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Tongue Twisters Part 2

29 Oct

Tongue Twisters

  • I like New York, unique New York, I like unique New York
  • Peggy Babcock loves Tubby Gigwhip.
  • Two toads totally tired, tried to trot to Tewkesbury
  • She stood upon the balcony, inimitably mimicking him hiccupping and amicably welcoming him in.
  • The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick

But she said, “This butter’s bitter.

But a bit of better butter

Better than the bitter butter,

That would make my batter better.”

So she bought some better butter

Better than the bitter butter

And it made her batter better.

So ’twas better Betty Botter

Bought a bit of better butter.

  • The skunk sat on the stump. The stump thunk the skunk stunk. The skunk thunk the stump stunk. What stunk – the skunk or the stump?

Practice the R sound

29 Oct

The Letter/Sound of R

The letter-sound association is “R r” as in “red robin” or “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
1. Play a listening game.
Which words in the sentence begin like “red robin?”

a. The rabbit ran down the road.
b. The rosebush has deep roots.
c. The rain will ruin my picnic.
d. The baby reached for the rattle.
e. Remember the rules of the game.

2. Which two words in each group begin with the “R r” sound?

row, run, dream quack, rough, river
read, throw, roar right, really, pickle
more, rose, ride raspberries, sing, ripe
rest, pilot, room rock, referee, walrus

3. Play a Word Guessing game.
All words your child guesses should begin with “R r.”
a. I see dark clouds in the sky. I think it’s going to ________. (rain)
b. A little animal with a cotton tail and long ears is called a ____. (rabbit)
c. The colors in the flag are blue, white and _______. (red)
d. A square and triangle have sharp corners, but a circle is ________. (round)

4. Rhyme Time: I will tell you about some words I am thinking of.
Each word will begin with the same sound as “radio.”

a. This is one of your hands. Its name rhymes with light. What is it? (right)
b. This is what people drive on. Its name rhymes with toad. What is it? (road)
c. This is a beautiful flower. Its name rhymes with nose. What is it? (rose)
d. This is something we eat. It rhymes with nice. What is it? (rice)
e. This gets shot into space. It rhymes with pocket. What is it? (rocket)

Tongue Twisters

29 Oct

Tongue Twisters

  1. A skunk sat on a stump. The stump thought the skunk stunk. the skunk thought the stump stunk . What stunk the skunk or the stump?
  2. A tutor who tooted the flute, tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, ‘Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?’
  3. If Freaky Fred Found Fifty Feet of Fruit and Fed Forty Feet to his Friend Frank how many Feet of Fruit did Freaky Fred Find?
  4. Pepperoni pizza on a pink pattern plate with parley on the side to your pleasure.
  5. 5. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
    if Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
    wheres the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
  6. Red Leather Yellow Leather Red Leather Yellow Leather Red Leather Yellow Leather….
  7. She shuts the Shop Shutters So the Shopping Shoppers can’t Shop.
  8. Unique New York….Unique New York…..Unique New York…..
  9. Which wrist watch is a swiss wrist watch?
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