Hi its Elissa Weinzimmer, founder of Voice Body Connection and it is time for
another how to warm up video how to warm
up in this very final how to warm up
video of the entire sequence we are
going to do some tongue twisters I
thought I would just leave you with a
couple of my favorite tongue twisters so
that at the end of your warm up you can
really warm up your articulators and
feel like you're ready to do whatever it
is that you've got to do that day so
here we go this tongue twister is really
good for plosive sounds which are the
explosive consonants in our language so
it sounds like this you go Topeka Topeka
Topeka bodega bodega bodega and then you
go back and forth Topeka bodega Topeka
bodega Topeka bodega bodega then you switch
bodega bodega bodega Topeka
Topeka Topeka bodega Topeka bodega
Topeka bodega Topeka Topeka ok that's
tongue twister number one this next one
is gonna combine b sounds which are
one of those explosive sounds you
noticed it in bodega
it combines b with l's and r's ok so
this one goes like this the big black
bug bit the big brown bear and the big
brown bear bled blood and then to keep
the rhythm I like to clap we'll do it
three more times the big black bug bit
the big brown bear and the big brown
bear bled blood the big black bug bit
the big brown bear and the big brown
bear bled blood last time the big black
bug bit the big brown bear and the big
brown bear bled blood very nice
this next one truly is a tongue twister
it gets into an explosive sound in the
back of the mouth the G sound and it
goes like this girl gargoyles guy
gargoyles girl gargoyles guy gargoyles
you know like gargoyles those guys on
the side of the big French roofs right
girl gargoyles guy gargoyles girl
gargoyles guy gargoyles girl gargoyles
guy gargoyles practice that one for sure
this next one gets into what are called
sibilant sounds
which are s's z's and sh's now you may
know this one it goes like this she
sells seashells down by the seashore she
sells seashells down by the seashore now
you may think there are no Z's in there
but actually we pronounce the ending s
sound as a Z so seashells can you hear
that so you want to be sure that it
buzzes and you're making that Z sound
she sells seashells down by the seashore
I almost stumbled there she sells
seashells down by the seashore
very nice next one double use ask our
lips to move into a very close position
so they're really good for moving around
our lips we'll combine them with the Z's
in this next one wisdom makes wizards
wise wisdom makes wizards wise wisdom
makes wizards wise wisdom makes wizards
wise another fun one that I love because
of where I live is unique New York
unique New York unique New York unique
New York
and you can even make it longer and go
you know you need unique New York
you know you need unique New York very
challenging and really really good to
wrap your mouth around all those
different sounds and then finally the
last one that I'll share with you today
is pretty meta because it is about the
very articulators themselves that you
are moving around as you do a tongue
twister it goes like this the lips the
teeth the tip of the tongue the lips the
teeth the tip of the tongue you can find
a link below this video to a PDF that
has all of these tongue twisters written
down and of course there are so many
more so just search the web find
anything that appeals to you sounds that
you want to focus on that you think are
challenging for you and add them to the
end of your warmup it is indeed an
articulation or language exercise it's
really a combination in the how to warm
up series so it's a fabulous way to end
your warmup it's also a fabulous way to
end this whole how to warm up series I
just want to say what an honor and a
pleasure it has been to make these
videos for you I really hope they've
been helpful I hope that you enjoy
combining them
in different ways and making different
warm-ups for yourself and reinvigorating
your warm-ups when you get bored or need
to change something up so let me know if
you have any questions you can always
comment below this video or any of them
and I look forward to hearing from you
and hopefully seeing you in a future
voice body connection training enjoy and
thank you how to warm up