Poetry Race

I really enjoy the funny poems that I remember reading as a child. I was looking for some of my old favorites and found this "silly" game for kids to plays with peotry. I thought it was relly cute...so I thought I would share.

Directions: Simply get a stopwatch, practice the poem a few times, then see who out of the group can say it correctly the fastest!


Betty Botter
Betty Botter bought some butter.
"But," she said,"the butter's bitter.
If I put it in my batter,
it will makemy batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter--
that would makemy batter better."
So she boughta bit of butter,
better than her bitter butter.
And she put itin her batter,
and the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
bought a bitof better butter!
--By Anonymous
(Poetry Race and Betty Botter poem © 1999 by Meadowbrook Press)


It is harder to say than it looks... Here are the results that it gives kids to compare their time to...
How good a tongue twister are you?
40 seconds and over: Too slow. Your grandparents could say the poem faster.
30 to 40 seconds: Not bad. You're probably a faster talker than the President.
20 to 30 seconds: Pretty good. You've been gifted with a fast pair of lips.
15 to 20 seconds: Excellent. You can out talk anyone around.
14 seconds or less: You are a tongue tying champion!


Here is another to try....

Betty Botter's Biting Beaver
Betty Botter bought a beaver.
But the beastly beaver bit her.
So she bought a biting badger.
And the badger bit the beaver.
Since the badger bit the beaver,
now the beaver will not bite her.
So 'twas better Betty Botterbought a beaver-biting badger.