Conversation Starters (K-8)

Smartphones, social media, and stress all put the art of dialogue between children and caregivers to the test. This list of conversation starters and questions for kids K-8th Grade to infuse freshness, curiosity, playfulness, and connection into @ home communication.

Conversation Starters

  • Teach me something I don’t know.
  • Tell me your top two/three things from the day.
  • Tell something you know today that you didn’t know yesterday.
  • Rate your day on a scale from 1-10... tell me what made you choose that number.

Questions

  • ¿What did you enjoy doing today?
  • What is something you do every day?
  • What are some examples of kindness you have experienced?
  • What did you do that was creative today?
  • How did you help anyone today? How did that make you feel?
  • Did you tell anyone “thank you?”
  • What was something you saw out the window?
  • Pretending is a great skill. Using your imagination, can we make up a story about something you saw, just for fun?
  • What is something that you learned that you didn’t understand, and still don’t understand?
  • What is something you saw that surprised you?
  • How were you brave today?
  • Let’s pretend... if you could go anywhere in the world for a day, where would you like to go? Why? With whom?
  • What did you read? What are you reading? What would you like to read next?
  • If you could change one thing about your day, what would it be?
  • What makes you feel happy?
  • What makes you feel proud?
  • What makes you feel loved?