STRETCHY SPEECH HELPS


Hi, my name is Seth. I am in 5th grade. I like to play Five Nights at Freddy’s, make sculptures of Five Nights at Freddy’s, and draw Five Nights at Freddy’s characters. I use stretchy speech. It helps me stretch out a word. I feel really happy when I use smooth speech. When I stutter, I can’t get the words out Stuttering makes me feel sad. Playing video games makes me feel better.


Seth, 5th grade, from Austin, TX Try The Best You Are Able


Hello, my name is Joshua, and I am 11 years old. I am in the sixth


grade and am homeschooled. I live in Boone, North Carolina, with my


Backbends and Stuttering


Hi, my name is Moriah. I’m 9 years old. I’m in 3rd grade. I am good at backbends. The first time you might mess up, but the second time you might get it right. And messing up on a backbend is just like stuttering. It’s like bumpy speech. Smooth speech is like holding a backbend for a long time. That makes me happy. Sometimes I


get blocks. I feel happy even when I do bumpy speech because everyone is different. I feel frustrated when I have to get up in front of a bunch of people and talk. Belly breathing helps me.


Moriah, 9, from Austin, TX 4


two brothers and my mom and dad. I go to speech once every other week. My speech is pretty fluent, but I do


stutter sometimes. My favorite speech strategies are regulated rate, breath


groups, stretchy speech, and minimize consonants, maximize vowels. I think that people who stutter should try to the best of their abilities to use their speech strategies and to not be embarrassed by their stuttering.


Joshua, 11, from Boone, NC


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