Stuttering
This is the repetition, prolongation, or blockage of sounds that interrupts the flow of speech.
What is stuttering?
Forcing a child to “slow down” always helps.
What is myth?
The number of players each team has on the field during a soccer game.
What is 11?
This animal is known as “man’s best friend.”
What is a dog?
This is the name of the first person to walk on the Moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This is the term for a break in speech when no sound comes out.
What is a block?
You swallow eight spiders a year while sleeping.
What is myth? Spiders avoid humans and don’t crawl into mouths.
When a player uses their head to move the ball, it’s called this.
What is a header?
This animal can sleep while standing up.
What is horse/cow?
This is the name of the galaxy where Earth is found.
What is the Milky Way?
“B-b-b-ball” is an example of this type of disfluency.
What is sound repetition?
Sharks must keep swimming or they’ll die.
What is fact? Certain sharks, like great whites, need constant movement to breathe.
The official name for soccer in most other countries.
What is football?
This animal is the largest land animal on Earth.
What is elephant?
This planet is known for its beautiful rings.
What is Saturn?
“Sssssun” is an example of this type.
What is a prolongation?
Telling someone to “slow down” or “relax” when they stutter doesn’t help.
What is fact? It usually makes them feel more nervous or self-conscious.
This country has won the most men’s World Cup titles.
What is Brazil?
This tiny insect can lift objects up to 50 times its body weight.
What is an ant?
This planet has the longest day
What is Venus? One day lasts longer than a year there!
Support groups such as this national organization provide resources for people who stutter.
What is the National Stuttering Association (NSA)?
Space is completely silent.
What is fact? Sound can’t travel in space because there’s no air for the waves to move through.
When the ball goes out of bounds on the sideline, players restart the game with this.
What is a throw-in?
This animal has blue blood and three hearts.
What is an octopus?
These are huge balls of ice and dust that form tails when near the Sun.
What are comets?