If They Pick On You A Lot, Talk To Them About It
Hi! My name is Preston and I like to play football with my friends. I’m 10 years old and I love to go on walks with my family. I have one brother and two sisters. I go to speech to remember my “r” blends and “r” words. My speech teacher’s name is Mrs. M. On Fridays, three 3rd
graders and I have a
lot of fun. All of us stutter – that makes me feel good that I am not the only kid who stutters. If people pick on you walk away. If they pick on you a lot, talk to them about it.
Preston, 10 . Thorp, WI
Don’t Give Up On Speech My name’s Noah. I’m in 8th grade. I’ve stuttered since I can
remember. My stuttering sounded bad, it was terrible. Now it’s fi ne. At fi rst I thought people didn’t like it but now they do. I feel ok when I stutter. My speech tools and my speech teacher help me. My speech teacher helps me to use stretchy speech, easy speech, and slow speech. If you stutter, go to a speech teacher.
Noah, 14 . Sibley, IA
Never Stop Trying Don’t Give Up
Hi!! My name is Alex. I go to Mossy Creek Elementary School. I’m in third grade. I started stuttering when I was two. I go to speech one time a week. I use easy onset. That is where you take a deep breath and loosen your muscles up before you say a word.
Something that encourages me is to never give up. I play baseball on a travel team called Team Elite. My advice for you is to not let anything stop you from your goal.
Alex, 9 . Cleveland, GA
My name is Ethan, and I am 10. I love to play video games such as Minecraft and Batman. I like to play basketball and football at recess. What I want to be when I grow up is an Adventurer. What this means is that I’m interested in exploring or researching new species. Or I’d like to be an architect.
It’s okay to stutter. Everyone does it sometimes. It’s just your brain misfiring because you’re excited, and your talking can’t keep up with your thinking. My goal is not to have perfect speech but to learn tools to help my speech be better, such as cancellations, pull-outs, phrasing, and easy speech. Cancellations help because when you get stuck on a word, you can stop and start over and move through it like a plow truck. Pull-outs are good because they help you let out your speech. I want to keep practicing to always get better. Practicing keeps me listening to my speech so I can be like a detective.
I think you should never stop trying to make your speech better. Ethan, 10 . Harpswell, ME
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