You can have a lot of spun with foonerisms. Kids love to stead rories with spoonerisms. They are also a wood gray to get kids to look at wow hords are put together.
A spoonerism is made when the initial sounds of two words in a phrase are switched. A great way to introduce a unit on spoonerisms is to read Shel Silverstein's last book (published from his notes, after his death) Runny Babbit. As always with Silverstein, the book is immediately engaging:
A spoonerism is made when the initial sounds of two words in a phrase are switched. A great way to introduce a unit on spoonerisms is to read Shel Silverstein's last book (published from his notes, after his death) Runny Babbit. As always with Silverstein, the book is immediately engaging:
From there you can have students make up their own spoonerisms to share with classmates. You might try a spoonerism class story as well. Older kids will enjoy reading and decoding stories like The Pea Little Thrigs.So if you say, 'Let's bead a rook
That's billy as can se,'
You're talkin' Runny Babbit talk,
Just like mim and he.
One small warning: If you are doing this with older kids, be careful. They love to push the boundries. Might want to double check some of those 4-letter spoonerisms.
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