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PAUSING HELPS ME My name is Annacannie. I go to Garin School. I am in 4th grade. I stutter but what helps me is pausing. I like playing video games. I have been stuttering since 2nd grade. Stuttering makes me mad.


Annacannie, 9, from Brentwood, CA STOP AND


THINK Hi, my name is Hudeyfi. I am 8 years old. I have two sisters and one brother and a mom and dad. I like to play almost all sports and my favorite game is Slither.io. One thing that I want to accomplish is more fluency by controlling my mouth. I like to stop and think before I say some- thing and that helps me a lot.


Hudeyfi, 8, from Eden Prairie, MN


That’s How I Was Made


Hello! My name is David and I just turned 8. I don’t know why I stutter but that is how God made me! I like to play video games. I like to watch TV, collect electronics and play on my electronics. I have only been going to speech since the end of last school


What I Learned In Speech


Hi! My name is Anthony. I am in 3rd grade at Thomas Prince School, Princeton, MA. I play soccer and golf. My speech teacher is Ms. W. She tells me I have great ideas. I learned some strategies to help me not stutter. These are helping me the most: slowing down and moving forward. Last year we made a speech machine. It had the parts of our body to speak. I also drew a picture of me and labeled it with sticky notes with what I like to do and who I am. That is what I learned in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade with Ms. W. Are you having fun in speech? I am. What are your strategies?


Anthony, 8 Worcester, MA


year. I hope my stuttering will go away!


David, 8 Candler, NC


Hi, my name is Jackson. I am 10 years old. I know that other people stutter, but sometimes it feels like I am the only one that stutters. And what really helps is meeting other people who stutter, or having some really useful tools. I like to use pull- outs, cancellations, easy onsets and voluntary stuttering (fake stuttering). I started stuttering when I was 7 years old. Now I go to speech and it helps a lot.


Jackson, 10, from San Clemente, CA


DEAR SFA : DRAWINGS AND LETTERS FROM YOUNG READERS


USEFUL TOOLS HELP


I’m Not Different


Sometimes I stutter but I Swear I’m not different than others. Every day I try to work on it And I swear that it is working. The sounds get me caught But I try to overcome.


Jadyn, 11 Worcester, MA


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