She Sells Seashells

She sells seashells by the seashore.

Difficulty: ●●○○○· Sounds:S vs. SH

Why it's hard

Your tongue has to jump between S (tongue forward) and SH (tongue back, lips rounded) on almost every syllable, and the two sounds are close enough to blur together.

Vocabulary

seashore

the land along the edge of the sea; the beach

It’s often said to be about Mary Anning, a famous fossil collector from Lyme Regis, England, who sold shells and fossils in the early 1800s. It’s a nice story, but the link has never been proven.