After School Conversations–Helpful Questions!
It’s the end of the school day, and your child hops in the car. You are so excited to chat about their day, so you roll out that old chestnut, “What did you do today?” And the answer, also as old as time, comes: “Nothing.”
We promise you that, over the course of the day, your student undoubtedly engaged in a wide variety of activities. Getting that out of them, though, is the trick. For a better response, we recommend that you choose one or two from a slightly more focused list of questions, prepared for you by our wonderful ISW faculty:
For all students:
- What was the best part of your day?
- What subject was easy? What was hard?
- What made you smile?
- Can you tell me an example of kindness you saw?
- Did anyone do anything silly to make you laugh?
- What did you create today?
- Did you help anyone today?
- Who did you talk to today?
- Can you tell me something you know today that you didn’t know yesterday?
- Did you like your lunch?
- What questions did you ask at school today?
- What are you looking forward to tomorrow?
- If you could change one thing about your day, what would it be?
- What made your teacher smile?
- What kind of person were you today?
- What made you feel happy?
- What made you feel proud?
- If you switched places with your teacher tomorrow, what would you teach the class?
For older students…
- What can you write in cursive?/ Can you read what I wrote in cursive?
- What’s happening in the book you’re reading in class?
- Who did you talk about in history class?
- What are your spelling words?
- What topics are you learning in math?
- What experiment did you do in science today?
If you have questions that have worked well over the years, please feel free to share them with us. We are always adding to the list!