Betty Botter bought some butter that was too bitter for her batter. So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter, better than the bitter butter, and put it in her bitter batter to make her bitter batter better. That’s who Betty Botter is! 🙂 By the way, how’s your tongue doing? Feeling a little twisted?
International Tongue Twister Day is this Sunday, November 10. Yes, it’s true! So I suggest you find a few minutes in your busy schedule to challenge your students to a battle of the tongues! It will be a giggle fest for sure! While you’re at it, why not share a few interesting facts about the human tongue (see below)? Oh, and be sure to share your favorite tongue twister right here at the blog!
Three free throws, three free throws, three free throws!
Diane
Five Fascinating Facts About the Human Tongue
1. A tongue never stops working. Even as a person sleeps, it pushes saliva into the throat.
2. The tongue heals faster than any other part of the human body.
3. Women typically have shorter tongues than men.
4. The imprint of a human tongue is as unique as a fingerprint.
5. A cold tongue is less sensitive to taste. (I’ll remember this the next time I’m served peas!)
I like “A sailor went to sea, sea, sea, to see what he could see, see, see. But all that he could see, see, see, was the bottom of the big blue sea, sea, sea. I find that my preschoolers and kindergarteners will also do a hand clap pattern (clap thighs, clap own hands, clap partner’s hands 3 times) with it and so we are getting some rhythmic movement along with the /s/ sound practice.
I love tongue twisters. I do tongue mapping with the kids whre we talk about the parts of the tongue and were you taste things. They just love sticking their tongue out and drawing it and mapping where the tastes are