Questions for Your Child Following Their School Day
Many times questions/conversation starters to/with our children when we ask about their school day are one word. Open ended questions will assist you in finding out more about what they did and what they thought about their school day. These are a few suggestions collected to add to your repertoire.
1 - What was the best thing that happened at school today?
2 - Tell me something that made you laugh today.
3 - What was a new word you heard today? What new word did you learn today?
4 - How were you kind to someone today?
5 - How was someone kind to you today?
6 - When were you the happiest today?
7 - When were you bored today?
8 - Who would you like to play with at recess that you have never played with before?
9 - Tell me something good that happened today. Tell me about the best part of your day.
10 - What word did your teacher say most today?
11 - Where do you play most at recess?
12 - What is your favorite part of lunch?
13 - If you were allowed to be the teacher tomorrow, what would you do?
14 - What was the hardest thing you had to do today?
15 - Did any of your classmates do anything funny today?
16 - Tell me about the story your teacher read in class. Tell me about what you read in class.
17 - What is the biggest difference between this year and last year?
18 - What rules are different at school than our rules at home?
19 - What does your teacher have planned for this week?
20 - Did you get frustrated with anything at school today?
Many times questions/conversation starters to/with our children when we ask about their school day are one word. Open ended questions will assist you in finding out more about what they did and what they thought about their school day. These are a few suggestions collected to add to your repertoire.
1 - What was the best thing that happened at school today?
2 - Tell me something that made you laugh today.
3 - What was a new word you heard today? What new word did you learn today?
4 - How were you kind to someone today?
5 - How was someone kind to you today?
6 - When were you the happiest today?
7 - When were you bored today?
8 - Who would you like to play with at recess that you have never played with before?
9 - Tell me something good that happened today. Tell me about the best part of your day.
10 - What word did your teacher say most today?
11 - Where do you play most at recess?
12 - What is your favorite part of lunch?
13 - If you were allowed to be the teacher tomorrow, what would you do?
14 - What was the hardest thing you had to do today?
15 - Did any of your classmates do anything funny today?
16 - Tell me about the story your teacher read in class. Tell me about what you read in class.
17 - What is the biggest difference between this year and last year?
18 - What rules are different at school than our rules at home?
19 - What does your teacher have planned for this week?
20 - Did you get frustrated with anything at school today?