Tongue twisters for kids
Short, friendly twisters with simple vocabulary. They're good for building clear speech, reading fluency, and confidence, and they make children laugh while they practise.
Practise these 32 twisters
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
Easy · sounds: s, k, r · traditional
In 'I scream' the 's' starts the second word, while in 'ice cream' it ends the first, so the 'k' in cream gets a little puff of air.
Say it 3 times fast
Time three clean repetitions.
Clean repetitions
Aim for 5 in a row without a slip.
Record and listen back
How to practise
- Read it together slowly first, pointing at each word.
- Clap once on every repeated sound to make the pattern easy to hear.
- Try it three times: slow, medium, then as fast as you can.
All tongue twisters for kids, easiest first
- 1.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
Easy · sounds: s, k, r · traditional
In 'I scream' the 's' starts the second word, while in 'ice cream' it ends the first, so the 'k' in cream gets a little puff of air.
- 2.
Which witch is which?
Easy · sounds: w, ch · traditional
Round your lips for each 'w' and give each 'ch' a short, clean burst, keeping a steady rhythm since which and witch sound almost the same.
- 3.
Swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again. Well swum, swan!
Easy · sounds: s, sw, w · traditional
Blend the 's' straight into rounded lips for every 'sw', and close your lips firmly for the 'm' in swam, swim, and swum.
- 4.
Kitty caught the kitten in the kitchen.
Easy · sounds: k, t · traditional
Lift the back of your tongue for each 'k' and tap the tip for each 't', so kitty, kitten, and kitchen all stay crisp.
- 5.
Sheep should sleep in a shed.
Easy · sounds: sh, s, sl · traditional
Round your lips for the 'sh' in sheep, should, and shed, then relax them for the 's' in sleep.
- 6.
She sees cheese.
Easy · sounds: sh, s, ch, z · traditional
Make 'sh' a soft rush of air, 's' a thin hiss, and 'ch' a quick burst that starts with the tongue pressed to the roof of your mouth.
- 7.
How now, brown cow?
Easy · sounds: ow, n, br, k · traditional
Open your jaw wide at the start of each 'ow' and round your lips at the end, giving all four words the same full vowel.
- 8.
Lily likes lemon rolls; Rory likes raisin rolls.
Easy · sounds: l, r · SceneDub original
Touch your tongue to the bump behind your top teeth for 'l', and pull it back without touching for 'r'.
- 9.
Shaun shushed six sleepy sheep.
Easy · sounds: sh, s · SceneDub original
Push your lips forward for the 'sh' in Shaun, shushed, and sheep, and smile slightly for the 's' in six and sleepy.
- 10.
Silly snakes sip soup in the shady sunshine.
Easy · sounds: s, sh, sn · SceneDub original
Hiss each 's' like a snake with your tongue just behind your top teeth, and push your lips out for the 'sh' in shady and sunshine.
- 11.
This thumb thinks that thumb is thicker.
Easy · sounds: th · SceneDub original
Keep your voice buzzing for the 'th' in this and that, and switch it off for the 'th' in thumb, thinks, and thicker.
- 12.
Big pink pigs bake plump blueberry pies.
Easy · sounds: b, p, pl, bl · SceneDub original
Close your lips for every 'b' and 'p', letting a little puff of air out only on the 'p' sounds.
- 13.
Baby Bea picked a big purple berry.
Easy · sounds: b, p · SceneDub original
Pop your lips apart gently for each 'b' and with a little more air for each 'p' in picked and purple.
- 14.
Greg's cat gave Kate's goat a grape.
Easy · sounds: g, k, gr · SceneDub original
Both 'k' and 'g' are made with the back of your tongue; let 'k' out with a puff of air and turn your voice on for 'g'.
- 15.
Grandpa's garden grows crisp green cabbages.
Easy · sounds: g, gr, k · SceneDub original
Lift the back of your tongue for every 'g' and 'k', using your voice for the 'g' sounds and a small puff of air for the 'k' in crisp and cabbages.
- 16.
Gus the goose cooks cookies in a cozy kitchen.
Easy · sounds: g, k · SceneDub original
Use your voice for the 'g' in Gus and goose, and a quiet puff of air for the 'k' in cooks, cookies, cozy, and kitchen.
- 17.
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?
Medium · sounds: p, k · traditional
Release each 'p' with a small puff of air, then relax your lips straight away so the plosives stay crisp instead of piling up.
- 18.
She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
Medium · sounds: s, sh · traditional
Keep your tongue tip just behind your top teeth with relaxed lips for 's', then pull the tongue slightly back and push your lips forward for 'sh'.
- 19.
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.
Medium · sounds: w, ch, k · traditional
Round your lips fully for each 'w', and snap each 'ch' with a quick press of the tongue just behind the gum ridge before letting the air out.
- 20.
Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
Medium · sounds: r, g · traditional
Keep your tongue tip from touching the roof of your mouth on every 'r', and lift the back of the tongue firmly for the 'g' in rugged and ragged.
- 21.
Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.
Medium · sounds: s, sl, sn · traditional
Hold a narrow 's' and move straight into the 'l' or 'n' without adding a vowel, so slippery never becomes 'suh-lippery'.
- 22.
Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.
Medium · sounds: f, fr, t, br, d · traditional
Keep the 'r' in Fred and bread but leave it out of fed and Ted, so all four words stay distinct.
- 23.
Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep. The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed shilly-shallied south.
Medium · sounds: s, sh, l · traditional
Take shilly-shallied slowly, rounding your lips for each 'sh' there and relaxing them for the 's' in silly and Sally.
- 24.
Whether the weather be fine or whether the weather be not, whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot, we'll weather the weather, whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.
Medium · sounds: w, th · traditional
Use a soft, buzzing 'th' in whether, the, and weather, touching your tongue tip lightly to your top teeth, and round your lips for each 'w'.
- 25.
Three grey geese in the green grass grazing. Grey were the geese and green was the grazing.
Medium · sounds: g, gr, th · traditional
Lift the back of your tongue for every 'g' and slide quickly into the 'r' in grey, green, grass, and grazing.
- 26.
Plain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.
Medium · sounds: pl, b, m · traditional
Close your lips firmly for every 'p' and 'b', adding a quick 'l' after the 'p' in plain and plum.
- 27.
Little Lola's red roller skates roll really loudly.
Medium · sounds: l, r · SceneDub original
Say roller slowly first, feeling your tongue move from the free 'r' to the touching 'l'.
- 28.
Blake's brother blew bright blue bubbles.
Medium · sounds: bl, br, b · SceneDub original
Press your lips together for every 'b', then listen for the 'l' in Blake, blew, and blue against the 'r' in brother and bright.
- 29.
Wally the walrus wore a very velvety vest.
Medium · sounds: w, v · SceneDub original
Round your lips for 'w' and rest your top teeth on your lower lip for 'v', so wore and very never swap their starting sounds.
- 30.
Cheerful chef Jack chopped juicy cherries into jam.
Medium · sounds: ch, j, sh · SceneDub original
Keep 'ch' breathy and 'j' voiced, both starting with the tongue pressed to the roof of your mouth, and remember that chef starts with a softer 'sh'.
- 31.
A sleepy sloth in slippers slurped split-pea soup.
Medium · sounds: sl, spl, s · SceneDub original
Slide from 's' straight into 'l' in sleepy, sloth, slippers, and slurped, and build the 'spl' in split as three quick sounds with no vowel between them.
- 32.
Freddy's frog flipped fluffy flapjacks.
Medium · sounds: fr, fl · SceneDub original
Keep the 'f' the same and switch only your tongue, pulled back for the 'r' in Freddy's and frog and touching the gum ridge for the 'l' in flipped, fluffy, and flapjacks.
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Frequently asked questions
What's an easy for kids tongue twister to start with?
Try "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream." Say it slowly three times before speeding up.
What's the hardest for kids tongue twister here?
"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?" Release each 'p' with a small puff of air, then relax your lips straight away so the plosives stay crisp instead of piling up.
How many times should I repeat a tongue twister?
Aim for five clean repetitions in a row at a comfortable speed, then three times fast. A few minutes a day is enough for a warm-up; stop if your jaw or voice feels strained.