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Sep 19
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Down in the Dumps or on Cloud 9 : Emotio...

ALISON PITMAN
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  1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers - Alliterative and packed with hard "p" consonant clusters.

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?

2. She sells seashells by the seashore - It will help you with the s and shsounds..

She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The shells she sells are surely sea shells. So if she sells shells on the sea shore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

3. Betty Botter bought some butter but she said this butter's bitter - Works on smooth consonant linking between words starting with "b".Can also help those having trouble with the t and r sounds.

Betty Botter bought a bit of butter. "But," she said, "the butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But, a bit of better butter will make my batter better." So, she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter. And she put it in her batter. And the batter was not bitter.

4. Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran - Rolls "r" sounds fluidly.

5. Unique New York - Glides the initial diphthong into the following "n" sound.

Unique New York Unique New York

You know you need unique New York.

6. Sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick - Overloads complex consonant clusters. This one is very good for practicing the s sound. You also get the ks sound like in "sixth," the sh sound like in "sheep" and the th sound like in "sixth."

7. Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches? - Alternates "w" and "s" sounds rapidly.

Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch.

Which wristwatch is a rich switched Swiss wristwatch.

We switched our wet stinky sweaty sweaters swiftly.

8. Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better - Contrasts "l" and "w" sounds while linking words smoothly.

9. A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood - Works on clearly pronouncing "b" sounds.

10. Eddie edited it - Links similar but distinct vowel sounds fluidly.This is soo difficult!

11. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy lost his hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he? - Showcases linking and vowel contrasts.

12. Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup - Builds rhythmic timing on the "p" and "k" sounds.

13. Freshly fried flying fish - Bounces along with alliteration and crisp "f" sounds.

14. The blue bluebird blinks - Lines up similar but distinct vowel sounds in "blue" and "blink." Practice the BL consonant cluster.

15. Which witch wished which wicked wish? - Alternates "w" and "sh" sounds.

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