10 After-School Questions That Will Actually Get Your Kids Talking!

As a parent, we want to get in touch and learn what our kids are getting up to all day at school! We love listening to their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and involving them in a conversation as these all help develop their communication skills as well as our relationship with them.

Our typical "How was your day?" question is normally followed by responses like "good", "fine" or "OK" which don't really tell that much. If you're eager to get your kids talking, try these after-school conversation starters below and you may get your kid share more than just a one word answer!

Conversation tips

✅ Don't ask questions right away.
✅ Ask them open-ended questions.
✅ Chat casually with your kids.
✅ Pause if they don't seem to be engaging.

10 After-school Questions!

❤️ What did you like best about your day today?

🧡 What is/was your favorite thing to do during recess?

💛 Did you make a new friend? What's their name? What do you like about them?

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💚 What would you change about school?

💙 Who brought the best food in their lunch today? What was it?

💜 What’s one thing you did today that helped a friend or your teacher?

❤️ Did anybody get in trouble today?

🧡 If one of your friends could be the teacher for the day, who would you want it to be?

💛 I need a laugh. Tell me something funny that happened today.

💚 Did you feel worried at any time in school today?

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