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55+ of the Best Tongue Twisters For Kids, Ranging from Easy to Impossible

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Most people think of tongue twisters as a trivial activity for kids, full of gibberish and phrases that are equally fun and frustrating. But really, these seemingly random constructions of alliterative words and palindromic phrases are a surefire way to improve fluency and pronunciation. And it’s a great way to get your kid’s speaking skills up to par. In fact, Natalie Portman dedicated an entire section in her acting MasterClass to the tongue-twisters she uses before going on set to perfect her speech. Politicians and news anchors are also known to practice tongue twisters before going on air.

Of course, these deliberately difficult expressions can be the opposite of fun for kids who are still learning to speak, so it’s important to find that balance between challenging tongue twisters and downright impossible ones. We’ve compiled a list of the best easy-to-memorize tongue twisters that will give your kid (and you) instant satisfaction when they finally get them right.

  1. I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn’t have thought so much.
  2. I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop where she shines, she sits, and where she sits, she shines.
  3. A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose.
  4. Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.
  5. Whether the weather is warm, whether the weather is hot, we have to put up with the weather, whether we like it or not.
  6. The bottom of the butter bucket is the buttered bucket bottom.
  7. A sailor went to sea to see what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.
  8. If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
  9. Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.
  10. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?
  11. If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practice, I’m perfectly practiced and practically perfect.
  12. Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar.
  13. I saw a saw that could saw out any other saw I ever saw.
  14. Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
  15. I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.
  16. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
  17. Any noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.
  18. Four furious friends fought for the phone.
  19. Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheap cheddar cheese.
  20. Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.
  21. We surely shall see the sun shine soon.
  22. Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.
  23. Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.
  24. Betty Botter bought some butter; “But,” said she, “The butter’s bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.” But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better. So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, Put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better.
  25. Birdie birdie in the sky, laid a turdie in my eye. If cows could fly, I’d have a cow pie in my eye.
  26. How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground? A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.
  27. “Surely Sylvia swims!” shrieked Sammy, surprised. “Someone should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall not sink.”
  28. The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
  29. Can you can a canned can into an un-canned can like a canner can can a canned can into an un-canned can?
  30. Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.
  31. Thin sticks, thick bricks, thin sticks, thick bricks, thin sticks, thick bricks.
  32. Stupid superstition, stupid superstition, stupid superstition.
  33. Two tried and true tridents, two tried and true tridents, two tried and true tridents.
  34. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
  35. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
  36. When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored, or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?
  37. If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
  38. If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.
  39. If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.
  40. Something in a 30-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered, threatening the 3D thoughts of Matthew — although, theatrically, it was the 13,000 thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the 30-year-old thought of that morning.
  41. To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a prickly pot with a lifelong lock, playing with bees that give you short, sharp shocks.
  42. Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
  43. Willie’s really weary.
  44. He threw three free throws.
  45. Denise sees the fleece, Denise sees the fleas. At least Denise could sneeze and feed and freeze the fleas.
  46. These thousand tricky tongue twisters trip thrillingly off the tongue.
  47. Gobbling gargoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.
  48. Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.
  49. Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons—balancing them badly.
  50. Six sticky skeletons.
  51. Each Easter, Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.
  52. Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
  53. Cooks cook cupcakes quickly.
  54. Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
  55. Six Czech cricket critics.
  56. Babbling baby boys blurted boldly.
  57. Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
  58. I’m a mother pheasant plucker; I pluck mother pheasants.
  59. The two-toed tree-toad tried to win. The three-toed she-toad’s heart,

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102 Tongue Twisters for Kids (To Practice Speaking)

Tongue twisters for kids are not just an easy way to elicit a few giggles. They can also be an excellent tool to boost language skills, improve brain function, and promote confidence.

Many professionals who speak in front of an audience use tongue twisters to warm-up, and they are also used in the treatment of some speech impediments.

Get set to reap the benefits of tongue twisters by exploring this fascinating topic.

Table of Contents

  • What Are Tongue Twisters?
  • Benefits of Tongue Twisters for Kids
  • Funny Tongue Twisters for Kids
  • Easy Tongue Twisters for Kids
  • Short Tongue Twisters for Kids
  • Hard Tongue Twisters for Kids
  • Famous Tongue Twisters for Kids
  • What Is the Hardest Tongue Twister in the World?
  • Which Tongue-Tripping Tongue Twister Trips Your Tongue?

What Are Tongue Twisters?

A tongue twister is any set or series of words that are difficult to say, correctly, quickly, and in sequence.

They may or may not make sense. But the goal of a good tongue twister isn’t to make sense, so that’s okay.

For example:

I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late:

This tongue twister is also a short poem, and the words are in an order that makes sentences we can understand.

Weathered weather leather better:

This is also a tongue twister, but the words are not in an order that makes sense as a sentence.

Benefits of Tongue Twisters for Kids

So, back to those claims that tongue twisters have brain, language, and confidence-boosting benefits.

Here’s an overview of some of those benefits.

  • Speaking is a motor skill. The brain must learn to connect each sound we make to a series of specific muscle movements. Tongue twisters can help to strengthen these brain-muscle connections.
  • Tongue twisters stretch and work the muscles we use when speaking and this helps us pronounce words more clearly. Children with clearer pronunciation will experience less frustration when attempting to share their needs, thoughts, and feelings.
  • Having fun playing with tongue twisters provides a low-pressure way to talk about words and their meanings. During these chats, you can discuss and reinforce rhyming, vocabulary, antonyms, synonyms, and other important aspects of language.
  • Kids who have strong speech and language skills are more likely to speak with confidence. That also makes them more likely to ask questions and take on leadership roles.
  • Tongue twisters require the speaker to slow down, pay attention, speak precisely, and practice repetition. These skills can be beneficial in other areas of life.

Ready to get your child started on these fun word challenges? Or maybe you want to practice some to impress your child before you introduce them to the world of tongue twisters. Either way, you may be familiar with a few tongue twisters, but here are 102 examples so you have plenty to choose from.

Funny Tongue Twisters for Kids

These are not only amusing on their own, but you’re also likely to crack up laughing at the linguistic mistakes they induce.

If you know your child is motivated by humor, these are a great place to start.

  1. A big black bug bit a big black dog.
  2. The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
  3. Smelly shoes and socks shock sisters.
  4. Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheap cheddar.
  5. Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fish.
  6. Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.
  7. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
  8. How much caramel can a canny cannonball cram in a camel if a canny cannonball can cram caramel in a camel?
  9. If colored caterpillars could change their colors constantly could they keep their colored coat colored properly?
  10. Did Dick Dickens prick his pinkie picking cheap pickles?
  11. I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
  12. Six sticky skeletons.
  13. Ned Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not, so is it better to be Shott than Nott?
  14. Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread, spread it thick, say it quick.
  15. There was a fisherman named Fisher who fished for some fish in a fissure. ‘Til a fish with a grin pulled the fisherman in. Now they’re fishing the fissure for Fisher.
  16. If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
  17. I was born on a short, shiny, ship at shore.
  18. One-one was one racehorse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two won one too.
  19. Gobbling gargoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.
  20. Pirates’ private property chest.
  21. Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.
  22. How many cans can a cannibal nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans? As many cans as a cannibal can nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans.
  23. A snake sneaks to seek a snack.

Easy Tongue Twisters for Kids

For younger children, those with less confidence, or kids with additional speech challenges, begin with one or more of these easy twisters. They won’t be as frustrating as some of the longer and more complicated ones. Once these are mastered, you can move on to the harder twisters.

  1. He threw three balls.
  2. Eddie edited it.
  3. Mommy made me eat my M&Ms.
  4. Busy buzzing bumblebees.
  5. Big nose, big blows.
  6. Friendly fleas and fireflies.
  7. Popular peppers popping.
  8. Sing, ping, sling, pling.
  9. Splish, splash, splosh, went the dog in the wash.
  10. Bella laughed ‘til she barfed.
  11. What a terrible tongue twister.
  12. Annie and Andy’s April anniversary.
  13. How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies?
  14. Two tried and true tridents.
  15. Loose lips long licks.
  16. Four furious friends fought for the phone.
  17. Great glass globes glow greenly.
  18. Stanley stands sadly on the steep steps.
  19. The queen in green screams.
  20. Bears breathe blackberries.
  21. Rubber rudders bounce.
  22. A happy hippo hopped and hiccupped.

Short Tongue Twisters for Kids

Short tongue twisters for kids are great for those with a shorter attention span. That makes them a good choice for younger kids or those who suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder.

These short ones won’t be as entertaining or funny as some of the others on the overall list, though.

  1. She sees cheese.
  2. The black bat’s back.
  3. Daddy draws doors.
  4. Red lorry, yellow lorry.
  5. Fresh French fried fly fritters.
  6. Irish wristwatch.
  7. Red Buick, blue Buick.
  8. Flashy fish massage.
  9. Selfish shellfish.
  10. Double bubble gum, bubbles double.
  11. Greet with glee.
  12. Eleven benevolent elephants.
  13. Ed had edited it.
  14. Slap shot shiner.
  15. She threw three balls.
  16. Specific Pacific.
  17. Flash place.
  18. Stop said Sid.
  19. Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
  20. Russian Rob runs.
  21. Santa’s short suit shrunk.
  22. Big black bugs.
  23. Pirates’ private plank.
  24. Rudder valve reversals.
  25. Stupid superstition.
  26. Argyle gargoyle.

Hard Tongue Twisters for Kids

If you have a little tongue twister master in the home, challenge them with these fun and hilarious examples.

Since these are more difficult, they should keep them happily practicing for a while.

  1. Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
  2. Shave a single shingle thin.
  3. I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit. Upon the slitted sheet I sit.
  4. To begin to toboggan first buy a toboggan, but don’t buy too big a toboggan. Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan.
  5. Rugged rubber baby buggy bumpers.
  6. Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
  7. Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
  8. Sort three short sword sheaths.
  9. Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.
  10. Wide right turns.
  11. Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons — balancing them badly.
  12. Send toast to ten tense stout saints’ ten tall tents.
  13. Supposed to be pink pistachio, supposed to be pistachio pink.
  14. The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
  15. Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
  16. Opposite octopus ocular optics.
  17. Dark dusty disks.
  18. Seven sleazy shysters in sharkskin suits sold sheared sealskins to seasick sailors.
  19. Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop.
  20. If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.

Famous Tongue Twisters for Kids

How many of these famous tongue twisters for kids do you know? You can let your child know that these were popular way back in the day when you were little.

Try not to be disheartened by their amazed expressions when they have trouble picturing you as a child.

  1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
  2. I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop. Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.
  3. If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
  4. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
  5. Betty Botter bought some butter, But she said the butter’s bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my batter better. So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter.
  6. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
  7. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Then Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?
  8. Whether the weather be fine or whether the weather be not, whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot, we’ll weather the weather whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.
  9. I thought a thought, But the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn’t have thought so much.
  10. She sells sea shells by the seashore, and the shells she sells by the seashore are sea shells for sure.
  11. Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.

What Is the Hardest Tongue Twister in the World?

In 2013, a team from MIT, in conjunction with Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Conn., Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Wellesley College in Massachusetts, and the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, used tongue twisters to research the brain’s speech planning process (1).

They recorded volunteers saying or trying to say both word list and full sentence tongue twisters. One stood out as so difficult most people couldn’t say it once, let alone ten times fast.

As a result, they declared the most difficult tongue twister in the world to be:

“pad kid poured curd pulled cod. ”

Which Tongue-Tripping Tongue Twister Trips Your Tongue?

Whether you’re in the car, on the bus, waiting in line, or anywhere else with a few minutes on your hands, tongue twisters are a fabulous way to distract, amuse, and entertain your child.

You can use them for some covert teaching, as a way to boost confidence, or to create a moment where you and your child are focused purely on each other.

Who knew that Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers would be so useful?

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Tongue twisters for children

Collection of children's tongue twisters for speech development, diction improvement and entertainment. You need to read tongue twisters from childhood, because reading tongue twisters and memorizing them help to form a beautiful smooth speech, they teach you to pronounce all the letters without skipping them and not “swallowing”.

Tongue twisters for children on this page are divided into several categories. The most important tongue twisters for improving diction are, of course, “with the letter R” and hissing consonants. Reading complex tongue twisters will help to consolidate skills, and funny children's tongue twisters will help you learn while playing.

Tongue twisters for the letter R

Tongue twisters for the letter R for children. Children's tongue twisters in R improve the child's diction and help develop correct speech.

Grass in the yard

Grass in the yard, firewood on the grass
Do not cut firewood on the grass in the yard.

Carl from Clara

Carl stole corals from Clara,
Clara stole the clarinet from Carl.

Ships tacked

Ships tacked, tacked, but did not catch.

Shopping tongue twister

Tell us about your purchases,
What kind of purchases?
About purchases, about purchases,
About my purchases.

A tongue twister about an otter

An otter dived into a bucket from an otter.
An otter drowned in a bucket of water.

A Greek rode across a river

A Greek rode across a river,
He sees a Greek - cancer in the river.
Threw the Greek hand into the river,
Cancer for the hand of the Greek - tsap!

An otter in the tundra

In the depths of the tundra
Otters in spats
They dig into buckets
Kernels of cedars!

Otter from an otter
Gaiters in the tundra
Wipe an otter with cedar kernels
Wipe an otter's muzzle with a spatula
Kernels into buckets
Otter into the tundra!

Patter with hissing sounds

Patter with hissing sounds - the most popular tongue twisters for children with complex hissing consonants.

Patter with the letter Zh

The bear cub was frightened
Hedgehog with a hedgehog and with a hedgehog,
Swift with a shear and a haircut.

Tongue twister with the letter H

Four turtles have four baby turtles.

Four little imps

Four black, grimy little imps
Draw a drawing in black ink.

Patter with the letter Ш

At the edge of the hut
Old chatterboxes live.
Each old woman has a basket,
Each basket has a cat,
Cats in baskets sew boots for old women.

Sasha sewed

Sasha sewed a hat for Sasha,
Sasha knocked a bump off his hat.

Sasha walked along Highway

Sasha was walking along the highway and sucking dry food.

In a hut

Rustling silks in a hut
Yellow dervish from Algeria
And, juggling with knives,
Shtuka is eating a fig.

Hooded cuckoo

Cuckoo bought a hood.
Cuckoo put on a hood.
How funny he is in the hood!

Patter with the letter Щ

Two puppies, cheek to cheek,
Pinch the brush in the corner.

Funny tongue twisters

Simple funny tongue twisters - rhyming rhymes for young children for speech development and entertainment.

Mouse

Mouse climbed under the lid,
To gnaw a crumb under the lid,
Probably the lid for the mouse -
The mouse forgot about the cat!

Koschei

Skinny, weak Koschei
Carrying a box of vegetables.

Forty forty

Cunning magpie to catch trouble,
And forty forty - forty trouble.

Parrot

The parrot said to the parrot:
I'll parrot you, parrot.
The parrot answers him:
Parrot, parrot, parrot!

Karasenok

Carp once crucian
Gave a coloring book.
And Karas said:
"Color, Karasyonok, a fairy tale!"
On the coloring page of the Karasyonka -
Three funny pigs:
The Karasyonka repainted the piglets into crucians!

Complex tongue twisters

The most difficult tongue twisters for children. Known tongue twisters for the development of diction, which you need to try to learn by heart and pronounce without hesitation.

Patter about the Chinese

Once upon a time there were three Chinese - Yak, Yak-Cidrak, Yak-Cidrak-Cidron-Cidroni,
And three more Chinese women - Tsypa, Tsypa-Dripa, Tsypa-Dripa-Lampomponi.
Married Yak on Tsyp, Yak-Tsidrak on Tsype-Drip,
Yak-Tsidrak-Cidron-Cidroni on Tsyp-Dripe-Lampomponi.
Here they had children: Yak with Tsypa - Shah,
Yak-Tsidrak with Tsypa-Drypa - Shah-Sharakh,
Yak-Tsidrak-Tsidroni with Tsypo-Drypa-Lampoponi - Shah-Sharakh-Sharoni.

What is missing

No apricot, coconut, radish,
Halibut, vinegar, kvass and rice,
No compass, longboat and cable,
Thermos, press, Indian sailor,
No bass, no taste, no weight, no demand,
No interest, no question.

Feast at Kira and Fira

At Kira and Fira
There was a feast in the apartment:
Fakir ate marshmallows and
Fakir drank kefir.
A Fira and Kira
They didn't drink kefir,
They didn't eat marshmallow -
They fed the fakir.

Blackberries and strawberries

If you didn't live near the blackberries,
but if you lived near the strawberries,
then strawberry jam is familiar to you
and not at all the usual blackberry jam.
If you lived near a blackberry
, then it means that blackberry jam is familiar to you,
and not at all the usual strawberry jam.
But if you lived near the blackberry
and if you lived near the strawberry
and if you did not spare time for the forest,
then it means that you ate excellent blackberry jam,
strawberry jam every day.

English tongue twisters with translation

Reading tongue twisters in English develops speech in terms of pronunciation of letter combinations unusual for the Russian language. Tongue twisters in English with translation are designed for children over 6 years old who are learning a foreign language.

Groundhog

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

How much firewood would a groundhog throw,
if a groundhog could throw firewood?

Zoo

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
managing an imaginary menagerie?

Can you imagine an imaginary zookeeper
running an imaginary zoo?

Oyster

Any noise annoys an oyster
but a noisier noise annoys an oyster most.

Any noise irritates the oyster,
but louder noise irritates the oyster even more.

Shells

She sells sea shells at the sea shore,
the shells she sells are the sea-shore shells, I'm sure.

She sells seashells on the beach,
the shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure.

Modern tongue twisters

Children's most modern tongue twisters for the general development of speech. Assume not only memorization by heart, but also pronunciation for speed.

Who wants to talk

Who wants to talk,
He must pronounce
Everything is correct and intelligible,
So that everyone can understand.
We will talk
And we will pronounce
So correctly and clearly,
So that everyone can understand.

Coconut

Coconut cooks cook coconut juice in a quick cooker.

Gazelle

Gazelle's eyes stare at the beaver from behind the spruce.

Lotto

Count Toto plays loto
and Countess Toto knows about it
that Count Toto plays loto,
if Count Toto knew about it,
that Countess Toto knows about it,
that Count Toto plays loto,
then Count Toto would never in his life
would not play loto.

Other famous tongue twisters

Short tongue twisters that even the smallest children can read and memorize.

Soaps Mila

Soaps Mila soap bear,
Mila dropped the soap.
Mila dropped soap,
Teddy bear was not washed with soap.

Against hooves

Dust flies across the field from the clatter of hooves.

Belka

White snow. White chalk.
White sugar is also white.
But the squirrel is not white.
was not even White.

Jackdaws

Once scaring a jackdaw,
saw a parrot in the bushes.
And that parrot says:
"You scare the jackdaws, pop, scare,
but scaring the jackdaws in the bushes,
don't you dare scare the parrot."

Sonya on a sled

Senka and Sanka are carrying Sonya on a sled.

for the development of speech and diction

Russian oral folk art is distinguished by its extraordinary diversity. It contains nursery rhymes, proverbs and sayings, as well as tongue twisters for children. Jokingly ironic, with a difficult pronunciation, rhyming phrases often help to train a child's speech and diction.

Contents

  • 1 Tongue twisters for preschool children for the development of speech and diction
  • 2 Tongue twisters for school children
  • 3 Types of tongue twisters with hissing sounds
  • 4 Light tongue twisters for the letter P
  • 5 Texts of funny speed -twisters
  • 6 Remove complex tongue twisters
  • 7 Children's tongue twisters with a translation
  • 8 Learn Modern Speed ​​Passing
    • 903COUSES 903 for preschool children for the development of speech and diction

    At a younger age, children periodically have difficulty pronouncing combinations of sounds. To fix the problem, teachers use the technique of tongue twisters. You can learn to pronounce consonant sounds clearly. In addition, they treat children's stuttering.

    Tongue twisters help to train a child's diction.

    From 3 to 4 years in kindergarten

    In this age category, children have problems with the letters Ш, Ж, Ш, L, and Р, they still do not know how to pronounce. For them, there are several exercises that contribute to the development of the ability to correctly pronounce words and phrases.

    The first exercise is called “Tell by picture”. You need to choose images with fairy tale characters or animals and ask the kid to describe the illustrations.

    The second task is to pronounce mixed sounds. For children of this age, they choose options for the hissing group, for Sha, as well as combinations of Cha-Tsa, La-Ra:



    in the form of a poem.

    From 4 to 5 years

    In this age period, the method of working with all the sounds of the Russian language is applied.

    Children can memorize complex tongue twisters:

    1. “They threw bananas at a funny monkey. They threw bananas at a funny monkey."
    2. Kirill covered the jar with a lid.
    3. "But the tea cups in sorrow, clattering and strumming, screamed."

    Mini poems can be used during training.

    From 5 to 6 years old

    It is important that at the age of 5 or 6 a preschooler has already learned to pronounce the sound Р.

    Professional sessions with a speech therapist.

    Examples can be the following phrases:

    Patter for setting the letter p

    1. Teapot with lid, lid with knob. A bump - with a hole, in a hole - steam.
    2. “Toads lived in the swamp. They loved a bun with a bagel.

    Tongue twisters for school children

    With the help of tongue twisters, you can entertain, teach kids, train their emerging speech apparatus.

    From 6 to 7 years old

    The following types of speech phrases are used: - boat. Polyushka has a bun, Ilyushka has a club.

  • “The boletus, the white-nosed, the white-legged are running. Rummaged the whole yard.
  • “Mineral water bubbles sometimes. If you shake it, you will add bubbles.

    • From 10 to 12 years old

    The following phrases are suitable for this group:

    1. “Oleg collected nuts, and Alyosha collected russula”.
    2. "It's funny with a pole and a bag is a grandfather on foot."
    3. "Buy a bale pik, buy a bale pik, buy a bale pik".
    4. "The ball was missed in the attic, the ball is searched in the chest - in vain the girl and the boy search for the ball."

    A tongue-twister phrase for children 10 years old.

    Types of tongue twisters with hissing sounds

    To practice pronunciation, there are a considerable number of tongue twisters. They are simple and complex, they can be written in poetic form and in prose.

    on the letter f

    Examples of speech phrases with hissing w:

    tongue twisters for the letter J.

    to the letter h

    S

    options for speech phrases for the letter W:

    tongue twisters for the letter S.

    for the letter SH

    Examples of speed -speakers for the letter Sh:

    phrases with the letter Sch.

    1. “Khrushchi is enough horsetail. A handful of khina is enough for cabbage soup.
    2. “Brushes rustle, wood chips rustle. Chips rustle, brushes rustle.
    3. “Shu-shu-shu, I won't find you. Shchi-shchi-shchi, you go look for me. Shch-shch-shch, now I'll find it! Shcha-shcha-shcha, it's raining, I'm without a raincoat. More, more, more, no rain, and I'm in a raincoat.

    Easy tongue twisters starting with the letter P

    Examples of easy phrases starting with the letter P:

    Saying tongue twisters starting with the letter P.

    1. “In the darkness, crayfish make noise in a fight.”
    2. "The bison wandered to the zebra with a willow branch."
    3. "Dahlias grow near Agrafena and Irina."
    4. "In front of the cow box of crusts".

    Texts of funny tongue twisters

    There are many funny and unusual tongue twisters that can entertain both children and adults:

    1. “The Terminator does not require a thermometer. The terminator has a subfebrile temperature.”
    2. “I am a vertical cult. I can vertically stumble, I can vertikulpate.
    3. “A loafer is standing at the gate with his mouth wide open. And no one will figure out where the gate is and where the mouth is.

    Funny phrases may interest the student and his parents, as well as help to practice diction for some types of consonants.

    Practicing diction with funny tongue twisters.

    Memorizing complex tongue twisters

    It is useful to memorize complex tongue twisters. Regular repetition of such phrases will help to make speech clear and improve the articulation apparatus.

    In order to quickly memorize difficult tongue twisters, you must follow a few rules:

    • put the stress in each word correctly;
    • pronounce words slowly and memorize difficult sound combinations;
    • follow the movement of the lips and tongue when pronouncing complex syllables and work out the tongue twister in front of a mirror;
    • say phrases every day for 15-20 minutes 2 to 5 times;
    • add new ones to the learned tongue twisters, for example, after 10 days;
    • print them on paper and place them in the apartment in prominent places, for example, on a closet (before opening it, you need to read the tongue phrase, close the door - read it again).

    Easily track progress with audio or video recordings. Thus, you can work on the errors and eliminate problematic points.

    You can make a crispy sandwich and try out some phrases. It will not be easy, but such practice will develop diction.

    There are many different variants of tongue twisters for groups of consonants:

    Variants of tongue twisters for groups of consonants

    1. “The thought of the meaning of meaninglessness is meaningless. After all, the meaning of meaninglessness lies in its meaninglessness, and the comprehension of meaninglessness renders meaninglessness meaningless.
    2. “The hippopotamus in hippopotamus was looking for a hippopotamus. The hippopotamus did not find a hippopotamus in the hippopotamus.

    Children's tongue twisters in English with translation

    Such phrases help to acquire speaking skills and expand vocabulary. After several readings, it will be possible to pronounce the tongue twister by heart.

    When studying with children, honing their pronunciation, you need to translate the selected task to the child so that he knows what is being said. This approach will help the baby to draw the situation in his imagination.

    English tongue twisters for children under 7 years old should be shown in pictures. You need to pronounce them with translation, slowly, gradually increasing the pace. After a while, you can repeat the phrases you read.

    Examples of children's English tongue twisters:

    English children's tongue twisters must be translated into Russian.

    Translation: “I can drive a new canoe. Can you handle the new canoe?”

    Translation: “Red truck, yellow truck. Red truck, yellow truck"

    Translation: “One fly flew, two flies flew. One girl was crying, four girls were crying”

    Learning modern tongue twisters

    Speech phrases using borrowings and anglicisms not so long ago were part of the modern Russian language.

    Some tongue twisters are hard to imagine without these words:

    1. “The copier operator made a photocopy of what was copied”.
    2. "Grandpa-dandy in the valley on the ice of a long fur boots in the deadline put on."
    3. “The orderly overtook the master of Instagram with a hundred grams in an instant.”
    4. "The homomorphic image of a group, be it for the glory of communism, is isomorphic to the quotient group with respect to the core of the homomorphism."
    5. "Small biceps on a bodybuilder's cityboard."

    Short tongue twisters

    Along with complex - long - tongue twisters there are also small phrases.

    Examples of such tongue twisters:

    1. “A boa by the water”.
    2. "There was fat - it became soap."
    3. "Three rooks drink tea at the doctor's."
    4. “Red grapes ripen on Mount Ararat”.

    Short tongue twisters also have a positive effect on the speech apparatus.

    Ukrainian tongue twisters

    In Ukrainian they are called koromovki. Musical and funny, such phrases diversify the learning process with the baby and turn the lesson into an entertaining activity.

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