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Goldfish Help Me


Goldfish help me, but sometimes I still stutter. What helps me a lot is practicing my easy speech, which is catching my stutter and letting it go, and then my speech therapist gives me a goldfish.


Stuttering feels alone, but my friend Veronica, has a stutter also. We actually sing a song, and since we have sung it so much, it helps me not stutter. It’s called the ABC Song.


Maya, 7, from Arlington, VA


TRUE STORY ABOUT MY STUTTERING


It all started when my family and I noticed I could not spit out what I wanted to say. When I went to kindergarten this girl used to tease me about it, but I still had friends. But, one day the mean girl took away all my friends. I was so sad. Another day one girl was finally nice to me. I was so happy, but then before lunch the mean girl and my friend went to the bathroom with me. While I was in the bathroom they were both done. I heard them talking and I realized they were friends. My friend actually was on her side. Suddenly I heard silence! They left me in the bathroom! I had no idea where to go! I was lost at school! Then I found a teacher to guide me. I got bullied the whole rest of the year. But, something was going to change! When I figured out we were moving I also found out I was changing schools. I was so very


happy, but I was still worried about something. Would I meet nice people? Would I be bullied again? Would I have a nice teacher? Would I have friends?


In first grade I saw some very interesting people. It was amazing! I had nice friends. I did not get bullied. I had a really nice teacher. My teacher even taught my little brother how to swim on the weekend.


Then, in second grade, we were working when this lady interrupted and said, “May I please have Peyton?” I was thinking, “Why does she need me?” We went to this tiny, dark room. I was scared. She started asking me about this thing called stuttering. I was thinking to myself, “What is stuttering?” So, I asked, and she told me stuttering is when you keep on repeating the first part of what you’re trying to say and you can’t say the words. Then I asked, “Why am I here?” She told me my teacher had told her I had been stuttering. I was thinking to myself, “I HAVE been stuttering!” Then she said something about SPEECH. I asked her, “What is speech?” She said speech is where some people go when they need help speaking. So, I started going to speech! We always used to play games and it was so fun. But, in second grade she told me she was retiring. I was so nervous because I still stuttered. I realized I would have a different speech teacher. I was so scared because I didn’t even know her.


But, when I met her it was amazing. She was pretty, nice, and the best speech teacher ever! We had so much fun! Later, I started taking singing lessons. I started to notice singing was helping me in speech and speech was helping me in singing. I discovered anything you want to be or do, what you learn in speech can help you. So, never be worried about going to speech, and always remember, even though you go to speech, it’s okay!


Peyton, 3rd grade, from Palm Beach, FL 21


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