There are many lists of them on the internet and they appear in children's anthologies and joke books. One Kindergarten class teacher loves to do 'She sells seashells by the seashore' with her class and this year her class have really got involved by following its recitation with finding out about its origin. They learned that the 'she' refers to Mary Anning, the great fossil collector who made a living for her destitute family by selling trilobite shells on Lyme Regis beach. Much has been written about her and now there are at least three picture book biographies about her life. These are: (from my blog on 8th March)
• Stone Girl Bone Girl by Laurence Anholt tells the story of Mary Fanning who as a ten year old child found a fossilised sea monster which was a major prehistoric discovery at the time.
• The Fossil Girl by Catherine Brighton
• Mary Anning by Kay Barnham.
On line here you can see this book about Mary Anning and the tongue twister. This includes information about Mary as well as a revamped version of the original song.
• Stone Girl Bone Girl by Laurence Anholt tells the story of Mary Fanning who as a ten year old child found a fossilised sea monster which was a major prehistoric discovery at the time.
• The Fossil Girl by Catherine Brighton
• Mary Anning by Kay Barnham.
On line here you can see this book about Mary Anning and the tongue twister. This includes information about Mary as well as a revamped version of the original song.
Whatever tongue twisters you choose to share you and the students are sure to have fun. Perhaps you can find out if Peter Piper and Betty Botter were real people too.
I love this idea of a tongue twister day. I recently tried to find some more tongue twister books for our library. I did find this one https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Amazing-Animal-Alphabet-of-Twenty-Six-Tongue-Twisters-Robert-Pizzo/9780764966224
ReplyDeleteI didn't realise Mary Anning was the subject of She sells sea shells. Thanks for this post.