Children's tongue twister: Activity helps to improve children's diction

Who has never got confused when it comes to speaking a lock languages? This is due to the sound similarity of their syllables.

From the simplest ones, like “three bowls of wheat for three sad tigers”, to the longest and most complex ones, they are usually practiced in childhood.

In addition to perfecting pronunciation, tongue twisters serve to amuse and provoke disputes between friends. That's because, even though they are embarrassing, they generate good laughs and joy.

Its practice in childhood is essential since, by exercising the muscles involved in speech, these verbal games help to improve the diction (the way of articulating or pronouncing words).

There are really fun works, very playful and illustrative, with tongue twisters specially designed for children who are learning to speak or read.

See below for examples of children's tongue twisters to amuse the children.

 Wire, thread by thread, fine thread, cold to cold.

The fur on Pedro's instep is black.

 Luiza was polishing the striped chandelier; the polished chandelier glowed.

Speak, blond macaw. The blond macaw will speak.

Put the boot in the boat and take the pot out of the boat.

Bring three bowls of wheat for three sad tigers to eat.

The mouse gnawed at the King of Rome's clothes, the queen angrily decided to patch it up.

In a nest of mafagafos, there are five mafagafos! Whoever demasks them will be a good desmuggler.

The Iara grabs and ties the rare Macaw from Araraquara.

In fast kidnapping, a fast mouse kidnapped three mice without leaving a trace.

White catfish, white catfish.

The priest has little cover, because little cover buys.

Dirty ceiling, dirty floor.

If Pedro is black, Pedro's chest is black and Pedro's instep is also black.

The chick sinks, the kite drips. Drip the kite and the sink pinto. The more the chick sinks, the more the kite drips.

Importance of tongue twisters for children

The recitation of tongue twisters, in addition to amusing the little ones, helps in the development of the muscles involved in speech, favoring a clearer pronunciation of words, especially the more difficult syllables, in addition to contributing to an increase in vocabulary.

However, one must be aware of the complexity of the tongue twister according to the child's age.

Pronunciation should start slowly, allowing time for the child to pronounce correctly and articulate the sounds well. As the recitation progresses, the speed increases.

The prank can be done by merging several different speeds.

Children from two years old can already recite simple tongue twisters. Progressively, the acquisition of phonemes is articulated until the age of five, which justifies the act before that age, many phonemes are not pronounced correctly.

In general, two-year-olds are starting to pronounce the letter “l” sound, as in “pencil”. Sounds like “lh” in “branch”, “r” in “orange”, as well as
consonant clusters like “tr”, “br”, “fr”, “cr”, “gr”, “bl” and “pl” take even longer to acquire.

Within that, tongue twisters and poems rich in alliteration can help the process.

See too: Discover and have fun with the most difficult tongue twisters in Portuguese!