Thanks, these are so helpful as I get the same answer everyday “I can’t remember”

I found that going for a walk after dinner with my kids is what got them talking. They were away from the tv and computer and would tell me things that they normally wouldnt bother to mention. It was a great way to hear some funny stories that I wouldnt have heard otherwise.

Will show these to my son, they all discuss their day at the dinner table, but the eldest just answers with one word, this might help.

What a great idea and fantastic questions.

This is actually really good advice.
I definitely struggle getting my daughter to properly tell me about her day!
I will try these questions on Monday!

I really like the question about what made them smile or laugh today.

These are great questions. My kids can find a way to give one word answers to open ended questions on some days, but then on other days these sort of questions work great. Thanks for the topic ideas.

I love these questions.

I love these questions! It doesn’t just work for kids either, my husband doesn’t talk much and I ask him these open ended type questions about his work day – works a treat!

I love these questions.
I struggle to get my son to talk about school so much. He just replies with, “I forgot” and seems really disinterested.
Thanks so much for the suggestions.

What a great read thank you, open ended questions are great to get a conversation going ???? we also talk about our day at school and work during dinner time.

I always ask my girls, “how’s your day at school today?” And followed with, “did you have fun?!” Then goes their long story of how their day was haha..

Love these i always just get a yes answer but these are great open ended questions, perfect for small children and ill definitely be taking note and using them in the future

I always check in as the kids hop into the car “how was your day?” A pretty common question.
Mostly during dinner we talk and extend on that “what did you do in PE today or what books did you borrow from the library. The teenage son we talk about what events are coming up if there’s any exams ect.

Great list of questions. Open ended questions where they cant answer yes or no are best but I often get “I don’t know” or “don’t remember”

My tip in getting my two girls to talk about their day each day is I ask about an exciting thing they did today and this always get the conversation started, and I always turn off the car music.

lol, I used to always get ‘can’t remember’, but now it is a great chat on lots of the day. Maybe they didn’t like my answer sometimes, ‘can’t remember’, so we now have great chats about the day.

School days are over for this mumma, conversation did use to be like pulling teeth tho

Great list of Qs. I cant get much out of my kids after school. We make it a rule to list 3 things they did at school on the way home in the car, they try and tell me about play time, rather than actual lesson time, but once they start talking it probes them to share more.

What a great list of questions. My boys are not talkers and it’s like
Pulling teeth to get any info on how their day has gone. Getting them to answer about specific parts of their day is a great idea.