I'm always looking for ways to make sure my 6-year-old daughter thinks speaking Spanish is cool. The idea is for her to find it fun even when it can get a bit challenging. That's why I recently introduced her to trabalenguas or tongue-twisters. These are perfect to get kids to practice their pronunciation, not to mention that they're super fun because they inevitably end up laughing each time they stumble.
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Oh, and if your bilingual kids have trouble rolling their r's, there are some specific tongue-twisters that are great to get them to practice. The last one in the examples below is one of those.
My favorite one is the second one because it reminds me so much of my childhood. I had such a hard time saying it when I was young! My daughter's favorite is the third one; she just finds it extremely funny that one word can have more than one meaning.
El cielo está encancaranublado, ¿quién lo encancaranublaría? El que lo encancaranubló, buen encacaranublador sería.
Pablito clavó un clavito,
un clavito clavó Pablito.
¿Qué clase de clavito clavó Pablito?¿Usted no nada nada?
No, no traje traje.En tres tristes trastos de trigo,
tres tristes tigres comían trigo.
Comían trigo, tres tristes tigres,
en tres tristes trastos de trigo.Erre con erre cigarro
erre con erre barril
Rápido ruedan los carros cargados de azúcar al ferrocarril.
Check out this site with a lot more trabalenguas your kids will enjoy.
