7 Toddler Tongue Twisters

As your child’s speech and language develops, tongue twisters can be a fun way to introduce a linguistica game.

Their regular recitation stimulates control of the muscles responsible for speech, ensuring a clearer pronunciation of words with difficult syllables, as well as expanding a child’s vocabulary.

1. Purple Paper People

(If you happen to have some purple paper around, these are fun to make and have displayed as a silly reminder of this game)

2. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?

3. Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread. Spread it thick, say it quick! Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread, Spread it thicker, say it quicker!

4. 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.

5. Swan swam over the seas Swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again Well swum, swan!

6. 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 that Peter Piper picked?

7. Betty Botter bought a bit of butter. “But,” she said, “this bit of butter’s bitter, But a bit of better butter mixed with this butter might just make my bit of bitter butter better.”