21 TIPS to Try and Stop Stuttering


Hey kids! I’m Conner and I am 10 years old and I stutter. Ok, I am going to give you some tips to help you not stutter a lot and my teacher [speech pathologist] taught me these tips.


Here is tip 1: When you are talking to a friend, or teacher, your mom or dad, your brother, or anybody, think about what you’re going to say.


Tip 2: If you might forget, pause your sentence and tell the person you are talking to that you forgot what you were saying. Then start again. If you start running out of breath pause your sentence and take a breath and if you start stuttering in a sentence, pause and take a breath.


Tip 3: When you talk make your voice go a little high and a little low and keep repeating it.


Ok, these are all the tips I have. I hope this helps you. Bye!


Conner, 10 McAlester, OK


Hello, my name is Hayden and I am 11 years old. I’m in fifth grade at Abraham Pierson School in Clinton, Connecticut. I have been stuttering since I was four years old. I do lots of things to help with my stuttering. It helps me to talk about my worries. Sometimes I sing to help me relax. In speech I practice my breathing and easy speech. My speech therapist showed me a picture of my vocal cords moving. That helped me understand how to use breathing. When I take a breath before I talk, I can get out the words.


I like to do gymnastics and ride my dirt bike. Kids in my class treat me nicely even though I stutter. I hope that I can help other kids who stutter.


Hayden, 11, from Clinton, CT


Stuttering Makes Me Mad


My name is Daniel. I am 7 years old. I go to Garin Elementary. I’ve been stuttering since I was 3 years old and when I stutter, it makes me mad. I take a deep breath to help myself.


Daniel, 7 from Brentwood, CA


Make Your Mark: Hi, my name is Damian and my favorite NFL football team is the Kansas City Chiefs. I am 10 years old in the fifth grade. I started to stutter when I was five years old. But now I participate in speech class, which is helping me with my language. I have learned that famous people stutter too! I have silly putty to stretch my words and slowly say it. Now I’m speaking really nice!!


Damian, 10, from Omaha, NE Kids Treat Me Nicely


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