Crazy Inventions
This machine spins clothes around really fast to clean them.
What is a washing machine?
Stuttering affects this skill we use every day to talk to others.
What is speech?
This body part fills with air and helps us breathe so we can speak.
What are the lungs?
In baseball, you score a run when you reach this base and touch it.
What is home plate?
These travelers came to America on a ship called the Mayflower.
Who are the Pilgrims?
People wear this on their feet to roll around quickly, invented in the 1700s in Europe.
What are roller skates?
This word describes when someone repeats a sound, like “b-b-ball.”
What is a repetition?
This part in your neck holds your vocal cords and helps you make sound.
What is the voice box (larynx)?
In baseball, how many players are on the field for one team during play?
9
This big bird is the most famous symbol of Thanksgiving.
What is a turkey?
This invention keeps your hands warm while holding a cup of hot chocolate.
What is a cup sleeve (or “coffee cozy”)?
Taking a slow breath, pausing, or relaxing your body can help make talking feel easier. These are examples of this type of strategy.
What are speech strategies?
(or What are fluency strategies?)
You use this strong muscle in your mouth to shape sounds — and taste ice cream!
What is the tongue?
When a player moves without dribbling the ball, it’s called this violation.
What is traveling?
People often watch this big New York City parade with giant balloons on Thanksgiving morning.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This tiny machine lets you print pictures or messages directly from your phone in seconds.
What is a portable photo printer?
People who stutter may sometimes get “stuck” on a sound or word. This is called a speech ___.
What is a block?
These hard parts help you bite food and also help you say sounds like /t/ and /f/.
What are the teeth?
This basketball legend played for the Chicago Bulls and is known for his number 23 jersey.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This ship carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
This invention helps Ms. Ehab make our Jeopardy games so we can play it during speech.
What is a computer?
This famous basketball player is known for playing with the Los Angeles Lakers and has spoken about his stutter.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This organ is the “control center” that tells all the other parts what to do when you talk.
What is the brain?
This NFL team has played a Thanksgiving Day football game every year since 1934, making it one of the holiday’s longest-running traditions.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
This U.S. president made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?