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Beating stage fear — Public speaking for kids

Almost every speaker feels butterflies before going on stage — a fast heartbeat and shaky hands are normal. Helpful habits like practising aloud, slow deep breaths and knowing your opening by heart turn that energy into confidence. Unhelpful habits like cramming late at night or staring at the floor make it worse.

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Speaker's tip

Breathe, prepare, begin — “calm your body, know your first lines, then start”

  1. Nervous feelings are normal; they settle once you begin.
  2. Helpful: practise aloud, take slow deep breaths, know your opening well, arrive early, stand tall, look at a friendly face.
  3. Unhelpful: skipping practice, cramming late at night, starting with “sorry”, staring at the floor. If you forget a line, pause, check your notes and carry on.

Use it for: Before class talks, recitations, morning assembly, debates and stage events.

Worked example: 😰 Helpful or unhelpful for a nervous speaker: practising aloud? → a helpful habit

  1. Practising aloud gets your mouth and mind used to the words.
  2. So it calms you and prepares you — a helpful habit.

Check: Practise aloud: breathe in for 4 counts and out for 4 counts three times, then say your first two lines to a mirror ✓

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