | | lines like "If you want to buy…" Then they are |
| education? Good question and here's the answer. | | | | not only practicing their words and pronunciation |
| Tongue twisters are great for young children. A | | | | but their developing memory skills as well. |
| short and simple sentence (or just 2-3 words) | | | | Here you'll find some of my favorite tongue |
| using the same letter or phonetic sound that gets | | | | twisters. I wish I could give credit where credit is |
| distorted the more and the faster you say it. It's | | | | due but I have no know source of who wrote |
| funny! It's fun! It's free! | | | | these tongue twisters. |
| Children love to repeat what we tell them. Here's | | | | Greek grapes.(3x) |
| a chance for them to repeat and re-repeat. Start | | | | Toy phone.(3x) |
| them with a short tongue twister for example: | | | | Quick kiss.(3x) |
| TOY BOAT. | | | | Aluminum linoleum.(3x) |
| Pretty easy to say 'toy boat'. Say it once and | | | | Three free throws.(3x) |
| have the children repeat it. Now say it twice and | | | | Kitty caught the kitten in the kitchen. |
| let them repeat. Now say it three times without | | | | Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper |
| speeding up the words. Just saying 'toy boat, toy | | | | coffee cup. |
| boat, toy boat' at a normal pace is a challenge in | | | | A tricky frisky snake with sixty super scaly |
| itself. Once they get it, ask them to speed it up. | | | | stripes. |
| They'll love it. They're practicing their words and | | | | Zero zebras zigzagged into the zoo. |
| pronunciation. They'll want to do it over and over | | | | A big black bug |
| again. | | | | Bit a big black bear |
| For short tongue twisters you can have pictures | | | | Made the big black bearbleed blood. |
| available to help children connect with the object | | | | Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear |
| and labeling. Use tongue twisters according to | | | | Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair |
| your theme or subject of the week/month. | | | | Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy |
| After introducing a few tongue twisters ask | | | | Was he? |
| children try to come up with their own. Even if | | | | How much wood would a woodchuck chuckif a |
| they can't read and don't know their letters, | | | | woodchuck could chuck wood? |
| they're discovering sounds and isn't that what | | | | A woodchuck could chuck as much woodas a |
| language is all about? | | | | woodchuck could chuck wood. |
| Around four or five years old children love to | | | | |