Are you looking to have fun family time with your favorite people? Do you want to include an activity that is equally fun and exciting?
Well, I have something in mind. But before I reveal it, tell me something. How often do you hit the gym?
If your answer is “regularly,” then tell me, are you ready to make your tongue workout too?
Yes. That is possible. And I have a perfect activity plan for that. How about tongue twisters for your kids and your near ones?
Tongue twisters may sound gibberish and seem like they are meant just for kids, but the reality is the opposite. It can be practiced by adults too.
My parents used to make me practice tongue twisters when I was in school. And then, when I learned them, I used to show off my newly acquired skill to my friends in school. Sometimes, I miss those days.
You can make your kids and the other members of your family practice tongue twisters too. Then, when they cannot pronounce it correctly, you all will have a gala time laughing.
Now, can you think of any other great ways to spend good quality time with your closest people and make memories?
Now, where to start from, and what tongue twisters shall you give your kids?
That is what this article is about. I have come up with some amazing tongue twisters that are perfect for kids and adults.
Advantages of Tongue Twisters for Kids
“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.”
Did you find it difficult to pronounce?
Honey, you are not alone! Tongue twisters are meant to be like that.
They are a sequence of alliterative words, which means that the first consonant comes repeatedly. This makes them difficult to pronounce correctly as well as quickly.
They sound hilarious when you try them and fail to pronounce them correctly. But did you know that tongue twisters have many benefits?
You can know all about the benefits of tongue twisters here. So, stay hooked!
Make Your Kid’s Listening Skills Better
What do you normally do when you are supposed to repeat something after someone says it?
You listen very carefully. Right?
The same happens when you are telling a tongue twister to your kid. Again, they need to listen to you with close attention so they don’t mess up with the pattern and rhythm.
Increase Your Kid’s Concentration Power
Kids these days have very little attention span. And a tongue twister, on the other hand, needs to be listened to will full attention if you don’t want to be wrong while pronouncing it.
So, when you ask your kid to pronounce the tongue twister you just said, they will give their full concentration on what you are saying.
In the beginning, your kid will have to go through the words as slowly as they can. This is their practice phase.
After that, they will have to put their focus on each word. This, in turn, will improve your kid’s concentration power.
Makes Your Kid’s Speech Better
Is your kid finding it hard to pronounce certain words? Do you want them to be better at it?
Make them practice tongue twisters. They work great when it comes to improving your kid’s speech in general.
The best part?
Your kiddo will be full of confidence when they need to talk to people face to face.
Isn’t that awesome?
Hilarious Tongue Twisters for Kids and Family
Tongue twisters are funny, no matter who they are meant for. And you cannot deny that. Isn’t it?
There are different types of tongue twisters available. Some are short and simple – perfect for kids just getting in touch with tongue twisters. Some are longer – great for when your kids are already used to them and can say longer lines.
And then others are more complex. Those are for experts in saying tongue twisters. They may have more than one line, making the whole thing all the more complicated.
No matter which group you or your kids fall in, I have got all of you covered!
I have made a few sections under which you can find the tongue twisters meant just for your family.
Read on.
Short and Easy Tongue Twisters for Kids
Is it the time that you are planning to introduce tongue twisters to your kids? Would you like it if they became interested in these?
Then start by sharing short tongue twisters with them. This will keep them interested in it, as they can pronounce them correctly with just a little practice. As these are easy to say, your kids will find them fun too.
Otherwise, if you introduce the difficult ones, in the beginning, your kids may lose interest in them as they will need a lot of practice in order to master them.
This section is meant just for that. Try the easy ones today!
- Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.
- Fuzzy Wuzzy
- Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
- Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
- Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?
- I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
- Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
- Seth at Sainsbury’s sells thick socks.
- Stupid superstition.
- Santa’s Short Suit Shrunk.
- Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.
- Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
- Ann and Andy’s anniversary is in April.
- The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
- She saw Sherif’s shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif’s shoes on the sofa?
- He threw three balls.
- Four furious friends fought for the phone.
- A sailor went to sea to see what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.
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Interesting Tongue Twisters for Kids
I found these tongue twisters to be really interesting. They are of the right length. They are such that they can keep your kids interested throughout.
Your kids will be amazed at how some words can rhyme so well despite having different meanings.
Do your kids love poetry?
Then I am sure they will like this section the most.
- As he gobbled the cakes on his plate,
- The greedy ape said as he ate,
- The greener green grapes are,
- The keener keen apes are
- To gobble green grape cakes,
- They’re great!
- How much dew does a dewdrop drop
- If dewdrops do drop dew?
- As do dewdrops drop
- If dewdrops do drop dew.
- If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practice, I’m perfectly practiced and practically perfect.
- 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.
- If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.
- Chester Cheetah
- Chester cheetah chews a chunk of cheap cheddar cheese
- If the chunk of cheese chunked Chester cheetah,
- What would Chester cheetah chew and chunk on?
- The bottom of the butter bucket is the buttered bucket bottom.
- Can you can a can? Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
- Theophilus Thistle, the thistle sifter,
- Sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles.
- Doctor doctoring
- 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?
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Difficult Tongue Twisters for Kids
This is the time to level up the tongue twisters you are sharing with your kids. This is when you introduce difficult tongue twisters to your kids.
These are long and have complex words in them. This makes it all the more difficult for kids to practice.
But once your kids get a hold of it, they will be able to practice it without any issues. Once their practice is done, they will find it easy to pronounce correctly.
Of course, you need to make your kids practice for this. After all, practice makes you perfect!
- The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick,
- Pad kid poured curd pulled cold.
- The top cop saw a cop top.
- 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?
- 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.
- Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines, she sits, and where she sits, she shines.
- A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
- 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.
- Betty bought a bit of butter.
- But the butter Betty bought was bitter.
- So Betty bought a better butter,
- And it was better than the butter Betty bought before.
- Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
- The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed
- Shilly-shallied south.
- These sheep shouldn’t sleep in a shack;
- Sheep should sleep in a shed.
- Any noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.
- No need to light a night-light on a light night like tonight.
- 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.
- Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
- She stood on the balcony,
- Inexplicably mimicking him hiccoughing,
- And amicably welcoming him home.
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Famous Tongue Twisters for Kids
What is the most common tongue twister you have ever heard? What is the first thing you think of when someone says tongue twister?
If you ask me the same question, this is the line for me: “She sells seashells by the seashore.”
I have heard it numerous times; this is the line I think of when one says tongue twister.
There are so many other tongue twisters out there that are famous. And that is what I have listed here in this section.
Read on.
- The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick,
- Pad kid poured curd pulled cold.
- The top cop saw a cop top.
- 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?
- 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.
- Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines, she sits, and where she sits, she shines.
- A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
- 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.
- Betty bought a bit of butter.
- But the butter Betty bought was bitter.
- So Betty bought a better butter,
- And it was better than the butter Betty bought before.
- Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
- The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed
- Shilly-shallied south.
- These sheep shouldn’t sleep in a shack;
- Sheep should sleep in a shed.
- Any noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.
- No need to light a night-light on a light night like tonight.
- 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.
- Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
- She stood on the balcony,
- Inexplicably mimicking him hiccoughing,
- And amicably welcoming him home.
Conclusion
Did you finish reading all the tongue twisters for kids that I have mentioned here? Is there any specific tongue twister that you really like? Which section do you think is perfect for your kids?
Or do you want some more tongue twisters to be added to this list?
Don’t forget to let me know!
Hi, I am Claudia, I run TheQueenMomma’s content creation team, personally focusing on topics which add joy to people’s life. You would usually see me writing on topics like Jokes, Riddles, Truth & Dare as well as Baby Names etc.
In my professional career, I have a Bachelor’s and Master’s in sociology and specialize in media and crime. Once I finished my education, I began my career working as a journalist, reporting on various topics like crime, justice and family law. Even though I valued journalism, I came to the realization that I wanted to have a more immediate impact in people’s lives as well as bring joy to them.