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It takes a lot of skill to stutter!
You remember what I said earlier...everybody stutters in a special personal way. Some children say a word or part of a word several times; others block completely. Some children make weird faces; others never do. Some children hate their stuttering so much they would prefer not to talk at all. Others don't seem to mind and just go on talking no matter what.
One might say it takes a lot of skill to stutter.
What is your stuttering like? Look at the following list. There is a circle that can be colored for each stuttering item. You could color the items that go with your own special way of stuttering.
Do you...
- repeat a sound several times
- repeat a word several times
- block on a word
- puff out some breath before talking
- shut your eyes when you stutter
- prolong a sound (s-s-s-s-s-s-sound)
- move your head around when you stutter
- move body parts when you stutter
- stop talking (when you feel stuttering coming)
- wait for somebody else to say things for you
- try to find other words
It is quite a feat to stutter, don't you think? You might try to teach your father or mother to stutter the way you do. You will be surprised how hard it is for them to get it right!
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