TONGUE TWISTERS
(excerpts from posts)
(If you want to retell any of the stories listed below, be sure to obtain permission from the copyright holder if the material is not in the public domain)

1) I have a list of them on my website at
http://www.storybug.net/kids.htm
I use them in my storytelling club as well to help the student's loosen up their voices and tongues before telling. They get a big kick out of them.
Karen C. 12/3/05
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2) I love tongue twisters. Here's one:
A skunk sat on a stump.
Stump "thunk" skunk stunk;
Skunk "thunk" stump stunk.
Judith W. 12/3/05
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3) Dr. Suess's "Fox in Socks" is a great source for tongue twisters...
Kimberley K. 12/3/05
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4) Unique New York
Tom F. 12/3/05
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5) • Fresh-pressed flesh.
• Spanish spinach, British spinach.
• Brad brought bread, Bret bought bread.
• Bret bought Brad bread, Fred brought bad bread.
More coming!
Skip M. 12/3/05
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6) "If Theophilus Thistle, the successful thistle sifter, while sifting a sieve full of six thousand thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his tongue; see that thou, while sifting a sieve full of six thousand thistles thrust not three thousand thistles through thick of THY tongue."
Kimbeley K. 12/5/05
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(Updated 12/12/05)