How to Teach Public Speaking for Teens

This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: How to Teach Public Speaking for Teens. How to Teach Public Speaking for Teens Public speaking is unavoidable. Even teens who are terrified of public speaking will likely need to speak in public at some point in their lives. So, if they have learned tools in a non-threatening, even fun way to build confidence and public-speaking skills, they will be better prepared for that time. Why and when teens would need to do some public speaking Teens in a co-op, in group classes, or in dual enrollment at college will most likely need to give a presentation or speech at some point. They will be in front of a group of people, presenting information. That’s public speaking. If they serve in Sunday school or VBS and help teach a lesson or show kids how to do a craft. That’s public speaking. What if they go on a missions trip and have to explain a little bit of the gospel? That’s public speaking. Or they might become entrepreneurs and take a workshop from the Small Business Administration where they learn how to do networking. They will have to get out there and rub elbows in the community. All of that’s public speaking. The list of public speaking experiences is endless. Public speaking happens, so it is a good idea to help teens build confidence doing it Let’s start with a true story. When my daughter was in 12th grade, she was taking photography courses at the local community college. One afternoon, she ran into the dean of the visual arts program. The dean was on her way to a board meeting discussing cutting funding for the photography program. When the dean noticed my daughter, she said, “Hey, listen, please come with me and tell the board why they should not cut funding for the visual arts program.” So my daughter, in the time between seeing her administrator and walking down this very long hallway, had to come up with a speech on the spot about why that funding should not be cut. And guess what? The funding was not cut. Fortunately for my daughter, she told me later that she used the public speaking skills she learned in co-op class. They had been using 7Sisters Speech curriculum . <img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-71085" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-71085 size-medium" src="https://ultimateradioshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/speech-600x800-1-2-225x300.jpg" alt="7SistersHomeschool Speech 1 Curriculum" width="225" height="300" srcset="https://ultimateradioshow.com/wp-content/uploads/