Drawings and Letters From Kids. Remember, if you stutter, youre not alone If you would like to send us a picture, letter, or poem, please e mail us at info stutteringhelp. Please include your name, city, and a permission letter from a parent or download this form. We attempt to answer every childs letter personally so please include a contact name and postal addresses for either a parent or the SLP of the child along with your submission. Thank you Special Edition Kids Newsletter download PDFMy name is Diego. Download Whole Recess: Taking The Fifth Grade Movie' title='Download Whole Recess: Taking The Fifth Grade Movie' />Im in the 6th grade. I started to stutter when I was in 1st grade and I didnt really care about my stuttering until 5th grade. News, sports, features, obituaries, advertising, and special online features from the citys daily newspaper. Build vocabulary, literacy, phonics, spelling skills with VocabularySpellingCity. Improve vocabulary, a core reading skill, with gamified contextrich. Learn why the Common Core is important for your child. What parents should know Myths vs. The Everyday Mathematics eSuite is an award winning online curriculum for teachers, students and parents. Developed through research and field testing over 25 years. BibMe Free Bibliography Citation Maker MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard. People started to make fun of me and still do now. Now Im in speech and it really helps me. Download Whole Recess: Taking The Fifth Grade Movie' title='Download Whole Recess: Taking The Fifth Grade Movie' />I am thrilled to tell you that my daughters school is revamping recess to make it FUN Thats right, after years of cracking down on things like tag no. I use silly putty to help me stretch out my speech. Thanks to speech I will be ready to go to 7th grade. Anna And The Moods Streaming. Diego, 6th grade, Santa Barbara, CA Hi, my name is Hakeem. I am 1. 1 years old. I am in fifth grade and I go to Indian Creek Elementary. My favorite subjects are math and writing. My favorite things to do are basketball, soccer, and play outside. When I stutter, it is like bumpy speech. When I stutter I get stuck on a word. I also say words or parts of words over and over. I also have trouble with my r sound. When I stutter, I use slow speech I sometimes use a pace board and I also use stretchy speech. My favorite one is using the pace board. My advice is to not be afraid to talk to other people. My other advice is to use your strategies if you stutter. Hakeem, 1. 1, Olathe, KS My name is Conner and I am 1. It is easy to notice my friends stutter but when I stutter its harder to notice. I think its because Im used to stuttering. But when I do notice I pretend to stretch out some silly putty and speech at the same time. If I go too fast the not real silly putty will break. Stuttering is not a problem its just how you speak. Conner, 1. 0, Santa Barbara, CA My name is Faith. I am 8 years old. I started stuttering when I was in Kindergarten. When someone is talking if I try to talk over them I stutter. Sometimes I try not to stutter but I do. When I want to talk I breathe in, then talk, so I dont stutter. I use this strategy I breathe in. Then I talk on air. I have to remember to wait my turn. If you stutter you should keep talking and believe in yourself because it feels good to share your ideas. Faith, 8, Abita Springs, LA Hi, my name is Juan. I am 9 years old. When I stutter I get nervous. In 2nd grade I kept on saying, Can I I I get some food Some kids would laugh at me but when I go to speech I finally know that stuttering is not bad for us. I stretch out my speech to help me not stutter. So now I know that stuttering wont hold me back. Juan, 9, Santa Barbara, CA Hi My name is Ryan. I am 1. I live in Glenview, Illinois. I am in 5th grade. I go to Pleasant Ridge School. I started stuttering when I was 5 years old. I go to speech two times a week. My favorite sport is baseball. I decided to write to this magazine because of the connections of the other kids while reading the stories. Strategies that help me in speech are thinking pauses and pre reading before I have to read aloud to my speech teacher. For kids who stutter I want them to know to keep trying really hard in speech. Ryan, 1. 1, Glenview, IL My name is Faith and Im 8 years old. Im from California. I stutter. I dont stutter a lot, but I do stutter sometimes. I use strategies like stop and breathe, stop and start over, or stop and count to 5 and try to say the word again and those help me. Faith, 8, Ripon, CA Hi, my name is Dylan and Im in 3rd grade. I started stuttering when I was 3 years old. It stopped for a while as I grew, but came back when I was 5 years old. I stutter in many ways, like holding onto sounds and repeating parts or whole words. I go to speech inside and outside of school. My fluency has improved over the years. I am 8 years old now and doing very good. I think it is sort of funny that I stutter least when I am unaware of my fluency. I am glad Im not the only one stuttering. Dylan, 8, New Bedford, MA I am Sydney. I am 8 years old. This is my story. I have been stuttering for about 2 years. When Im tired I stutter or when Im excited I stutter. I learned that trying not to stutter makes you stutter more. When I stutter I restart the sentence. Sydney, 8, Hastings, MN Hello, Im Edward. Im 1. Im in the 6th grade. I started speech when I was in the first grade. I was in speech to work on the Spanish rr and language. When I was in the 4th grade I started to stutter. Some kids were laughing at the way I talked. They were calling me names and not being nice. My speech teachers showed me how to use speech tools. Some of the speech tools I like best are slow rate, full breath, stretchy speech, and light contact. Now that I am in 6th grade I am talking more in class and with my friends. Kids are not making fun of me anymore because I am using my speech tools when I speak. My advice is to always practice your speech tools and to tell your classmates to always be nice to everybody even kids that dont talk well. Edward, 1. 1, Conroe, TX   Hi My name is Bella and Im 9 years old. I am in the 4th grade and I go to Sacred Heart School. I like to do gymnastics during my free time. My favorite NFL football team is the Kansas City Chiefs. I use to be bullied when I was in Kindergarten. I started speech therapy when I was 5 years old. My therapist is Mrs. L. I used to stutter on words with vowels. We work on fake stuttering because it helps me control it. I get nervous when I go up to do a speech in front of people. I start shaking a little. What helps me get in front of people is I dont think about my stuttering. Trust me, it works. I started stuttering when I was about 3 years old. Me and Mrs. L make symbols with our hands to help remind me to slow down. Stuttering runs in my family. My uncle, and my great grandpa do it too. Bella, 9, Boone, IA Hi, my name is Aidan and I am 9. Stuttering is okay. If you think about it too often you will be sad. I dont think about stuttering because I know if I do, I will stutter. You shouldnt think about it either. Speech therapy helps me. I use pull outs and cancellations. When you get bullied you should stand up for yourself and not let it hurt you. Aidan, 9, New City, NY My name is Quincy. Im 9 years old. I started stuttering when I was in Kindergarten. I go to speech class to learn strategies to help me express myself even when I stutter. When I stutter I feel embarrassed and people talk about me. I use this strategy I breathe in, then I talk on air. In my battle of stuttering I dont use my fists, I use my words and strategies. Quincy, 9, Abita Springs, LA   My name is Matthew. I started stuttering when I was 2. Ever since then it has been on and off. Im 8 now so its been 6 years since Ive started stuttering Every night my mom prays for me. I usually stutter when Im trying to explain something. Im SUPER tired of my stuttering. But I know that God has a plan for me and my stuttering. Matthew, 8, Matthews, NC Hi, my name is Logan. I like to play soccer, basketball, football, and video games. I also like summer and winter, family, friends, and my mom and dad. I only stutter sometimes, and when I was in second grade someone made fun of me. I was not happy. I was sad and told her to stop and she did. I have learned a lot in speech like the speech man and tools to help control my stuttering. I sometimes have bumpy and stretchy talk. I like to use slide outs, chunking, and airplane take offs to help control my stuttering. When I stutter, I feel normal and you should too. Logan B., 3rd grade, Blue Springs, MO Hi, my name is Kyle and I am in 5th grade. I am eleven years old and started stuttering when I was in third grade. I dont care what people think about my stuttering. I love my mom and dad. I also love to play baseball. I love that sport a lot. It is my favorite. I use tools like slide outs, bounce outs, and airplane take offs to help control my stuttering.