Improve Your S Sound (ssss) | Tongue Twister Practice: Six Sticky Skeletons
Learning goal: Practice the /s/ (“ssss”) sound in English with a beginner-friendly tongue twister.
Today’s tongue twister: Six Sticky Skeletons. How to practice:
1. Slow (repeat after me)
2. Medium speed
3. Fast challenge: say it 3 times with no mistakes
Chapters:
0:00 Today’s sound: /s/
0:10 Tongue twister (slow)
0:17 pronouncing word 'six' slowly. Pause and repeat if needed.
0:36 pronouncing word 'sticky' slowly, Pause and repeat if needed.
0:47 pronouncing word 'skeleton' slowly, Pause and repeat if needed.
1:03 Slowly adding words together
1:39 Practice time- Repeat 1, 2, and then 3 times at various speeds
3:09 Fast challenge (3 times!)
Teacher-made lesson: I write the script, create the practice structure, record the voiceover (native English speaker from Canada), and edit each video.
👩🏫 Teachers: feel free to use this as a warm-up or homework practice.
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