![]() What are you doing that makes it special?Ĥ2. What animal would make a great driver?Ĥ5. Do you have any inventions in your brain?Ĥ6. Do you think it’d be fun to learn another language?Ĥ7. What are three things you want to do this summer?Ĥ8. If you could make up a new holiday, what would it be?ĥ0. If you had friends all over the world, how would you keep in touch?ĥ1. If you had a pet dragon, what would you name it?ĥ3. Do you like it when other people share with you? Why?ĥ4. If you joined the circus, what would your circus act be?ĥ5. If you were a teacher and could teach your students anything at all, what would you teach them?ĥ6. What is the craziest thing you’ve ever eaten?ĥ7. Come up with three silly new traditions for the world. What foods do you serve?Ģ6. What do you think you’re going to dream about tonight?Ģ8. Where would you like to travel? How would you get there?ģ0. If you made a cave in the woods, what would be inside it?ģ1. If you could ask a wild animal any question, what would you ask?ģ2. You’re outside for a whole day: what would you do?ģ5. If you were in a play, what would your character be like?ģ6. How do you think animals communicate?ģ7. What are some of the best things about nature?ģ8. You’re a photographer for a day, what would you take pictures of?ģ9. What’s a memory that makes you happy?Ĥ1. Describe a great day. What’s the first thing you do?ġ1. If you could grow anything in the yard, what would it be?ġ5. What does it feel like when I hug you?ġ6. If your stuffed animals could talk, what would they say?ġ7. If you could give $100 to a charity, which would you choose?Ģ1. If you wrote a book, what would it be about?Ģ2. If you drew everything that came to your head, what would you be drawing right now?Ģ3. If you designed clothes, what would they look like?Ģ5. Pretend you’re a chef, and tell me about your restaurant. ![]() So move beyond the basic “How was your day?” and consider this list of 63 questions to help get your kids talking:Ĥ. If you could do anything right now, what would you do?ĥ. What do you look forward to when you wake up?Ħ. Do you ever think about renaming the colors of your crayons?ħ. What character makes you laugh the most?Ĩ. If you opened a store, what would you sell?ĩ. What’s your Superhero name and what powers do you have?ġ0. You’re at the beach. After all, it’s proven that kids mimic the words, patterns, routines, and behavior of their parents. ![]() It’s important we let kids know their imagination-and desire to know more-is a wonderful thing, and it turns out we can help achieve this not just by answering our kids’ many questions, but by making a point to ask them just as many questions in return. (Right?)īut here’s the thing, kids should actually be encouraged to ask more questions-not fewer! (I know, you want to stop reading right now, because, why?! How?!) Turns out there’s a very good reason: When you answer your child’s questions, you help keep your child’s mind open, says author and parenting expert Michele Borba, Ed.D., Plus, she adds, “You’re modeling what a good question looks and sounds like.” To be fair, studies have shown that young children ask over 300 questions each day-and so we can’t really be expected to answer all of them. And let’s be honest, we’ve been known to ignore one or two here and there or do an internal eye-roll over the constant barrage of why’s and how’s. Most of the time we’ve answered them over and over. ![]() Sometimes the questions repeat themselves.
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