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50 Fun Questions To Ask Your Child

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Does your child come home from school and you automatically ask them how their day was?

They then reply with fine or good. Then you all go about your day. You can dig deeper with your child and get to know their heart and mind with simple questions!

Here are 50 questions to dig deeper and get to know your child inside and out. 

  1. What is your favorite holiday and why?
  2. If you could be any animal what would you be and why?
  3. What do you think happened to the dinosaurs?
  4. If you could create anything what would it be and why?
  5. Who is your favorite character from a book? 
  6. If you could go inside of a book which book would it be and why?
  7. If you could go inside of a movie which movie would it be and why?
  8. What is your favorite activity to do with mommy?
  9. What is your favorite activity to do with daddy?
  10. Where is your favorite place to go on vacation? 
  11. If you could travel anywhere in the world where would it be and why? 
  12. What is your favorite meal to eat? 
  13. Tell me something kind you did today? 
  14. What is something kind that someone else did for you today? 
  15. Would you rather play in the sand or the snow? 
  16. What game do you love to play? 
  17. If you could make up your own game what would it be? 
  18. How long do you think it would take to walk all the way to the beach? 
  19. What do you love the most about your sibling? 
  20. What is your favorite thing to play with your sibling? 
  21. If you could be a dinosaur which one would you be? 
  22. Would you rather fly like a bird or run fast like a cheetah? 
  23. Describe to me what your castle would look like if you had one. 
  24. Tell me about your biggest dream. 
  25. What is your favorite sport and why? 
  26. What is your favorite food and why? 
  27. How do you think you make your favorite food? 
  28. Would you rather go to the beach or the mountains?
  29. What is your favorite bird and why?
  30. Who would win in a fight- a bear or a lion?  
  31. What job do you think would be the most fun to have? 
  32. What job do you think would be the hardest to have? 
  33. Would you want to climb the tallest mountain in the world? Why or why not? 
  34. How far away do you think the sun is? 
  35. What is your biggest hope? 
  36. Describe your best day. 
  37. What do you dream about doing when you grow up? 
  38. How far away do you think the moon is? 
  39. What are you scared of the most? 
  40. What makes you happy? 
  41. If you were a superhero what would your name be? Your powers? 
  42. What made you laugh today? 
  43. If you could invent anything what would it be? 
  44. What is your favorite memory? 
  45. What makes you feel loved? 
  46. Did you feel joyful today? 
  47. What made you feel joyful today? 
  48. What makes you feel brave? 
  49. Who is your favorite person and why?
  50. What animal would you want to race? 

Asking questions is a great way to get to know your child, their heart, and their mind.


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